Tag: HRC
Federal Judge Halts Enforcement of Mississippi Ban on Adoptions by Same-Sex Couples
Today, HRC Mississippi praised a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Daniel P. Jordan III in Mississippi declaring unconstitutional the state’s ban on adoption by same sex couples, citing the Supreme Court of the United States’ 2015 marriage equality ruling in the historic case Obergefell v. Hodges.
New HRC Data Shows Dramatic Increase in Americans Who Know Transgender People
Research released on International Transgender Day of Visibility underscores how visibility translates powerfully into positive attitudes toward transgender people.
Entertainment Industry Leaders Call on Georgia Governor Nathan Deal to Veto HB 757
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, sent a letter to Georgia Governor Nathan Deal on behalf of dozens of entertainment industry leaders who will abandon production in the state if he signs the anti-LGBT H.B. 757 into law.
Only in America : Anti-LGBT “Religious Liberty Accommodations Act” Advances to the Mississippi Senate
Following a vote today by Mississippi Senate Judiciary A to advance H.B 1523, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Mississippi called on the Mississippi Senate to put a stop to the discriminatory anti-LGBT bill. If passed, H.B. 1523 would allow individuals, religious organisations and private associations to use religion to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Mississippians, in some of the most important aspect of their lives, including at work, at school, in their family life and more. The bill passed out of committee by a voice vote.
HRC and Equality North Carolina Blast NC Special Session to Overturn Charlotte Ordinance
At $42,000 a day, lawmakers seem hell-bent on burning tax dollars and stripping local control from Charlotte and its leaders.
Anti-LGBT Bill Advances in Kansas Allowing Student Groups to Discriminate, Exclude LGBT Members
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation yesterday sharply condemned SB 175, a bill that passed in the Kansas House yesterday by a vote of 80-39 that would put LGBT college students at risk of discrimination.