Tag: HRC
Apple CEO Tim Cook donating to gay rights campaign in native Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi
Apple chief executive Tim Cook, the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 1,000 company, is donating money to help fund a gay rights initiative in his native Alabama and two other Southern states, organizers said Thursday.
Human Rights Campaign’s 2014 Municipal Equality Index
The City of West Hollywood has scored 100/100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2014 Municipal Equality Index (MEI), a nationwide evaluation of municipal laws affecting the LGBT community of 353 cities. The MEI examines the laws, policies, and services of municipalities of various sizes from every state in the country and rates them on the basis of their inclusivity of LGBT people living and working in those cities. This year’s score once again places the City of West Hollywood at the very top of rated municipalities in the nation.
TV campaign for gay equality starts in Mississippi
Mary Jane Kennedy considers herself a conservative Christian Republican, and she’s led Bible studies in her native Mississippi for decades.
After the Brutal Murder of Mia Henderson, HRC Calls for Stronger Laws and Increased Protection of Transgender Women
In response to the discovery of 26-year-old Mia Henderson’s body in West Baltimore, the sixth transgender woman of color murdered this year – the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called for more concerted efforts to protect transgender women from unprecedented levels of violence and harassment
HRC Statement on the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 Tragedy
Following the news that many aboard Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 – which crashed yesterday in Ukraine – were advocates and health professionals traveling to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, the Human Rights Campaign released the following statement:
HRC Statement on the Death of Frank M. Robinson, Speechwriter to Harvey Milk
In response to news of the death of Frank M. Robinson, science fiction writer, LGBT activist and speechwriter to San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) president Chad Griffin issued the following statement: