Tag: HRC
HRC Urges Obama to Take Immediate Action for LGBT Ugandans
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging his administration to take immediate steps to hold the Ugandan government accountable for the enactment of state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia earlier this year.
HRC Statement on the Death of Maya Angelou
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today mourns the passing of Maya Angelou, trailblazing American author, poet and advocate for justice.
HRC Condemns Dorchester’s Shameful Attempts to Deflect Criticism of Sultan
Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) condemned the Dorchester Collection’s shameful attempts to use its own employees to divert attention away from actions taken against the Sultan of Brunei’s hotels.
HRC Statement on the NFL Draft of Michael Sam
Last Sunday openly gay college football star Michael Sam was drafted into the NFL by the St. Louis Rams. Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin made the following statement.
USA : HRC Praises Hagel for Comments on Transgender Service Regulations
Yesterday on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, in response to a question about military health regulations which effectively bar military service by transgender persons, said he believes that regulations should be reviewed.
HRC Calls on Organizations to Avoid Hotels Owned by Anti-LGBT Sultan of Brunei
Following Brunei’s decision this week to advance a series of penal code reforms that will include stoning as a possible punishment for relations between its LGBT citizens, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) sent letters today to the leadership of several organizations that currently plan to host events at American hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei.