Tag: HRC
HRC Condemns Government of Brunei’s Decision to Soon Allow Death Penalty for Same-Sex Activity
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) condemns today’s decision by the government of Brunei to allow a series of draconian penal code reforms to take effect that will soon include stoning as a possible punishment for engaging in same-sex activity.
Boy Scouts of America Fire Gay Scoutmaster After He Comes Out to NBC News
The HRC, the America’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, is calling on the Boy Scouts of America to end its longstanding discriminatory ban on gay adults in Scouting after BSA leaders revoked the membership of an openly gay Scoutmaster in Washington state when he came out in an NBC News profile.
HRC Announces Another $40,000 Contribution to Support the Russian LGBT Movement
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, yesterday announced a contribution to the Russia Freedom Fund in the amount of $40,000.
Marriage Equality Arrives in England and Wales
At the stroke of midnight, thousands of gay and lesbian couples in England and Wales will tie the knot. At that time, marriage equality will become the law of the land, bringing to 16 the number of countries where committed gay and lesbian couples can legally marry.
HRC Statement on World Vision Reversing Course on Employment Policies
Upon news that World Vision USA, one of the largest charitable organizations in the country, has reversed an earlier decision to employ married gays and lesbians
U.S : Anti-LGBT Conference Continues Close Ties To Putin Despite Mounting International Tensions
The World Congress of Families is moving full speed ahead with plans to hold an international anti-LGBT conference at the Kremlin in Moscow this fall, despite the growing international crisis in Ukraine and the withdrawal of key conference partner Concerned Women for America over concerns that holding the conference would give the appearance of “giving aid and comfort to Vladimir Putin.”