Tag: HRC
Bayard Rustin to be Posthumously Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
The White House today announced Bayard Rustin, the late civil and human rights advocate will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States.
HRC Statement on Pope Francis’ Remarks on Gay Priests
Following his historic visit to Brazil for World Youth Day, Pope Francis made multiple comments about gay Catholics in the priesthood during a wide-ranging press conference aboard the Papal plane.
IOC Shouldn’t Accept Verbal Promises from Putin
Friday the International Olympic Committee (IOC) released a statement to Russian news outlets responding to growing international fear about the safety of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individual and allies living in Russia or traveling to Russia for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.
Labor Department Chief of Staff Ana Ma to Become HRC COO & Chief of Staff
Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that Ana M. Ma has been hired as the organization’s new Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff. Ma joins HRC from the U.S. Department of Labor where she currently serves as Chief of Staff.
HRC Announces Endorsement of Carl Sciortino for Congress
Yesterday the Human Rights Campaign – America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation – announced the endorsement of Massachusetts state Representative Carl Sciortino running for the U.S. House in Massachusetts’ 5th District.
HRC Report: Record Number of Healthcare Facilities Commit to Equal Care for LGBT Patients
American hospitals and clinics are increasingly committed to equality for their lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) patients, according to a report released today by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organisation, at a press conference at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, DC.