Tag: HRC
HRC to North Carolina Rep. Larry Brown: Apologize for Your Hateful and Extremist Statements
Yesterday in an interview with the Winston-Salem Journal, North Carolina State Representative Larry Brown said “the government should not spend money to treat adults with HIV or AIDS who ‘caused it by the way they live.”
Human Rights Campaign Statement on New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights
January 6, 2011, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed a landmark Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights into law. The legislation, passed almost unanimously by both houses of the state legislature in November, is the toughest state anti-bullying law in the country.
Human Rights Campaign to Host “Her HRC”
The Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organisation, will host Her HRC, a national weekend of celebration for women. HRC communities in nearly 25 cities will gather to celebrate the diversity of women, their contributions to equality and inspire engagement and awareness in the LGBT civil rights movement.
Human Rights Campaign Statement on Shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, today reacted to the tragic shooting involving U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. HRC President Joe Solmonese released the following statement.
2011 Flashpoints for LGBT Equality
Today the Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organisation, released “2011 Flashpoints for LGBT Equality,” a media primer on the LGBT issues landscape for the coming year. The document includes a new analysis of the make-up of the 112th Congress being sworn in today and shows that anti-LGBT lawmakers hold a majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
National Organization for Marriage Forced to Hand over Previously Undisclosed Tax Returns
Following an onsite request by the Human Rights Campaign, the National Organization for Marriage today released its 2009 Form 990, the tax return they are required to submit to the IRS. NOM dated its 990 November 14, 2010, yet did not disclose it publicly until today when it gave an HRC representative a hard-copy of the tax return.