Tag: HRC
#NoMoore: HRC Blasts Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore After He Asks Court to Drop Ethics Charges
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, reacted to news that suspended Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore requested a court drop judicial ethics charges against him. HRC Alabama State Manager Eva Kendrick issued the following statement:
HRC Mississippi Statement on Federal Judge’s Refusal to Block Discriminatory H.B. 1523
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation. responded to news that a federal judge refused to block Mississippi’s discriminatory H.B. 1523 law, one of the most draconian and hateful pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation passed in recent history.
Following Tragic Anti-LGBTQ Attack in Orlando, HRC Endorses Gun Violence Prevention Policy Measures
LGBTQ community has been the target of hate-fuelled violence and discrimination for decades; easy access to guns has compounded safety threat.
While LGBTQ Community Mourns, North Carolina Anti-Equality Activists Lobby For Anti-LGBT HB 2
Unconscionable: While LGBTQ Community Mourns, North Carolina Anti-Equality Activists Lobby General Assembly in Support of HB 2.
HRC Statement on Tragic Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Serving LGBTQ Community
Today, the Human Rights Campaign — America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation — responded to media reports of a mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The club serves the area’s LGBTQ community and law enforcement are reporting the attack as an act of domestic terror that has claimed the lives of 50 people and injured at least 53 others. HRC has lowered its flag to half mast.
Equality Advocates Condemn North Carolina Legislative Sneak Attack Doubling Down on HB 2
Today, Chad Griffin, President of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Chris Sgro, Executive Director of Equality NC, and Mara Keisling, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), responded to media reports that a small group of extreme lawmakers in North Carolina are preparing to double down on the discriminatory HB 2 law in another legislative sneak attack hashed out in a backroom deal.