Tag: JoDee Winterhof
Cyndi Lauper Meets With LGBTQ Youth in Raleigh on Impact of North Carolina’s Discriminatory HB 2
Last Saturday, award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, and LGBTQ equality advocate Cyndi Lauper met with LGBTQ youth at the LGBT Center of Raleigh to learn more about their lives, the challenges they face, and the damaging impact of North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s deeply discriminatory HB 2 law.
HRC Calls on Republican Leadership to Condemn Lawmaker’s Attacks on LGBT People as “Worthy of Death”
HRC Senior Vice President of Policy and Political Affairs JoDee Winterhof issued the following statement after media reports that Georgia Republican Representative Rick Allen opened a conference meeting by reciting a Bible verse saying LGBT people are “worthy of death”:
Donald Trump ’s ‘States’ Rights’ Policy Assertion on Transgender Students Dangerous, Reckless
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, released the following statement after Donald Trump declined yesterday morning to support the Obama Administration’s important announcement that school districts should ensure that transgender students are treated with dignity and allowed equal access to facilities, such as restrooms, consistent with their gender identity.
Massachusetts Senate Approves Measure Extending Crucial Protections to Transgender Community
Legislation prohibits discrimination against transgender people in public accommodations including parks, restaurants, restrooms, and libraries.
North Carolina Legislators Introduce Bill to Replace HB 2 with Full Non-Discrimination Protections
Bill is companion to bills already filed that would repeal HB 2 in its entirety.
Educators, LGBT Advocates Slam General Assembly for Refusing DOJ Order to End Civil Rights Violation
Failure to address DOJ concerns jeopardises billions in federal funding.