Tag: LGBT
NAACP President Benjamin Jealous Changed the Lives of LGBT Americans
With Sunday’s news that Benjamin Jealous will be stepping down from his position as NAACP president later this year, the Human Rights Campaign reflected on the legacy of a man who not merely led his organisation to embrace LGBT equality, but who transformed the national conversation around civil rights for all Americans.
Family Equality Council condemns alarming proposed law in Russia to deny gay parents custody of their children
Family Equality Council, the national organization that connects, supports and represents the nation’s three million parents who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) and their six million children, today condemned a proposed bill in Russia, posted to the Russian Parliament’s website, that would make parents’ sexual orientation a basis for denying custody of their children.
Say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! – To Russian Homophobia
LGF continue calls to repeal Russian anti-LGBT legislation established during Manchester Pride 2013.
UBS, Moody’s Latest Financial Service Firms to Support Employment Non-Discrimination Act
UBS and Moody’s – two leading financial service firms – are the latest major companies to back the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (or ENDA), legislation expected to come to the Senate floor this fall that would ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Obama to meet gay activists on G20 visit
US President Barack Obama will meet gay rights activists while he is in Russia for the G20 summit.
India : Raid on gay party an act of moral policing, say activists
It’s like taking one step forward and two steps back.