Tag: LGBT
Statement from HRC President on the Death of Elizabeth Taylor
Today, Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, issued the following statement on the news of the death of actress Elizabeth Taylor.
GLAAD announces nominees for 22nd annual GLAAD Media Awards
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organisation, announced today the nominees for its 22nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. By recognising and honouring media for outstanding images of the LGBT community, the GLAAD Media Awards serve as a benchmark for the media industry and complement GLAAD’s work to bring LGBT images and stories to Americans.
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 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.
Tell CNN to use experts, not the anti-gay industry
For years, CNN has insisted on including the voices of the anti-gay industry whenever a topic that involves the LGBT community has come up. It’s time to speak up and tell CNN that this is unacceptable.
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.