Tag: USA
GLAAD joins thousands calling on Smith College to end trans discrimination
GLAAD, America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organisation, today announced that it has joined more than 3,000 Change.org petition signers and student organizers at Smith College to call for an end to the school’s policy that unfairly rejects the admission applications of some transgender women.
Nation’s Leading LGBT Advocacy Organizations Stand in Solidarity for Immigration Reform
Today national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organizations join local, state and national immigration, civil rights and LGBT groups and advocates marching for justice for all immigrants on National Immigration Day of Action.
Trans 100 list announced by GLAAD, We Happy Trans, This is HOW
We Happy Trans, a website that celebrates the positive experiences of transgender people, and This is H.O.W., a Phoenix based non profit organization dedicated to the betterment of the lives of trans people, today announced the full published Trans 100 list, an inaugural overview of the breadth and diversity of work being done in, by, and for the transgender community across the United States.
Trans 100 list announced by GLAAD, We Happy Trans, This is HOW
We Happy Trans, a website that celebrates the positive experiences of transgender people, and This is H.O.W., a Phoenix based non profit organization dedicated to the betterment of the lives of trans people, today announced the full published Trans 100 list, an inaugural overview of the breadth and diversity of work being done in, by, and for the transgender community across the United States.
50th Sitting Senator, Republic Mark Kirk, Endorses Marriage Equality
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the U.S largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today celebrated the announcements by Sens. Tom Carper, Democrat of Delaware, and Mark Kirk, Republican of Illinois, that they support marriage equality.
Poll: 53% of Americans support same-sex marriage
As the Supreme Court begins to hear oral arguments in cases involving two high-profile laws to do with same-sex marriage – California’s Proposition 8 and the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act -53 percent of Americans think it should be legal for same-sex couples to marry, while 39 percent say it should not be legal.