Tag: Washington
Boy Scouts of America Fire Gay Scoutmaster After He Comes Out to NBC News
The HRC, the America’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, is calling on the Boy Scouts of America to end its longstanding discriminatory ban on gay adults in Scouting after BSA leaders revoked the membership of an openly gay Scoutmaster in Washington state when he came out in an NBC News profile.
HRC to Premier film Before God: We Are All Family
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, is pleased to announce the premiere of the film Before God: We Are All Family Oct. 1, 2013, at the GALA Hispanic Theater in Washington, DC.
Launches First MLK Day of Service National Partnership Serving LGBT Homeless Youth
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, is launching a partnership with organizations and companies in nine U.S. cities to serve LGBT homeless youth for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service.
Recognition of same-sex unions from abroad could help economy
Partnerships from 35 jurisdictions are to be recognized in Ireland.
“Marriage Voters” Take Center Stage in 2012 Votes
Nearly a month after nationwide elections delivered historic victories for marriage equality across the country, the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organisation, released a polling report showing a new, pro-marriage equality voting bloc drove ballot measure victories in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington.
Roman Catholic Church Pours $2 Million into Discrimination against LGBT Americans
The Roman Catholic Church hierarchy funneled $2 million into entirely unsuccessful efforts to advance discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the four marriage ballot states of Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Washington this election cycle.