Human Rights Campaign (HRC) News (663 Articles with 1,567,705 total views)
The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) seeks to improve the lives of LGBT Americans by advocating for equal rights and benefits in the workplace, ensuring families are treated equally under the law and increasing public support among all Americans through innovative advocacy, education and outreach programs. HRC works to secure equal rights for LGBT individuals and families at the federal and state levels by lobbying elected officials, mobilizing grassroots supporters, educating Americans, investing strategically to elect fair-minded officials and partnering with other LGBT organizations.
June, 2023
57 Brazilian Companies Achieve Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Brazilian LGBTQ+ Workplace Equality Index
All In For Equality Coalition Statement on Transgender Athlete Ban Bill
Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism Reaches New Levels in Uganda with Signing of New Law Backed by Far-Right U.S. Figures
BREAKING: Louisiana Senate Health & Welfare Committee Kills Bans on Gender Affirming Care
Governor Pillen, Refusing to Acknowledge What's at Stake, Signs Super-Sized Attack on Healthcare Targeting Gender Affirming Care, Reproductive Rights
HRC's Transformational Work Advancing HIV & Health Equity Programming For Black And Latin LGBTQ+ Communities To Expand Over Next Three Years
Human Rights Campaign Condemns Gianforte for Signing New Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills into Law
Human Rights Campaign Denounces DeSantis' 2024 Bid for President, Pledges to Keep Desperate Florida Man's Authoritarianism from Reaching the White House
Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Equidad CL Recognizes 57 Employers in Chile For Their Commitment to LGBTI+ Inclusion
Human Rights Campaign Honors International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) by Highlighting Impacts of Global Small Grants Program
ICYMI: Human Rights Campaign Condemns Ohio State Senate for Passing Education Censorship Bill
In Face of Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism, 200 Senior Living Communities Commit to LGBTQ+ Inclusion, Participating in Inaugural Long Term Care Equality Index (LEI)
Leading LGBTQ+ Advocacy Organizations Raise the Alarm to Business Community on Coordinated Anti-LGBTQ+ Attacks; Call on Target to Lead
Nation's Largest LGBTQ Advocacy Group Joins Equality Florida In Issuing Updated Florida Travel Advisory
Parents File for an Emergency Order to Block SB 254 as Governor DeSantis Signs Discriminatory Law Criminalizing Transgender Healthcare
Pride Season to Overlap with Fairness Act Advocacy
Roundup of Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation Advancing In States Across the Country
Roundup of Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation Advancing In States Across the Country
May, 2023
BREAKING: Florida Senate Passes Extreme Gender-Affirming Care Ban
HRC Applauds Maryland Governor Wes Moore for Signing Trans Health Equity Act into Law, Legislation Requiring Equitable Access to Gender Affirming Care
HRC Condemns North Dakota Legislature for Advancing a Total of 10 Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills in a Single Day, Setting a Record of Rampant Hate Targeting the Community
Human Rights Campaign Celebrates Historic Pro-Equality Victory in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race
Human Rights Campaign Condemns North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum for Signing Two Anti-Transgender Sports Bans into Law
Human Rights Campaign Denounces Kansas Legislature for Overriding Governor Laura Kelly's Veto of Bill Banning Transgender Students from School Sports
April, 2023
Ahead of Glenn Youngkin's CNN Town Hall, Human Rights Campaign Calls Out His Record of Attacking LGBTQ+ Virginians
Extremist House Leaders Advance Discriminatory Bill Denying Millions of Parents the Right to Make Decisions For their Kids
Florida Parents Announce Lawsuit Challenging State Ban on Essential Medical Care for Transgender Children
Gov. Brian Kemp Signs Gender-Affirming Care Ban Into Law, Making Georgia Largest State to Legislatively Enact Such a Discriminatory Ban
HRC Applauds Kansas Governor Laura Kelly for Blunting Latest Attack on LGBTQ+ Youth, Vetoing Legislators' Attempt to Ban Transgender Kids from School Sports
HRC President, Singer-Songwriter Shea Diamond, Drag Artists, Local LGBTQ+ Orgs Rally With Hundreds of Tennesseans Against Governor Lee
Human Rights Campaign Applauds Michigan House for Bipartisan Passage of Civil Rights Law That Guarantees Protections for LGBTQ+ People
Human Rights Campaign Celebrates Landmark Victory as Michigan Enacts First-Ever LGBTQ+ Protections, Reaffirming that Elections Matter
Human Rights Campaign Slams Gov. Gordon's Decision to Allow Anti-Transgender Sports Ban To Become Law
Human Rights Campaign Slams Idaho Bill That Prohibits Transgender Students from Using Bathrooms Consistent with Their Gender Identity
Human Rights Campaign: Extremists at CPAC Laid Bare Hatred at Root of Vile Legislation Targeting Trans People
ICYMI: New Data Shows Support for LGBTQ+ Rights Reaches Highest Rates Ever Recorded
- 10% of Americans now identify as LGBTQ+
- Eight in ten Americans favor laws that would protect LGBTQ+ people against discrimination in jobs, public accommodations, and housing
- 66% of Republicans favor nondiscrimination provisions for LGBTQ+ people
- Seven in ten Americans support marriage equality, including nearly half of Republicans
- Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) oppose religiously based refusals to serve LGBTQ+ people
- Majorities of almost every major religious group oppose allowing religiously based service refusals