Hight Court: Marriage Equality Prevails in AL, Weddings Start
Today, Alabama becomes the nation’s 38th state to honor the freedom to marry after a federal district court struck down the state’s marriage equality ban and…
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Post Marriage: Campaign to Highlight Need to Update State Nondiscrimination Laws
Many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people (206+ million) and their families live in a state that still needs to update or clarify its…
Saks Fifth Avenue Withdraws Assertion Claiming Transgender People are not Protected by Title VII
U.S. Department of Justice files historic statement in the case asserting that Title VII prohibits discrimination against transgender people HOUSTON, TX — In two major…
Federal Court Strikes Down Alabama’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban
Statement from Equality Alabama Board Chair Benn Cooper on Historic Ruling Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Callie V.S. Granade ruled in favor of equality, striking down Alabama’s…
HRC: Equal Treatment Still Out of Reach for LGBT Americans
New Report Reveals that Equal Treatment Remains Out of Reach for LGBT Americans in Most States – Discrimination Continues Even With Marriage Equality WASHINGTON—The Human…
NCLR & HRC to the Court: Discrimination against Trans Employees Violates Federal Civil Rights Protections
Two of the nation’s top LGBT civil rights organizations file joint brief in transgender employee’s federal discrimination case against Saks Fifth Avenue HOUSTON, Texas—Yesterday, the…
HRC: Saks Fifth Avenue Doubles Down on Transgender Discrimination
CEO Declines to Renounce Company’s Stand that Transgender Employees Are Not Protected Under Civil Rights Law Gerald Storch’s Silence on Civil Rights Claim Calls Into…
Barilla Receives Perfect Rating in HRC’s Corporate Equality Index
By: Kelly Morris/The Seattle Lesbian— After Guido Barilla of Barilla pasta, the world’s largest pasta manufacturer, said he would never do a commercial with a gay…
Iconic TV Host Ana Maria Polo Joins HRC’s Americans for Marriage Equality Campaign
Yesterday, HRC released two web videos featuring Ana Maria Polo, host of the renowned Telemundo show “Caso Cerrado,” for the organization’s Americans for Marriage Equality campaign. In the…
MassEquality on HRC’s Municipal Equality Index 2014
BOSTON, Mass.—Today, the Human Rights Campaign released its annual Municipal Equality Index (MEI). The MEI is a comprehensive scorecard on the laws and policies of…
In Apology to Trans Community, HRC pledges Push for Broad LGBT Bill
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—The leader of the nation’s largest LGBT organization offered an apology to the transgender community at the same time…
What the Federal Government Can do to Improve LGBT Health
By Sean Cahill*— In the last five years, the federal government has taken significant steps toward recognizing and addressing health disparities that affect lesbian, gay,…
One More Time: Maura Healey for Attorney General
By: TRT Editorial Team— With the Tuesday, Sept.9, primary election fast approaching, The Rainbow Times reiterates its initial June 7 endorsement of Maura Healey for…
Federal Judge Strikes Down Florida’s Ban on Marriage Equality
FLORIDA—The U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle ruled against Florida’s constitutional amendment banning marriage equality yesterday, making the Sunshine State the latest to see such…
Appeals Court Upholds Decision: Overturns Virginia’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban
In a historic first, yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a sweeping ruling affirming the February 2014 decision from U.S. District…
HRC Endorses Maura Healey for Massachusetts Attorney General
Nation’s Largest LGBT Civil Rights Organization Dubs Healey “National Leader” Ready to Build on MA Success WASHINGTON—The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay,…
Salem, Massachusetts Achieves Perfect Score on 2014 HRC Municipal Equality Index
By: Kristian Hoysradt/Political Co-Chair for the HRC Boston Steering Committee— On the eve of the third Annual North Shore Pride Parade and Festival in Salem, Massachusetts last…
LGBT Groups Against ENDA’s Religious Exemption
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—A growing number of national and statewide LGBT organizations are coming out against the proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act, saying that…
Pres. Obama Asks Staff to Prepare Executive Order
In a sudden but not necessarily unexpected gesture, the White House indicated today that President Obama has “directed his staff” to prepare an executive order to prohibit federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
HRC Delivers Letter to Vatican Due to Growing Concern on Anti-LGBT Stance of Catholic Schools Across America
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today delivered a letter to the Vatican on…
HRC Calls for Stronger Laws & More Training to Protect LGBT Youth in Foster Care
Horrific case in Connecticut raises national concerns during Foster Care Awareness Month WASHINGTON—A case of horrible neglect, abuse, and sexual violence, followed by the incarceration…
HRC Statement on the NFL Draft of Michael Sam
Today openly gay college football star Michael Sam was drafted into the NFL by the St. Louis Rams.
HRC Study Shows Majority of LGBT Workers Closeted on the Job
New Federal Report Shows Gay Government Employees Inconsistently Protected from Discrimination; Patchwork of policies, laws and shifting culture still leaves 53 percent of LGBT workers…