#AM_Equality Tipsheet: September 16, 2019 FRIENDS ASK FOR ANSWERS, JUSTICE FOR BEE LOVE SLATER, A BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMAN KILLED IN FLORIDA: “These victims are not numbers — they were people with hopes and dreams, loved ones and communities who will miss them every day,” The New York Times quotes HRC after Slater’s death. More from … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: September 16, 2019
HRC Honors 2019 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia In advance of Friday’s observance of the 2019 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB), HRC is recognizing the power of global voices speaking out against Brunei’s brutal anti-LGBTQ laws and calling out the Trump-Pence Administration’s appalling silence on the persecution, oppression and torture … Continue reading HRC Honors 2019 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
Trump-Pence Admin Refuses to Join Call for Investigation Into Anti-LGBTQ Violence in Chechnya HRC responded to the Trump-Pence administration’s refusal to join more than 30 countries in calling for a thorough investigation into the ongoing anti-LGBTQ crimes against humanity occuring in the Russian republic of Chechnya. The United States refused to sign a joint statement issued … Continue reading Trump-Pence Admin Refuses to Join Call for Investigation Into Anti-LGBTQ Violence in Chechnya
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: January 31, 2019 VARIETY REPORTS CHICAGO PD SEEKING “PERSONS OF INTEREST” IN ATTACK ON JUSSIE SMOLLETT: The Chicago Police Department has released two images from surveillance video of “potential persons of interest” in the attack of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, Variety’s Ted Johnson (@tedstew) reports. Chicago police tweeted this alongside the photos: “Photos … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: January 31, 2019
LGBTQ Asylum Seekers and Refugees Must Be Welcome Here Post submitted by HRC Foundation Outreach & Research Coordinator Katalina Hadfield The recent government shutdown highlighted the humanitarian crisis facing asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, which is part of this administration’s ongoing, disgraceful policies targeting asylum seekers and refugees around the world. Over the last … Continue reading LGBTQ Asylum Seekers and Refugees Must Be Welcome Here
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: January 25, 2019 HISTORY WILL BE MADE TODAY IN NY AS GOV. ANDREW CUOMO IS POISED TO SIGN PRO-LGBTQ MEASURES INTO LAW: The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and legislation protecting LGBTQ youth in the state from the dangerous and debunked practice of so-called “conversion therapy” will be signed at a ceremony at … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: January 25, 2019
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: January 22, 2019 HRC CONDEMNS U.S. SUPREME COURT’S DECISION TO ALLOW DISCRIMINATORY TRANS MILITARY SERVICE BAN TO TAKE EFFECT: More from HRC. 1/ Allowing Donald Trump & Mike Pence’s transgender troop ban to go into effect harms both transgender service members & our national security. As this critical matter makes its way through … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: January 22, 2019
Alarming New Reports of Anti-LGBTQ Violence in Chechnya HRC is sounding the alarm on reports of renewed persecution against LGBTQ Chechens. Approximately 40 people have been detained and two killed in a “new wave of persecution” that started at the end of 2018, according to a statement from the Russian LGBT Network. “Nearly two years … Continue reading Alarming New Reports of Anti-LGBTQ Violence in Chechnya
BREAKING: New Report Documents Horrific Anti-LGBTQ Crimes Against Humanity in Chechnya Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization — responded to a new report released by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) documenting horrific anti-LGBTQ crimes against humanity in the … Continue reading BREAKING: New Report Documents Horrific Anti-LGBTQ Crimes Against Humanity in Chechnya
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: December 14, 2018 REP. DINA TITUS (D-NV) INTRODUCES GLOBE ACT TO PROTECT LGBTQ PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD: “While Donald Trump and Mike Pence remain recklessly silent on anti-LGBTQ atrocities around the globe, it’s crucial that the United States Congress fill the void and make clear LGBTQ rights are human rights,” said HRC Government … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: December 14, 2018
