#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 30, 2019 TODAY AT 1:30 PM ET — PRESS CALL AHEAD OF HISTORIC EQUALITY ACT MARKUP: The coalition to pass the Equality Act — including HRC, the National Center for Transgender Equality, the National Women’s Law Center and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights — will hold a national press … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 30, 2019
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 24, 2019 HISTORY MADE! JANE CASTOR ELECTED AS FIRST OPENLY LGBTQ MAYOR OF TAMPA, FL: “HRC was proud to endorse Castor and help turn out the vote for her historic win.” said HRC Senior Vice President for Policy and Political Affairs JoDee Winterhof (@JoDeeLive). More from The Hill and HRC. VICTORY: Jane … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 24, 2019
What’s on the Agenda at the 2019 HRC Global Summit This week, HRC is hosting 29 global leaders for equality from 27 countries and territories in Washington, D.C. for the fourth annual Global Innovative Advocacy Summit. These leading global advocates for LGBTQ equality were selected from hundreds of applicants because of the creative, inspiring and … Continue reading What’s on the Agenda at the 2019 HRC Global Summit
#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 18, 2019 HRC CALLS ON HHS TO REJECT PROPOSAL TO REMOVE SEXUAL ORIENTATION DATA COLLECTION FROM FED CHILD WELFARE REPORTING SYSTEM: “LGBTQ youth are tragically overrepresented in foster care, and this attempt to erase them and important data on adoptive and foster parents undermines efforts to address the marginalization, harassment and discrimination … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 18, 2019
Global Innovators Discuss Advocacy Strategies and Bid Farewell as Second Global Summit Wraps Up Post submitted by Jay Gilliam, Senior Global Programs Officer, HRC Global & Saurav Jung Thapa, Associate Director of Research, HRC Global Thirty inspiring global innovators from 28 countries came together at HRC’s Equality Forum on Thursday for the final day of the … Continue reading Global Innovators Discuss Advocacy Strategies and Bid Farewell as Second Global Summit Wraps Up
Four Highlights from Day One of HRC’s Global Summit Post submitted by Saurav Jung Thapa, Associate Director of Research, HRC Global and Jay Gilliam, Senior Global Programs Officer, HRC Global HRC’s second annual Global Innovative Advocacy Summit program began yesterday in Washington, D.C. Read about and see pics of the top four highlights from its first day. … Continue reading Four Highlights from Day One of HRC’s Global Summit
Global Summit Kicks Off with World Bank Visit and Roundtable with Members of Congress Thirty remarkable LGBTQ advocates from five continents gathered at HRC’s office in Washington, D.C. this week for the second annual Global Innovative Advocacy Summit. Hailing from 28 countries, the global innovators represent tremendous diversity in age, gender, sexual and gender identity … Continue reading Global Summit Kicks Off with World Bank Visit and Roundtable with Members of Congress
HRC Prepares to Welcome LGBTQ Advocates from Around the World Post submitted by Caleb Orozco, Executive Director, UNIBAM, Belize Next month, I will be in Washington, D.C. to attend HRC’s second Global Innovative Advocacy Summit. I will be one of 30 established and emerging LGBTQ advocates — from 28 countries on five continents — who … Continue reading HRC Prepares to Welcome LGBTQ Advocates from Around the World
