Hundreds Attend #RepealHB2 Town Halls Across North Carolina TurnOUT! North Carolina, a coalition of HRC, Equality North Carolina, the ACLU and the Campaign for Southern Equality, recently wrapped up weeks of town halls in cities across the state with advocates dedicated to repealing the deeply discriminatory House Bill 2 (HB2). From Charlotte to Greenville to … Continue reading Hundreds Attend #RepealHB2 Town Halls Across North Carolina →

PHOTOS: GLAAD at the North Carolina rally to #RepealHB2 GLAAD GLAAD’s Strategist for Global and US South, Alexandra Bolles, joined North Carolina’s NAACP, Equality North Carolina and HRC for a rally protesting against HB2. The North Carolina Action Center calls HB2, a so-called “bathroom bill” that was recently signed into law, a “blatant attack on trans people” that takes away … Continue reading PHOTOS: GLAAD at the North Carolina rally to #RepealHB2 →

Rally to #RepealHB2 in Raleigh, North Carolina to be held on Monday North Carolina NAACP On Monday, April 25, the National Center for Transgender Equality, through their North Carolina Action Center, in collaboration with Equality North Carolina, the Human Rights Campaign, and the North Carolina NAACP, will be rallying against HB-2 in Raleigh, the state capital, and … Continue reading Rally to #RepealHB2 in Raleigh, North Carolina to be held on Monday →

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 12, 2017 DURING RUSSIA TRIP, SEC. OF STATE MUST ADDRESS MURDERS OF GAY MEN IN CHECHNYA: HRC is calling on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to address with Russian officials — including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov — the horrifying detention and murders of gay men in Russia-controlled Chechnya. New reports from a … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 12, 2017 →

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 5, 2017 HUGE WIN — HISTORIC RULING AFFIRMS CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS PROTECT EMPLOYEES FROM DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Yesterday, HRC hailed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit finding that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act includes protections based on sexual orientation. This decision … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 5, 2017 →

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 3, 2017 NO ONE IS HAVING THIS FAKE HB2 REPEAL: On the eve of Transgender Day of Visibility, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Senate President Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore shamefully attempted to pass off to the public an egregious so-called “deal”– HB 142 — that doubles down on the … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 3, 2017 →

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: March 30, 2017 DON’T SELL US OUT — LGBTQ ADVOCATES CALL ON ALLIES TO REJECT UNCONSTITUTIONAL MEASURE COOKED UP IN BACKROOM DEAL ON HB2: HRC, Equality NC and the National Center for Transgender Equality are urging North Carolina lawmakers to reject an unconstitutional backroom “deal” on HB2 that would no doubt subject the … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: March 30, 2017 →

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: January 12, 2016 TODAY, TRUMP’S PICK FOR HUD, BEN CARSON: Everyday HUD supports millions of individuals and families nationwide through lifeline programs providing assisted and public housing, emergency shelter and supportive housing, and mortgage and loan assistance. Access to this assistance can be life-changing — it can keep families intact, provide shelter safe … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: January 12, 2016 →

NC Republicans Break Promise to Fully Repeal Anti-LGBT HB2 Law North Carolina Republicans filed a bill to repeal HB2 after many hours of closed door caucuses today. If it’s any surprise, they didn’t hold up their end of the bargain. Think Progress reports: The bill they’ve filed (SB4) does repeal HB2, including its restrictions mandating what … Continue reading NC Republicans Break Promise to Fully Repeal Anti-LGBT HB2 Law →