#AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 19, 2018 TODAY — HRC LAUNCHES “THE REAL MIKE PENCE” CAMPAIGN THAT EXPOSES HIS HISTORY OF ANTI-LGBTQ FANATICISM AND STEALTH EXTREMISM: HRC’s new, comprehensive “The Real Mike Pence” campaign includes a scathing report, microsite and a series of videos exposing the vice president’s long history of anti-LGBTQ animus and shining a spotlight … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: April 19, 2018 →

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: March 26, 2018 #ProtectTransTroops – HRC CONDEMNS TRUMP-PENCE TRANS TROOPS BAN POLICY: HRC condemned the newly-released official Trump-Pence Administration policy attempting to implement Donald Trump’s discriminatory ban on transgender troops. “There is simply no way to spin it, the Trump-Pence Administration is going all in on its discriminatory, unconstitutional and despicable ban on … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: March 26, 2018 →

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: November 22, 2017 A SECOND FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS ENFORCEMENT OF DISCRIMINATORY TRUMP-PENCE BAN ON MILITARY SERVICE BY TRANSGENDER TROOPS: The decision by U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Gabris in Maryland came just hours before yesterday’s oral arguments in a third case challenging the unconstitutional ban, and also explicitly affirms the right of transgender … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: November 22, 2017 →

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: November 17, 2017 EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE TARGETING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE WORSENS — 2017 DEADLIEST YEAR ON RECORD: Today, HRC and the Trans People of Color Coalition (TPOCC) released A Time to Act: Fatal Violence Against Transgender People in America in 2017, a heartbreaking report documenting the often deadly violence faced by  transgender people and … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: November 17, 2017 →

#AM_Equality Tipsheet: August 30, 2017 HRC MOURNS CASSIDY KARAKORN, BELOVED COLLEAGUE, FRIEND AND ADVOCATE: The HRC Family is mourning the loss of our beloved colleague and friend, Cassidy Karakorn. Over her 17-year career at HRC, Cassidy tirelessly championed civil rights for the LGBTQ community. As Director of Consumer Marketing, Cassidy’s eye for fashion and art … Continue reading #AM_Equality Tipsheet: August 30, 2017 →

See which celebrities were star struck to meet the transgender service members at the VMAs Last night at the 2017 MTV VMAs six transgender military service members took to the red carpet alongside GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis to share their personal stories and proudly raise the visibility for the over 15,000 current … Continue reading See which celebrities were star struck to meet the transgender service members at the VMAs →