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Today: Join HRC for a Panel on LGBTI Refugees in Uganda and Kenya

Today: Join HRC for a Panel on LGBTI Refugees in Uganda and Kenya

Join us in DC or watch live online. Our distiguished panelists take the floor at 3:30 pm EST.

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Outgoing American University Student President Comes Out as Transgender

Outgoing American University Student President Comes Out as Transgender

Outgoing American University Student Body President Sarah McBride managed to make waves on campus even on her very last...

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HRC Kicks Off New Speaker Series with Talk on Gender-Nonconforming Children

HRC Kicks Off New Speaker Series with Talk on Gender-Nonconforming Children

Reading and discussion with clinical psychologist Diane Ehrensaft on Monday, April 23.

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Gay Couple Talking Employment Discrimination at Today’s Easter Egg Roll

Gay Couple Talking Employment Discrimination at Today’s Easter Egg Roll

Today, while hundreds of families gather on the White House lawn for storytelling and egg-roll racing, one family plans to...

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HRC Hosts 5th Annual GLOE Rainbow Seder

HRC Hosts 5th Annual GLOE Rainbow Seder

Washington, D.C.’s 5th annual Rainbow Seder took place this past Sunday with nearly 100 attendees from across the local...

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Join HRC’s Athletes for Equality for the Marine Corps Marathon 2012

Join HRC’s Athletes for Equality for the Marine Corps Marathon 2012

There’s nothing quite like running a marathon -- pushing yourself to the limit and finding out you can accomplish things...

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MCC – 44 Years of Kisses

MCC – 44 Years of Kisses

MCC clergy and other faith leaders were at the forefront of the struggle to bring marriage for all loving couples in...

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DC Wedding Embrace Tops Best Gay and Lesbian Kisses

DC Wedding Embrace Tops Best Gay and Lesbian Kisses

The Huffington Post is running a feature on memorable same-sex kisses, and one of the best highlighted is the March 2010...

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D.C. School Takes Pride in Welcoming Students with LGBT Parents

D.C. School Takes Pride in Welcoming Students with LGBT Parents

Kudos to the Oyster-Adams Bilingual School, which was featured in a Washington Post article this weekend about work being...

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Greater Washington D.C. Intercollegiate Council Unites for Marriage Equality in Maryland

Greater Washington D.C. Intercollegiate Council Unites for Marriage Equality in Maryland

HRC headquarters welcomed a slew of fresh new faces Tuesday night for the kickoff of the Greater Washington, D.C....

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NOM-backed DC Council Candidate Changes Position on Marriage

NOM-backed DC Council Candidate Changes Position on Marriage

Candidate Delano Hunter says he won't overturn the Marriage Equality Act.

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