Moving Toward Equality in Alabama
April 27, 2009
As we celebrate recent victories for marriage in Iowa and Vermont, and as Congress takes up hate crimes legislation at the federal level, we’re also seeing important movement toward equality in other places.
Continue Reading ►HRC Releases New Hate Crimes Video Featuring Judy Shepard
April 21, 2009
Today the Human Rights Campaign released a new video in conjunction with the campaign to pass federal hate crimes legislation. The video, "10 Years," features Judy Shepard, whose son Matthew was murdered in 1998 in Laramie, Wyoming because he was gay. Watch it here:
Continue Reading ►Hate crimes bill markup scheduled for Wednesday
April 20, 2009
This afternoon, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee issued an official notice that the federal hate crimes bill, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 (H.R. 1913), is scheduled for a full committee markup this week.
Continue Reading ►TOMORROW: HRC to host national web chat on tax fairness
April 13, 2009
In advance of April 15 – “Tax Day” – HRC will host a national web chat on a variety of financial issues currently facing members of the LGBT community.
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Harry Reid Reveals His Niece Is a Lesbian, Renews Call for Congress to Pass ENDA
May 16, 2013
