Students Take a Tour of LGBT History
June 11, 2010
Last summer I welcomed a surprise visitor to the HRC building – Anne Phibbs, the Director of GLBTA Programs Office at the University of Minnesota. She stopped by to tell me about a new initiative at the school that would be an integrated, year-long learning experience for undergrads with hands-on education for developing their skills as student leaders in order to affect social and political change. The program would incorporate specific courses in the fall and spring semesters along with a chance to study activism and organizing on a national level with a bus trip to Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC. I told Anne on the spot that we’d love to welcome the students when they took their road trip.
Continue Reading ►The Happiest Place on Earth: Gay Days at Disney World
June 9, 2010
In Orlando, Florida last week, thousands of LGBT people from around the world descended on Disney World and participated in a week-long series of LGBT activities known as “Gay Days.” HRC’s field team partnered with volunteers from HRC’s outstanding Orlando Steering Committee to staff HRC tables at the Gay Days Expo.
Continue Reading ►DADT Forces Family into the Closet in Today’s “Stories from the Frontlines”
May 18, 2010
Dear Mr. President and First Lady Obama, I have been a mom for over a quarter of a century, but I remember each of my children’s births with such joy. I remember my son’s birth. We had picked a boy’s name and a girl’s name, deciding to wait and see. My labor was easy. As the baby was born, the doctor exclaimed that he was a boy! He was doing so well that we brought him home to meet his big sister that very morning.
Continue Reading ►Live blogging the Mississippi Second-Chance Prom
May 8, 2010
HRC's Candace Gingrich-Jones live blogs the "Second-Chance Prom" hosted by the Mississippi Safe Schools Coalition.
Continue Reading ►Georgia Senate Unanimously Passes Anti-Bullying Measure
April 30, 2010
Late last night, the Georgia State Senate unanimously passed legislation which substantially extends anti-bullying provisions in schools. House Bill 927, which contained the provisions, seemed dead in the water earlier this year until Representative Mike Jacobs – a Republican from Atlanta – was able to amend Senate Bill 250 to include the language. Passage is a huge victory for Georgia Equality!
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Boy Scouts of America Takes Historic Step Forward For Gay Scouts, Leaves Gay Scout Leaders Behind
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