Florida Implements Bostock
Today, Florida’s Commission on Human Relations announced its intention to fully implement the Bostock v. Clayton County decision on the state level. This action means that Florida’s more than 772,000…
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Mississippi State Senate Committee Passes Discriminatory Anti-Transgender Sports Ban Bill
Today, the Mississippi Senate Accountability, Efficiency, and Transparency Committee passed an anti-transgender bill, SB 2536, aimed at banning transgender women and girls from participating in sports. This discriminatory legislation would…
Human Rights Campaign Praises Cuomo, State Legislative Leaders For Swift Action To Repeal New York’s ‘Walking While Trans’ Law
This evening, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Assembly Bill 3355 (Paulin) and Senate Bill 1351 (Hoylman), repealing New York state’s Loitering for the Purpose of Prostitution law which originally…
Secretary Pete Buttigieg Makes History As First Openly LGBTQ, Senate-Confirmed Person to Lead a Department
Post submitted by Viet Tran (he/him/they/them), former HRC Press SecretaryThe U.S. Senate in a historic and overwhelmingly bipartisan vote confirmed Pete Buttigieg to be Secretary of Transportation. He is the…
HRC Mourns Bianca “Muffin” Bankz, Black Trans Woman Killed in Atlanta
HRC is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Bianca “Muffin” Bankz, a Black transgender woman in her early 30s who was killed in Atlanta, Georgia. Bianca, who was…
Human Rights Campaign Foundation and Gilead Will Work Together to Combat HIV Epidemic and Promote Transgender Justice
Foster City, Calif. and Washington, D.C., February 2, 2021 – Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and…
Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David on the Beginning of Black History Month
This Black History Month, I am reflecting on the contributions that Black people have consistently made to our democracy, giving it the lifeblood it needs to survive, this past election…
HRC Mourns Dominique Jackson, Black Trans Woman Killed in Mississippi
HRC is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Dominique Jackson, a Black transgender woman who was shot to death in Jackson, Miss. on January 25. Her death is…
Human Rights Campaign: McCarthy Must Immediately Remove Greene From Her Committee Assignments
Post submitted by Viet Tran (he/him/they/them), former HRC Press SecretaryHuman Rights Campaign calls on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to remove U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) from her…
Human Rights Campaign Calls On States To Implement Bostock Decision
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization —following President Biden’s historic Day One Executive Order, calls upon…
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