Kelley’s Weekly Message: August 2024
Check out these updates from Kelley Robinson highlighting key issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community in a special note for members and supporters of HRC.
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ICYMI: Employees & Customers Speak Out Against Anti-DEI Campaigns
According to ACCP, senior business leaders from 125 leading companies say their commitment to DEI is steadfast at 96%Inclusion is good for business: Close to 30% of Gen Z adults…
Trailblazers of Tomorrow: A Spotlight on HBCU Student Leaders
For nearly twenty years, HRC’s HBCU Program has engaged with hundreds of LGBTQ+ students through our annual Student Leadership Summits, creating a unique space and learning opportunity for HBCU students…
Honoring Monique Brooks, Transgender Woman Killed In Orlando
Monique Brooks’ sibling Lecia described her as fun-loving and smart. Others remember Monique as an amazing hair stylist. Every year on her birthday, Monique centered causes that people should support,…
HRC: Arizonans Will Again Reject Anti-LGBTQ+ Trump Disciple Kari Lake in November
WASHINGTON — Today, Trump-praising, anti-abortion MAGA politician Kari Lake won Arizona’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate. Lake, who was rejected by Arizona voters in her failed gubernatorial campaign less than…
Parent of Transgender Student is Suspended from Her Job by Florida School Board After Investigation Fraught with Anti-Transgender Bias
Jessica Norton, the mother of a transgender student athlete and employee of Monarch High School, was suspended for 10 days without pay by the Broward County School Board at the…
ICYMI: How JD Vance Betrayed His Transgender Friend for the Sake of His Political Ambition
Recently unearthed emails and text messages from JD Vance in his law school years portray a man very different from the MAGA bully today, a man who will turn against…
100 Days to Go: 100 Alarming Reasons to Reject the Trump-Vance Project 2025
The ‘Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,’ more commonly known as “Project 2025,” is a dangerous, 922-page blueprint led by two former Trump administration officials, Paul Dans and Spencer Chretien,…
Remembering Kenji Spurgeon, Transgender Woman Killed In Seattle On The Last Day of Pride
Kenji Spurgeon, a 23-year-old Black transgender woman, was described by her family as being a “bright light in our lives” on a GoFundMe page. They go on to say that…
Meet the Out LGBTQ+ Team USA Athletes Competing in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
With the 2024 Olympics right around the corner, we couldn’t think of a better way to support Team USA than lifting up the incredible LGBTQ+ athletes leaving their mark in…
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