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New HRC Paid Ad Features Testimony from a Recent Owasso High School Grad: “Look around at what happened to students like Nex Benedict. That’s the gravity of the situation.”
Marley H. describes an Owasso High School experience that included bullying, harassment, anti-gay slurs–and teachers and administrators who refused to step in
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly Vetoes Bill That Would Strip Away Access to Essential Health Care for Transgender Youth
SB 233 is Sixth Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill Vetoed by the Governor
Topeka, KS - Today, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed SB 233, which, if enacted, would ban crucial, medically necessary health…
ICYMI: First Lady Jill Biden Headlines Human Rights Campaign’s ‘Equality in Action’ Event
In address to HRC member-volunteers, staff, and board members, Dr. Jill Biden reiterates the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to equality and underscores stakes of 2024 election
As Libs Of TikTok’s Chaya Raichik Linked to Even More Bomb Threats, Ryan Walters Doubles Down on His Support for His Appointee
LGBTQ Nation: Planet Fitness gyms receive bomb threats after Libs of TikTok’s anti-trans campaign
Ryan Walters on Chaya Raichik being added to Southern Poverty Law Center’s “Extremist Files”: “I'm proud…
HRC mourns África Parrilla García, transgender woman shot, killed in San Juan, Puerto Rico
This entry has been updated to incorporate additional reporting.
África Parrilla García, a 25-year-old transgender woman, was killed in the Santurce area of San Juan, Puerto Rico on February 1,…
Black Leaders in the LGBTQIA Movement Applaud University of South Carolina Head Coach Dawn Staley for Standing up for Trans Athlete Inclusion
WASHINGTON – On Sunday, April
7, the University of South Carolina’s women’s basketball team won the
NCAA National Championship. Ahead of the championship game, South
Carolina’s head coach Dawn Staley…
HRC President Responds to NAIA Vote to Ban Transgender Women From Playing Sports
Vote bans trans athletes from playing sports in NAIA-affiliated schools, undermines basic decency deserved by all student athletes
HRC’s Weekly State Fights Report: Pro-Equality Governors Stepping Up to Combat Anti-LGBTQ+ Attacks
TOPLINE TAKEAWAYS:
31 states are currently in session as of April 5So far, HRC is tracking about 810+ bills:430+ anti-LGBTQ+205+ pro-equalityFourteen bad bills have passed into law (Ohio: HB 68,…
Do Not Let the Names of Trans and Non-Binary Youth Become a Memory
A year and a half before Nex Benedict’s death, I was among the folks who sounded the alarm about the divisive rhetoric, laws and policies in Oklahoma, which had resulted…
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