Anti-Asian Hate Must Stop and as a Community We Must Remain United and Speak Out
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Hate Crimes
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New FBI Hate Crimes Report Shows Increases in Anti-LGBTQ Attacks
HRC responded to troubling federal data showing unacceptably high levels of hate crimes — and an increase in those targeting LGBTQ people — as disclosed by the FBI today.
Human Rights Campaign on the Anniversary of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
Post submitted by Lucas Acosta (he/him), former Deputy Director of Communications, PoliticsToday marks the 11th anniversary of the historic signing of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes…
HRC Remembers Matthew Shepard On Anniversary Of His Passing, Calls For Change To Honor His Memory
Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard, who was the victim of a fatally violent hate crime because of his sexual orientation. Shepard’s death sparked a…
Human Rights Campaign on Hate Crimes Legislation Enacted in Georgia
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) responded to the enactment of HB 426, which prohibits bias-motivated crimes based on certain enumerated characteristics, and the passage of HB 838, which would prevent…
Pulse 4 Years Later: LGBTQ, Gun Safety Groups Release Report
Post submitted by Lucas Acosta (he/him), former Deputy Director of Communications, PoliticsThree-fourths of homicides against transgender people involved a gun, and nearly eight in ten homicides of Black trans women…
Remembering and Honoring Pulse: Anti-LGBTQ+ Bias and Guns Are Taking Lives of Countless LGBTQ+ People
Anti-LGBTQ+ bias and access to guns are the taking live of countless LGBTQ+ people.
HRC Demands Action After the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery
Georgia has no statewide hate crimes law; HRC demands action to address this injustice
HRC Releases Annual Report on Epidemic of Anti-Transgender Violence
At least 22 transgender and gender non-conforming people — almost all Black transgender women — have been killed in 2019.
HRC Responds to New FBI Report Showing Spike in Reported Hate Crimes Targeting LGBTQ People
WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, responded to troubling federal data showing unacceptably high levels…
Love conquers hate.
