USAID Nominee Pledges Support for LGBTQ Human Rights
In a hearing before a U.S. Senate committee, Ambassador Mark Green, the nominee to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), pledged that, if confirmed, he would work to…
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Celebrating and Supporting Our Fathers: It’s Time for Paid Leave
The United States is the only industrialized nation that provides no paid family leave, maternity or parental, to working adults.
Tillerson Admits No Concern Over Chechen Atrocities Have Been Raised With Russian Counterparts
HRC blasted disturbing revelations made by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a hearing held by the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
More than 60 Organizations Join HRC to Oppose the American Health Care Act
Yesterday, HRC and the National Center for Lesbian Rights delivered a letter to the Senate on behalf of 61 organizations opposing the American Health Care Act.
HRC Statement on Shooting at Congressional Baseball Practice in Alexandria, VA
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, two Capitol Police officers, and several staffers were reportedly injured.
The LGBT PRIDE Act Would Combat Violence, Suicide in LGBTQ Community
Following the one year mark of the Pulse nightclub shooting that took the lives of 49 people -- mostly young, LGBTQ and Latinx -- Members of Congress put forth a…
Sen. Tim Kaine Introduces Legislation to Protect LGBTQ People from Housing Discrimination
Fair and Equal Housing Act would provide explicit non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people.
DeVos, Again, Refuses to Commit to LGBTQ Protections in Voucher Program
For the second time in two weeks, Betsy DeVos refused to commit to protecting LGBTQ students from discrimination in a federal voucher program.
Bipartisan Think Tanks Agree: Time is Now for Paid Parental Family Leave
Today, a bipartisan group of experts from the American Enterprise Institute and Brookings Institute announced that paid leave for American workers was an “issue whose time has come.”
HRC is Ready for the Los Angeles #ResistMarch. Join Us!
HRC will join the Los Angeles Pride #ResistMarch, an event that will attract hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ people, HRC supporters and our allies from all parts of the nation.
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