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April 6, 2016 | Stephen Peters

BREAKING in Mississippi: Major Corporations Call for Repeal of Anti-LGBT Law

BREAKING in Mississippi: GE, Dow, Pepsi, HPE, Hyatt, Choice Hotels, Levi Strauss, & Whole Foods Call on Lawmakers to Repeal Extreme Anti-LGBT Law

April 6, 2016 | Stephen Peters

Dow Chemical, HP, Choice Hotels & Alcoa Urge Tennessee Lawmakers to Abandon Anti-Trans Student Bills

BREAKING in Tennessee: Dow Chemical, HPE, Choice Hotels, and Alcoa Urge Lawmakers to Abandon Legislation Targeting Trans Youth

April 5, 2016 | Ianthe Metzger

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant Signs Law Attacking LGBT People and Families

Despite business outcry, H.B. 1523 becomes third explicitly anti-LGBT bill signed into law this year;

April 4, 2016 | Stephen Peters

Mississippi Manufacturers Association Urges Governor Bryant to Veto Anti-LGBT HB 1523

JACKSON, MS - Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, hailed the news that the Mississippi Manufacturers Association (MMA)…

April 4, 2016 | Ianthe Metzger

RED ALERT: Despite Outcry from Businesses, Citizens, Anti-LGBT Bill Heads to Gov. Bryant's Desk

Major corporations denounce H.B 1523, discriminatory bill that would allow businesses to deny services to LGBT people

April 4, 2016 | Ianthe Metzger

RED ALERT: Despite Outcry from Businesses, Citizens, Appalling Anti-LGBT Bill Heads to Gov. Bryant

April 4, 2016 | Ianthe Metzger

Advocates Urge Governor Bryant and Mississippi Legislature to Reject Anti-LGBT HB 1523

Major corporations come out against discriminatory bill that would allow businesses to deny services to LGBT people

April 4, 2016 | HRC Staff

LGBT Advocates Talk Supporter Mobilization as HRC Global Summit Concludes

In the final day of HRC’s Global Innovative Advocacy Summit, advocates from 26 countries discussed mobilizing members and supporters to advance equality in their countries.

April 4, 2016 | Stephen Peters

North Carolina's Reckless Anti-LGBT Law Casts Dark Cloud Over Tonight's NCAA Championship Game

Governor McCrory’s outrageous new discriminatory law has put North Carolina at risk of being denied bids to host future NCAA and NBA events