Across the country, anti-LGBTQ+ legislators are taking their marching orders from extremist groups, and are determined to tell their LGBTQ+ constituents that they should not be seen nor heard, nor even exist. Although the 2024 legislative session promises to continue these devastating attacks, HRC is more committed and more energized than ever in our fight for LGBTQ+ equality.
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HRC staff joined city leaders from across the Magnolia State to participate in the 2018 Mississippi Municipal League annual conference on the Mississippi gulf coast.
HRC Mississippi staff joined members and supporters at a house party in Tupelo to discuss the ongoing work for full LGBTQ equality around the state.
HRC Mississippi was proud to host its inaugural HRC Derby Day: Racing for Equality event at the historic Fairview Inn in Jackson on May 5.
HRC was honored to join the many fair-minded Starkville, Mississippi, residents who packed City Hall in support of a permit for the city’s first ever Pride parade.
The ads -- a part of HRC’s #LoveYourNeighbor campaign -- focus on stories of LGBTQ Mississippians and their allies, and discuss acceptance in the South.
HRC hosted the Mississippi Youth Leadership Summit in partnership with ACLU of Mississippi and Teen Health Mississippi.
HRC praised the Starkville community, and especially Starkville Pride, for successfully pushing the city’s Board of Aldermen to issue a permit for a Pride parade.
Over the past year, HRC Mississippi made a determined effort to build stronger relationships with lawmakers in advance of the 2018 legislative session.
HRC called for Mississippi state Sen. Briggs Hopson to bring up SB 2576 for a vote in the Senate’s Judiciary A committee.
HRC Mississippi staff had the privilege to speak to a public relations class at the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi.
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