WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign commends New Hampshire legislators for passing a civil unions bill that will permit committed same-sex couples to have the same state-level rights, responsibilities and…
WASHINGTON - Late tonight, in a vote of 20 to 14, H.R. 1592, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary…
DES MOINES, IOWA - Today, members of the Iowa House of Representatives voted 59 to 37 to approve a bill outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender…
WASHINGTON - Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese joined with Reps. Barney Frank, D-Mass. Deborah Pryce, R-Ohio Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc. and Chris Shays, R-Conn., to introduce the bipartisan Employment Non-Discrimination…
WASHINGTON - Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following statement regarding the passing of Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, D-Calif.
Said Solmonese:"With the passing of Congresswoman Millender-McDonald, our community has…
WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign and the National Center for Transgender Equality announce the joint release of the groundbreaking new resource guide, Coming Out as Transgender. The new publication,…
WASHINGTON - Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following statement regarding New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch's statement to The Associated Press today pledging to sign legislation establishing civil…
WASHINGTON - Today the U.S. House of Representatives took a step toward moving a hate crimes bill (H.R. 1592) through Congress by holding a hearing in the Subcommittee on Crime,…
PORTLAND, ORE. - Today, members of the Oregon House of Representatives approved in bipartisan votes the Oregon Equality Act (S.B. 2) and the Oregon Family Fairness Act (H.B. 2007).The Oregon…
WASHINGTON - Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, issued the following statement regarding the tragedy yesterday at Virginia Tech:"The Human Rights Campaign joins the nation in mourning the…
