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The Power of Acceptance: Honoring National Adoption Month
During November, we not only honor National Adoption Month but the over 30% of youth in foster care who identify as LGBTQ+.
Speaker Mike Johnson Announces Capitol Bathroom Ban
HRC President Calls Out "Cruel and Discriminatory" Policy
HRC’s 2024 Survey of Pro-Equality Cities & Towns: More Cities Than Ever Receive Highest Possible Score, Many More Limited By Anti-Trans State Laws
Thirteenth Edition of HRC’s Municipal Equality Index, Nation’s Most Comprehensive Survey of Cities’ LGBTQ+ Policies, Shows Record Breaking 130 Cities - More Than 25% of All Surveyed - Earned Highest…
HRCF’s 2024 Epidemic of Violence Report: Fatal Violence Against Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People Continues, with Black Trans Women Comprising Nearly Half of the Deaths
Since Transgender Day of Remembrance 2023, HRCF identified 36 deaths of transgender people, bringing total deaths since tracking began in 2013 to nearly 400
HRC Honors Quanesha Shantel (“Cocoa”) , Black Transgender Woman and Drag Queen Killed in North Carolina
Quanesha Shantel, who often went by Cocoa among her friends and has also been named in some press reports as Juchuan Hamilton, had, in recent years, been involved in ballroom…
Santonio “San” Coleman, a Black Transgender Woman, Affectionately Known as “The Life of the Party” by Friends and Family, Found Dead in Athens, Georgia
Santonio Coleman, a 48-year-old Black gender non-conforming person who often went by “San” or Strawberry,” tragically died in Athens, Georgia on Saturday October 19, 2024. San’s death is the at…
U.S. Department of Education Finds Nex Benedict’s School District Accountable for Fostering Hostile Climate In Response to HRC Complaint
In a resolution agreement with the Owasso School District in Oklahoma, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights - in response to a complaint filed by HRC in February…
Remembering Honee Daniels, Black Trans Woman Who “Made Friends With Anyone" And Was Killed in Rochester, NY
Honee Daniels, a 37-year old Black trans woman, was killed in a hit-and-run in Rochester, NY on Wednesday, October 2nd. Honee is at least the 28th violent killing of a…
REPORT: Congressional Democrats, After Beating Back Unprecedented Onslaught of Anti-LGBTQ+ Attacks in FY24 Budget, Face Next Wave
51 of 52 Anti-LGBTQ+ Riders Were Defeated in FY24 Budget Cycle Thanks to Work of Pro-Equality Lawmakers and Advocates
New HRC Report Details The Next Raft of Anti-LGBTQ+ Riders in…
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