WASHINGTON - ExxonMobil shareholders voted today with record support for a resolution to add "sexual orientation" to the company's written equal employment opportunity policy. The percentage of shares voted in…
RALEIGH, N.C. - On May 24, 2007, North Carolina's state House of Representatives voted 73 to 46 in favor of the School Violence Prevention Act, which would require public schools…
WASHINGTON - Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration announced on their website that the current lifetime ban on donating blood will remain in effect for gay and bisexual men. In…
MONTPELIER, VT. - On May 22, 2007, Vermont's Republican Gov. Jim Douglas signed into law a bill extending existing anti-discrimination laws to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity…
WASHINGTON - A new national poll conducted by Gallup shows an overwhelming support of the American people for passage of federal hate crimes legislation currently being considered in Congress. The…
COLUMBUS, OHIO - Today, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland signed an executive order that will prohibit discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender state employees. The order is effective immediately.
WASHINGTON - Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese issued the following statement in reaction to the death of Yolanda King, the first-born daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and…
WASHINGTON - Today, Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese and Rachel Tiven, executive director of Immigration Equality, hailed the reintroduction of the Uniting American Families Act. The bill, sponsored by…
DENVER - Today, members of the Colorado Senate voted to pass a bill prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. This legislation, which previously passed…
WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, H.R. 1592, in a vote of 237 to 180. The proposed…
