Human Rights Campaign Announces Pro-Equality Leaders for U.S. Senate
August endorsements bring total HRC U.S. Senate endorsements thus far to 24, including 12 challengers to incumbent Senators
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Victory for HRC-Backed Candidates Tom Malinowski and Mikie Sherrill in Historic New Jersey Election
Washington -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, released the following statement on victories of HRC-endorsed candidates…
HRC Congratulates Governor-Elect Phil Murphy on Victory in New Jersey
WASHINGTON --Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization released the following statement after Phil Murphy won New Jersey’s…
HRC Endorses Phil Murphy for Governor of New Jersey
Murphy’s commitment to LGBTQ equality makes him the clear choice for the approximately 2.3 million LGBTQ and allied voters in the Garden State
HRC Congratulates Josh Gottheimer on Victory in NJ-5
Washington -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, released the following statement after Josh Gottheimer was declared…
Gov. Chris Christie Vetoes Another Important Bill for Transgender New Jerseyans
WASHINGTON – For the second time in two years, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has shamefully vetoed a bill that would have made easier for transgender residents to obtain an…
Rep. Scott Garrett Shocks Committee With Anti-LGBT Bigotry
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, responded to Representative Scott Garrett’s (R-NJ) hateful anti-LGBT objections to…
Gov. Chris Christie Vetoes Important Pro-LGBT Surrogacy Bill
TRENTON, NJ – Last night, on the day before announcing his candidacy for President of the United States, Governor Chris Christie shamefully vetoed important bipartisan legislation passed by the New…
HUGE LEGAL VICTORY: Jury Finds That Anti-LGBT Conversion Therapy Is Fraud
WASHINGTON – Today, in Michael Ferguson v. JONAH – a case brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center in New Jersey Superior Court against practitioners of so-called “conversion therapy” –…
HRC to New Jersey Gov. Christie: Sign the Bill Protecting LGBT Parents and Modernizing State Law
WASHINGTON – Yesterday by a vote of 43 to 25, the New Jersey Assembly passed the New Jersey Gestational Carrier Agreement Act - an important bill that would modernize New…