Day: September 29, 2016

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ACC Moves Championship Game to Orlando After McCrory & NC General Assembly Refuse to Repeal HB 2
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, and Equality NC, the statewide organisation working to secure equal rights and justice for LGBxTQ North Carolinians, responded to the decision by the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) to move the league’s 2016 football championship game to Orlando, Florida, due to North Carolina’s deeply discriminatory HB 2 law.

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Dan Osborne and his big bulge….
The Only Way Is Essex Dan Osborne is showing off his bulge.. oops .. tracksuit…

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HRC Joins With Nation’s Leading Paediatric Organisations on New Guide Supporting Transgender Youth
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, joined with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians (ACOP), which together represent more than 66,000 paediatricians and paediatric specialists across the country, to release Supporting and Caring for Transgender Children, a new guide for community members and allies to ensure that transgender young people are affirmed, respected, and able to thrive.

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PepsiCo to Receive HRC Corporate Equality Award at the 2017 HRC Greater NY Gala
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, announced that PepsiCo will receive the HRC Corporate Equality Award at the 2017 HRC Greater New York Gala on Saturday, February 11, 2017, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. The award recognises PepsiCo’s exceptional commitment to equality for the LGBTQ community.

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HRC, Treatment Action Group, and the Fair Pricing Coalition Launch #FairDrugPricesNow Campaign
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, joined with the Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the Fair Pricing Coalition (FPC) in launching #FairDrugPricesNow, a public education and outreach campaign to mobilise LGBTQ people and their allies to address the alarming rise of prescription drug prices in the United States.

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Man in Abu Dhabi accused of promoting homosexuality on Instagram
A young man has gone on trial accused of posting inappropriate pictures of himself dressed in women’s clothes on Instagram.