NAACP President Benjamin Jealous Changed the Lives of LGBT Americans
With Sunday’s news that Benjamin Jealous will be stepping down from his position as NAACP president later this year, the Human Rights Campaign reflected on the legacy of a man who not merely led his organisation to embrace LGBT equality, but who transformed the national conversation around civil rights for all Americans.
UBS, Moody’s Latest Financial Service Firms to Support Employment Non-Discrimination Act
UBS and Moody’s – two leading financial service firms – are the latest major companies to back the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (or ENDA), legislation expected to come to the Senate floor this fall that would ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Military Same-Sex Spouses Eligible for Benefits Today
Today the same-sex spouses of military service members become eligible to receive a range of federal benefits, thanks to a Department of Defense policy change that was announced last month implementing the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
Federal Appeals Court Upholds SB 1172 Protecting California’s Youth
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld California SB 1172 which prohibits dangerous and disproved efforts designed to change a young person’s sexual orientation or gender expression that have proven to inflict great emotional harm.
Pvt. Chelsea E. Manning Comes Out, Deserves Respectful Treatment by Media and Officials
Pvt. Chelsea E. Manning announced today that she is female and wishes to begin hormone treatment therapy. Human Rights Campaign Vice President and Chief Foundation Officer Jeff Krehely released the following statement:
Jose Julio Sarria, founder of the International Court System, Passes Away
One of America’s gay rights pioneering leaders, José Julio Sarria, passed away Monday morning quietly in his home in New Mexico. He was 91. Funeral and Memorial Service arrangements will be announced by the Imperial Court of San Francisco.