American Academy of Pediatrics Releases Report Supporting Marriage Equality and Adoption Rights
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, today praised the release of a policy statement and technical report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) supporting marriage equality and adoption and foster care rights by same-sex couples titled, ‘Promoting the Well-Being of Children Whose Parents Are Gay or Lesbian,’
Myth versus Fact: Anti-Gay Opposition Can’t Get Its Story Straight on Adoption
National Organization for Marriage (NOM) Board Chairman John Eastman referred to families with adopted children as just “second best” in remarks he made to the Associated Press.
False and Abusive Practices Aimed at “Changing” Sexual Orientation take Another Discrediting Blow
The National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality, the leading anti-LGBT organization advocating for dangerous efforts that falsely attempt to change one’s sexual orientation,
GLAAD’s President Herndon Graddick on Election of New Pope
“The National Catholic reporter said Pope Francis called adoption by gay and lesbian people a form of discrimination against children.
HRC Statement on the Death of C. Everett Koop
Yesterday the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) mourned the passing of C. Everett Koop, the thirteenth Surgeon General of the United States.
HRC Praises Pentagon’s Extension of Additional Benefits to Gay and Lesbian Service Members and Their Families
The Human Rights Campaign praised the Pentagon’s announcement that it would extend a slate of equal benefits to lesbian and gay service members and their families over the coming months.