City of San Francisco Asks: Can GLBT Museum Donors Meet the Challenge?
The City of San Francisco has issued a challenge to the GLBT Historical Society in the form of a $17,000 matching grant to support The GLBT History Museum, the stand-alone museum that the society operates in the city’s Castro District.
HRC Statement on Tragic Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin released the following statement regarding the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut:
GLAAD and MTPC release new videos in ‘I AM: Trans People Speak’ series
GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), announced the national launch of new “I AM: Trans People Speak” videos, featuring New York Times bestseller Professor Jennifer Finney Boylan, actress Laverne Cox, Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) attorney Noah Lewis, and performance poet Kit Yan.
Roman Catholic Church Pours $2 Million into Discrimination against LGBT Americans
The Roman Catholic Church hierarchy funneled $2 million into entirely unsuccessful efforts to advance discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the four marriage ballot states of Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Washington this election cycle.
HRC Releases First-Ever Index of LGBT Inclusion within a Faith-based Community
The Human Rights Campaign, the U.S largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, released today its first-ever index of inclusion within a faith-based community.