Human Rights Campaign Launches Dynamic New Online Home
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, recentlyre-launched its online presence with a new website.
GLAAD Joins Americans in Celebrating End of Military’s Discriminatory Ban
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, joins Americans in celebrating the end of the military’s discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. Today, service men and women no longer face removal for being open about their sexual orientation.
Federal Court: Prop 8 Trial Tapes Should Be Made Public
The Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization – yesterday praised the ruling of Judge James Ware of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California that the videotapes of the trial in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. Brown) should be made public.
Discriminatory ban on gays and lesbians in the military officially ends tomorrow
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese issued the following statement on tomorrow’s historic end of the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) law that has, for the past 17 years, prohibited qualified gay and lesbian Americans from serving in the armed forces.
GLAAD urges media to include stories of the LGBT community on 10th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
In light of the upcoming 10th year anniversary of the tragic events that occurred on September 11, 2001, GLAAD encourages the media to underscore the diversity of people and communities affected by the attacks, including those in the LGBT community. Many lives were lost, and many survivors and loved ones continue to cope with the losses suffered on this day.
Statement from Human Rights Campaign President on the Mistrial in Brandon McInerney Trial
September 1, 2011 , a California Superior Court judge confirmed that a jury was unable to reach a verdict in the murder trial of Brandon McInerney, who is accused of shooting his gay classmate, Lawrence King, in 2008.