Tag: Joe Solmonese
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HRC Mourns the Loss of Paula Ettelbrick
Last Friday the Human Rights Campaign mourns the loss of Paula Ettelbrick, a longtime leader in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movement, who died Friday after a long battle with cancer.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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HRC President Joe Solmonese to Depart in Early 2012
The co-chairs of the Human Rights Campaign Board of Directors and the HRC Foundation Board yesterday announced that HRC President Joe Solmonese has informed the boards that he will not renew his contract which expires March 31, 2012. Solmonese will remain at the helm of the organisation until the completion of his contract to ensure a smooth leadership transition.
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HRC Applauds Administration for Joining United Nations on Ending Violence Towards LGBT People
Today, the U.S. joined over 80 countries to issue a statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council entitled “Ending Acts of Violence and Related Human Rights Violations Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.” The statement “express[es] concern at continued evidence in every region of acts of violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.” In addition, it “call[s] on States to take steps to end acts of violence, criminal sanctions and related human rights violations committed against individuals because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.”