Tag: Joe Solmonese
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New HUD Regulations Will Protect LGBT Families
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, today praised draft regulations from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that would protect LGBT families from discrimination and make clear that federal housing programs are open to all families. HUD is also in the midst of the first-ever nationwide survey of housing discrimination against LGBT people.
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HRC to Open “Pop-up” Action Center and Store in Palm Springs
The Human Rights Campaign – U.S largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation – is excited to announce the opening of a “pop-up” Action Center and Store in Palm Springs, CA. Opening on January 28, the Action Center and Store will operate through Memorial Day weekend, serving as a catalyst for LGBT activism for thousands of Coachella Valley residents and tourists.
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Colorado Diocese Adopts Snake-Oil “12 Step Program” For Gays
The Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization – today called on the Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs to listen to mental health professionals and discontinue their newly adopted “12-step program” for gay men. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that the diocese has adopted Twelve Steps of Courage, a counseling program for gay men based on Alcoholics Anonymous. Part of the program asks participants to admit they are “defective.”