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HRC Statement on Senator-Elect Cory Booker’s Victory
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin issued the following statement this evening on the news that Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker has won the special election to be the next Senator from New Jersey:
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Senate Confirms Nation’s First Openly-Gay Federal Appellate Judge
Last Tuesday the United States Senate by a vote of 98 to 0 confirmed Todd Hughes to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, making him the first openly-gay person to serve as a federal appellate judge.
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HRC Hires Brad Clark to Develop New Strategies to Achieve Full Equality
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) last Friday announced Brad Clark, currently the executive director of One Colorado, will join the organisation to create and lead new strategies that will allow HRC to bridge the gap between states that have made great strides toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality, and those that have barely any protections for the LGBT community.
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Bayard Rustin to be Posthumously Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
The White House today announced Bayard Rustin, the late civil and human rights advocate will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States.
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Labor Department Chief of Staff Ana Ma to Become HRC COO & Chief of Staff
Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that Ana M. Ma has been hired as the organization’s new Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff. Ma joins HRC from the U.S. Department of Labor where she currently serves as Chief of Staff.
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HRC Statement on the Closing of Exodus International
Yesterday, Exodus International, an organisation which for years advocated for and practiced dangerous so-called therapies to change people’s sexual orientation, announced it is closing its doors for good.