Category: US National News
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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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Immigration Reform Provides One Quarter Million LGBT Immigrants a Path to Citizenship
Today, the United States Senate passed a bi-partisan immigration reform bill by a vote of 68-32. Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Chad Griffin released the following statement:
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Meet Virginia’s Rabidly Anti-Gay Gubernatorial Ticket
The Virginia GOP’s 2013 gubernatorial ticket is boasting two radically anti-gay figures whose views on LGBT rights are dramatically out-of-step with the majority of Virginians.
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Anti-Gay Pastor Leading 2013 National Day of Prayer
The Honorary Chairman of next week’s National Day of Prayer has a history of speaking out against LGBT Americans. Pastor Greg Laurie is the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in California and is a part of Harvest Ministries.
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Nation’s Leading LGBT Advocacy Organizations Stand in Solidarity for Immigration Reform
Today national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organizations join local, state and national immigration, civil rights and LGBT groups and advocates marching for justice for all immigrants on National Immigration Day of Action.
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Trans 100 list announced by GLAAD, We Happy Trans, This is HOW
We Happy Trans, a website that celebrates the positive experiences of transgender people, and This is H.O.W., a Phoenix based non profit organization dedicated to the betterment of the lives of trans people, today announced the full published Trans 100 list, an inaugural overview of the breadth and diversity of work being done in, by, and for the transgender community across the United States.