Category: US National News
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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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Presbyterian church in US to ordain 1st gay man
More than two decades after Scott Anderson told his California congregation that he was gay and therefore must resign as its pastor, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) is preparing to welcome him back.
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HRC Launches Search Process for New President
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization – yesterday announced the beginning of the search process that will culminate in the appointment of a new president for the organization early next year.
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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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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.
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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.