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Hillary Clinton was against the State Department using LGBT-friendly phrases
She strongly opposed the State Department’s decision to swap out “mother” and “father” for “parent one” and “parent two” on passport applications.
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HRC slams rival organization, plans Utah conference
The nation’s largest LGBT organization has announced plans to hold a conference in Salt Lake City just days before the conservative World Congress of Families stages a convention in the city.
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Poll: Pence’s re-election on the ropes because of anti-LGBT legislation
A new poll reveals Indiana Governor Mike Pence’s deeply damaged political reputation continues to decline over two months after signing into law an anti-LGBT “religious refusal” bill.
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Alabama’s only openly gay lawmaker named director of local HRC chapter
Democratic state Rep. Patricia Todd of Birmingham was introduced Friday as the new state director of the Human Rights Campaign in Alabama.
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Guam governor refuses to allow marriage licenses for same-sex couples
The nation’s largest gay rights organization and Guam’s biggest newspaper are blasting the territory’s governor for not allowing marriage licenses to be issued to same-sex couples.
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Indiana unveils changes to religious freedom bill; LGBT rights groups say it’s not enough
Indiana lawmakers on Thursday announced changes they plan to make to the state’s new religious freedom law aimed at quelling widespread criticism from businesses and others who have called the proposal anti-gay, but LGBT rights groups said the fix doesn’t go far enough.
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50 years after Selma, Joe Biden draws parallels between LGBT rights, civil rights
LGBT Americans are fighting for the same rights to equality that African Americans fought for decades ago, says Biden.
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Arkansas, Nebraska businesses sign pledge for LGBT equality
Hundreds of businesses in Arkansas and Nebraska have signed an HRC pledge to advance workplace equality for members of the LGBT community.
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Joe Biden to headline Human Rights Campaign annual convention
Vice President Joe Biden will deliver a speech this week at a convention hosted by the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT rights group.
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HRC to examine if Roy Moore coordinated lawsuit against same-sex marriage
The Human Rights Campaign filed an Alabama Open Records request on Thursday seeking government email and phone records of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore to determine his role in a third-party lawsuit against marriage equality in the state.