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Activists urge Obama to include LGBT rights on Africa summit agenda
Human rights and gay rights activists on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to ensure that the issue of anti-gay discrimination in Africa is on the agenda at next week’s summit in Washington with more than 40 African leaders. The Human Rights Campaign, a national gay rights organization, and Human Rights First, which advocates aggressive U.S. stances on …
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HRC hires Ark. director to promote LGBT equality in three southern states
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Little Rock native who has worked for several nonprofits will be the first Arkansas director for the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights group. The Washington-based Human Rights Campaign announced Monday it had hired Kendra Johnson as its state director as part of its $8.5 million Project One America campaign to promote LGBT equality…
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Susan Sarandon joins ‘Americans For Marriage Equality’ campaign
Susan Sarandon voices her support for marriage equality in the latest video from the Human Rights Campaign’s “Americans For Marriage Equality” campaign. Sarandon, who divorced in 1979 and later spent 21 years with former partner Tim Robbins, said, “While marriage might not be my thing, if it’s your thing you damn well ought to be able to have it equally and unequivocally.”
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Republican Sen. Susan Collins says she supports marriage equality
PORTLAND, Maine — Republican Sen. Susan Collins has come out in support of same-sex marriage for the first time after getting an endorsement from the nation’s largest LGBT advocacy organization. The Maine Republican provided her personal view when asked by several news organizations. She said she agrees with the decision of …
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Judge dismisses most of NOM lawsuit against IRS over disclosure to HRC
A federal district court judge has dismissed most of a lawsuit by the National Organization for Marriage that claimed an employee of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service deliberately leaked a confidential tax document from NOM to a political opponent, the Human Rights Campaign.
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HRC endorses Ohio AG candidate who says he’ll stop defending marriage ban
The HRC has endorsed David Pepper for Ohio attorney general, marking just the second time ever that the national LGBT civil rights group has weighed in on a state-level non-gubernatorial race. The clincher, according to HRC: incumbent Mike DeWine’s ongoing defense of the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
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Queer Nation blasts HRC for ‘hypocrisy’ on LGBT workplace protections
NEW YORK — The gay rights activist group Queer Nation this week blasted the the Human Rights Campaign, the national’s largest LGBT lobbying group, for condemning Vatican hiring policies while it lobbies for passage of a workplace discrimination bill that includes religious protections.
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Fired teachers seek audience with Pope over Catholic Church’s anti-gay stance
WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign on Tuesday delivered a letter to the Vatican on behalf of nine teachers who have lost their jobs at Catholics schools for either being LGBT, or supporting an LGBT family member.
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Seventh Mississippi town passes resolution recognizing LGBT citizens
WAVELAND, Miss. — The city council in Waveland City Council has passed an anti-discrimination resolution recognizing the “dignity and worth of all city residents” — including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.
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HRC kicks-off campaign for LGBT equality laws in three southern states
JACKSON, Miss. — The national LGBT advocacy group, the Human Rights Campaign, plans to seek anti-discrimination state laws to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people in Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas.