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Advocacy groups launch effort to support state marriage campaigns
A group of LGBT advocacy organizations on Thursday launched the “United for Marriage” campaign, a national effort to recruit volunteers for the state marriage campaigns.
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LGBT activists: Proposed GOP platform ‘out-of-step’ with mainstream American values
WASHINGTON — Early reports Monday that the Republican National Party platform might contain language that would soften the GOP’s view on LGBT rights were dashed by late afternoon as documents showed that party leadership had asked virulently anti-gay president of the Family Research Council, Tony Perkins, to assist in drafting language relating to same-sex marriage.
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HRC infuses $1 million additional funds to fight marriage referendums in four states
WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign on Monday announced a further $1 million cash infusion adding to earlier funding and significant on-the-ground work in the four states facing marriage-related ballot measures in November – Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington.
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HRC releases comprehensive survey of congressional positions on marriage equality
WASHINGTON — In a new, first-of-its-kind report, the Human Rights Campaign on Thursday released a comprehensive survey of the marriage equality positions of the members of the U.S. Congress.
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General Mills gets outpouring of support for marriage equality stance
WASHINGTON – A petition in support of Minnesota-based Fortune 500 Company General Mills by the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, has received nearly five times more signatures than an anti-equality petition launched by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM).
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HRC Report: 2012 sees progress toward LGBT healthcare equality
The number of American hospitals striving to treat LGBT patients equally and respectfully is on the rise, according to a report released Tuesday by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation at a press conference with U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C.
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Los Angeles mayor Villaraigosa joins campaign for marriage equality
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is an “American for Marriage Equality.” The mayor of the nation’s second most populous city, said in a video released by the HRC on Thursday, that “gays and lesbians should be afforded the same fundamental rights as all Americans, to love whomever they choose, and to proclaim that love with marriage.”
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Advocacy groups decry study that suggests negative outcomes for kids of gay parents
WASHINGTON — Leading LGBT advocacy organizations on Monday widely criticized a study released by right-wing conservative author Mark Regnerus of the Department of Sociology and Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, that made several claims of negative outcomes for children raised by gay and lesbian parents.
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HRC releases landmark survey of LGBT-identified youth
A new report released Thursday by the HRC shows tremendous disparities between straight teenagers and LGBT-identified youth. The report marks the beginning of new president Chad Griffin’s tenure at HRC, and illustrates how critical the work of achieving full equality is for future generations.
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ExxonMobil: Evolve already on LGBT workplace protections
DALLAS — The Dallas Morning News on Thursday weighed in on ExxonMobil’s 13-year refusal to add workplace protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.