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Ex-president Alphonso David sues HRC for racial discrimination
“HRC underpaid David, and then terminated him, because he is Black,” former HRC President Alphonso David’s lawsuits states.
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Three gay Democratic “rising stars” to give joint keynote address at convention
This is the first time LGBTQ people will deliver a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention.
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Here’s when to watch LGBTQ people speak at the Democratic Convention next week
Former Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese is in charge of the multi-day Democratic convention.
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Biden campaign launches massive LGBTQ voter outreach program
While there are 11 million LGBTQ Americans eligible to vote in the upcoming presidential election, over 2 million aren’t registered to vote.
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There will be a presidential primary debate this year focused solely on LGBTQ issues
It will happen on National Coming Out Day.
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HRC President Joe Solmonese joins Obama campaign as national co-chair
The Obama campaign has tapped Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese for a position as a national co-chair to advocate for the president based on his work for the LGBT community and the country as a whole.
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Obama addresses annual HRC dinner; calls for repeal of DOMA, rebukes GOP candidates (Video)
President Barack Obama on Saturday evening delivered the keynote address a gathering of more than 3,000 LGBT rights advocates at the Human Rights Campaign’s 15th Annual HRC National Dinner, and called for repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act and issued a sharp rebuke to GOP presidential hopefuls for not supporting gay troops.
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HRC announcement confirms March 2012 departure of president Joe Solmonese
Joe Solmonese, President of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, will announce his departure next Tuesday, reports Pam Spaulding at Pam’s House Blend.
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HRC: ‘Victory sends a message that marriage equality across the country will be a reality very soon’
Update: Gov. Andew Cuomo signs the Marriage Equality Act just hours after Senate’s passage. Story here. Update: Complete coverage on marriage equality vote here. Statement from the Human Rights Campaign: In a history making, bipartisan vote, the New York Senate today passed a widely popular marriage equality bill after the most aggressive state legislative campaign […]
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HRC’s Joe Solmonese should resign
The Human Rights Campaign has failed our LGBT soldiers, its contributors, and the American people. What our community and the HRC’s contributors now need is leadership that can effect policy change in Washington.
