Human Rights Campaign - LGBTQ Rights Advocacy News

Explore the latest news on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization in the U.S. This tag archives all political coverage, press releases, endorsements, and campaign alerts involving HRC’s ongoing fight for LGBTQ equality, transgender rights, and anti-discrimination protections across the country. Stay connected with JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics USA for breaking news updates on HRC’s impact in legislation, elections, and civil rights advocacy.

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2 03, 2018

New Media Ad Demands Trump Drop His Ban On Transgender Troops

By JRL Charts|2018-03-02T10:26:28-08:00March 2nd, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: armed services, defense secretary mattis, human rights campaign, n Maj. Dave Eastburn, patriots ad, Pentagon spokesma, presidnt trump, transgender troops, TV ad campaign|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer While Defense Secretary James Mattis has already indicated that his recommendation to President Trump is to keep Transgender Troops in the Armed services, the Human Rights Campaign as well as other LGBTQ advocacy groups are not taking any chances and have launched a nationwide television ad campaign that started Friday [...]

22 02, 2018

Mississippi Town Rejects LGBTQ PRIDE Parade, Gay Activists Outraged

By JRL Charts|2018-02-22T11:55:34-08:00February 22nd, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Daily News, gay news, human rights campaign, LGBT Polics, LGBT Pride Parade Cancelled, Mississippi, Pride 2018, Southern Poverty Law Center, Starkville Board of Aldermen|

By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer Plans for the first ever LGBTQ PRIDE Parade were shattered after local leaders in the town of Starkville, Mississippi, denied a permit to LGBTQ support group Starkville Pride to hold what would have been the historic first ever gay pride parade in the town with a population of 26,000. Needless [...]

2 01, 2018

Trans Activist Ashlee Marie Preston Announces Run for Office

By JRL Charts|2018-01-02T17:21:26-08:00January 2nd, 2018|Categories: LGBT Politics, Transgender News|Tags: ashlee marie preston, california state assembly, district 54, Gender Odyssey Los Angeles, human rights campaign, immigration issues, Los Angeles Pride, Mirror Memoirs, police brutality, rape culture, run for office, Stonewall Democratic Club, Trans Can Work, trans discrimination, transgender activist, Transgender Service Provider Network, Wear Your Voice Magazine|

By: William Lopez, Staff Writer CALIFORNIA — Transgender journalist and LGBTQ equality activist Ashlee Marie Preston, whom you will remember came into the spotlight when she confronted Caitlyn Jenner during a Republican fundraiser last summer, has just announced her run for public office. In fact after the now disgraced California assemblyman Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, who resigns [...]

13 12, 2017

RuPaul’s Drag Race Queen Thrown Off Lyft Car for Being Gay

By JRL Charts|2017-12-13T14:46:57-08:00December 13th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: Aja, boyfriend, human rights campaign, Jay Rivera, kissing boyfriend, Lizard Lemon, lyft, RuPaul's Drag Race Queen, thrown off lyft|

By: Michael "The Sizzler" Jacobs, Staff Writer NEW YORK CITY — Lyft has confirmed that they have fired the operator who asked RuPaul's Drag Race Queen to get off the Lyft car for kissing her boyfriend'. Aja, from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 9, is scheduled to appear in the next season of All Stars. Aja's [...]

11 07, 2017

Gay Rights Group Announce $26M Campaign Ahead of Midterms

By JRL Charts|2017-07-11T13:42:54-07:00July 11th, 2017|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: $26 Million political campaign, 2018 mid-term elections, HRC, human rights campaign, liberal organizations|

By: Jack MacNamara, Staff Writer WASHINGTON D.C — One of the USA's leading gay rights groups The Human Rights Campaign, has announced that they plan on launching a $26 million political organizing campaign ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. HRC stated that the campaign will be nationwide however, the group plans on focusing its resources [...]

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