The Latest Updates

November 21, 2024 | Laurel Powell

HRC’s 2024 Survey of Pro-Equality Cities & Towns: More Cities Than Ever Receive Highest Possible Score, Many More Limited By Anti-Trans State Laws

Thirteenth Edition of HRC’s Municipal Equality Index, Nation’s Most Comprehensive Survey of Cities’ LGBTQ+ Policies, Shows Record Breaking 130 Cities - More Than 25% of All Surveyed - Earned Highest…

November 19, 2024 | Jarred Keller

HRCF’s 2024 Epidemic of Violence Report: Fatal Violence Against Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People Continues, with Black Trans Women Comprising Nearly Half of the Deaths

Since Transgender Day of Remembrance 2023, HRCF identified 36 deaths of transgender people, bringing total deaths since tracking began in 2013 to nearly 400

November 19, 2024 | Jared Todd

HRC Honors Quanesha Shantel (“Cocoa”) , Black Transgender Woman and Drag Queen Killed in North Carolina

Quanesha Shantel, who often went by Cocoa among her friends and has also been named in some press reports as Juchuan Hamilton, had, in recent years, been involved in ballroom…

November 15, 2024 | Jarred Keller

Santonio “San” Coleman, a Black Transgender Woman, Affectionately Known as “The Life of the Party” by Friends and Family, Found Dead in Athens, Georgia

Santonio Coleman, a 48-year-old Black gender non-conforming person who often went by “San” or Strawberry,” tragically died in Athens, Georgia on Saturday October 19, 2024. San’s death is the at…

November 13, 2024 | Laurel Powell

U.S. Department of Education Finds Nex Benedict’s School District Accountable for Fostering Hostile Climate In Response to HRC Complaint

In a resolution agreement with the Owasso School District in Oklahoma, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights - in response to a complaint filed by HRC in February…

November 12, 2024 | Shoshana K. Goldberg

Remembering Honee Daniels, Black Trans Woman Who “Made Friends With Anyone" And Was Killed in Rochester, NY

Honee Daniels, a 37-year old Black trans woman, was killed in a hit-and-run in Rochester, NY on Wednesday, October 2nd. Honee is at least the 28th violent killing of a…

November 12, 2024 | Kathryn Smith

Remembering Skyler Gilmore, Transgender Woman Who Was The “Life of the Party,” Shot in Georgia

Skyler Gilmore, a transgender woman from Stone Mountain, Georgia, was fatally shot and killed on June 4, 2021. Gilmore’s death was initially uncounted by HRC due to the lack of…

November 9, 2024 | Kelley Robinson

Kelley’s Weekly Message: November 2024

Check out these updates from Kelley Robinson highlighting key issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community in a special note for members and supporters of HRC.

November 7, 2024 | HRC Staff

New Post Election Poll: Equality Voters Overwhelmingly Backed Harris-Walz ticket; Anti-Trans Attack Ads Proved Ineffective with Broad Swath of Voters

81% of Equality Voters and 84% of LGBTQ+ Voters Backed Harris for President
Just 4% of voters named policies attacking trans people as an important issue in deciding who to…

October 31, 2024 | Brandon Wolf

Reality Check: Leading up to Election Night, Equality is Surging while Anti-Trans Attacks Fall Flat 

Openly-LGBTQ+ Candidates Poised to Make History
Equality Voters Showing Up in Early Voting, Demonstrating Power
MAGA’s Anti-Trans, Divisive Closing Message Once Again Falls Flat With Voters