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June 6, 2017 | HRC Staff

HRC Mourns Kenne McFadden, Trans Woman Murdered in San Antonio

HRC was horrified to learn that Kenne McFadden, a 27-year-old transgender woman, was murdered weeks ago in San Antonio.

June 6, 2017 | Nick Morrow

BREAKING: Governor Abbott Calls Special Session With Charge to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Texans

HRC sharply criticized Texas Governor Greg Abbott for calling a special session specifically to discriminate against transgender Texans.

June 6, 2017 | Andrea Levario

Bipartisan Think Tanks Agree: Time is Now for Paid Parental Family Leave

Today, a bipartisan group of experts from the American Enterprise Institute and Brookings Institute announced that paid leave for American workers was an “issue whose time has come.”

June 6, 2017 | HRC Staff

LGBTQ Issues Focus of Attention at UN Human Rights Council

Vitit Muntarbhorn, the newly appointed United Nations Independent Expert for the protection of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, delivered his first report to the UN…

June 6, 2017 | HRC Staff

Families of Pulse Victims Urge Churches to Toll Bells on One-Year Mark

Families of Pulse victims are asking churches to toll their bells 49 times on Monday, June 12, to commemorate the 49 innocent victims of the Pulse Orlando shooting one year…

June 6, 2017 | HRC Staff

HRC is Ready for the Los Angeles #ResistMarch. Join Us!

HRC will join the Los Angeles Pride #ResistMarch, an event that will attract hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ people, HRC supporters and our allies from all parts of the nation.

June 6, 2017 | Milagros Chirinos

Recursos en Español: HRC Launches Hub for Spanish-Language Resources

HRC en Español offers essential resources on health, education, coming out and more

June 6, 2017 | Milagros Chirinos

Recursos en español: HRC lanza portal para hispanohablantes

HRC en Español ofrece recursos básicos de salud, educación, apoyo y más

June 6, 2017 | Guest Contributors

Proud Nordics Celebrate Rights and Equality with HRC

Human rights is a core value of the countries’ foreign policies.

June 5, 2017 | Stephen Peters

HRC to Trump Administration: Pulling U.S. From U.N. Human Rights Council Could Endanger Lives

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, expressed concern about reports that the Trump administration…