Pride Corporate Donors Giving to Anti-LGBTQ Politicians, Motives?
Corporate donors give to anti-equality politicians; time to level the playing field? By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— The summer of 2019 marks 50 years since…
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Trump Attacks LGBTQs Repeatedly
WASHINGTON—President Donald J. Trump has appointed cabinet members, justices and signed executive orders directly attacking members of the LGBT community, according to continuous reports by the…
Local Businesses Receive Top Score in HRC’s Corporate Equality Index
Human Rights Campaign releases 2017 Corporate Equality Index and continues to advocate against regressive legislation nationwide By: Jenna Spinelle/TRT Reporter BOSTON—More than two dozen companies…
The State of Transgender Rights: Legislation, Empowerment and Equality
By: Nicole Lashomb/Editor-in-Chief— Despite heightened transgender awareness in the U.S., largely due to reality star Caitlyn Jenner’s emergence, the reality of transgender rights and struggles…
MA Companies’ LGBT Equality Scores in HRC’s 2016 Corporate Equality Index
WASHINGTON—The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the nation’s LGBT civil rights organization, released yesterday the 2016 Corporate Equality Index, an annual report assessing LGBT inclusion…
HRC Launches Groundbreaking Global Corporate Coalition to Advance LGBT Equality in Workplaces Worldwide
Consortium of 12 major businesses with 1.4 million employees across more than 190 countries commit to uphold LGBT workplace protections abroad NEW YORK—The Human Rights Campaign…
OUT‘s 50 Most LGBT Powerful People
Out Magazine has done it again. The famous yearly list of the 50 Most Influential LGBT People in the U.S. is out. Who made it…
HRC: Equal Treatment Still Out of Reach for LGBT Americans
New Report Reveals that Equal Treatment Remains Out of Reach for LGBT Americans in Most States – Discrimination Continues Even With Marriage Equality WASHINGTON—The Human…
HRC: Saks Fifth Avenue Doubles Down on Transgender Discrimination
CEO Declines to Renounce Company’s Stand that Transgender Employees Are Not Protected Under Civil Rights Law Gerald Storch’s Silence on Civil Rights Claim Calls Into…
Iconic TV Host Ana Maria Polo Joins HRC’s Americans for Marriage Equality Campaign
Yesterday, HRC released two web videos featuring Ana Maria Polo, host of the renowned Telemundo show “Caso Cerrado,” for the organization’s Americans for Marriage Equality campaign. In the…
Elton John AIDS Foundation Awards Major Grant to HRC & The Fenway Institute
At the October 25 Annual Human Rights Campaign (HRC) National Dinner, Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish announced that the Elton John AIDS…
In Apology to Trans Community, HRC pledges Push for Broad LGBT Bill
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—The leader of the nation’s largest LGBT organization offered an apology to the transgender community at the same time…
One More Time: Maura Healey for Attorney General
By: TRT Editorial Team— With the Tuesday, Sept.9, primary election fast approaching, The Rainbow Times reiterates its initial June 7 endorsement of Maura Healey for…
Federal Judge Strikes Down Florida’s Ban on Marriage Equality
FLORIDA—The U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle ruled against Florida’s constitutional amendment banning marriage equality yesterday, making the Sunshine State the latest to see such…
Appeals Court Upholds Decision: Overturns Virginia’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban
In a historic first, yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a sweeping ruling affirming the February 2014 decision from U.S. District…
LGBT Groups Against ENDA’s Religious Exemption
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—A growing number of national and statewide LGBT organizations are coming out against the proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act, saying that…
HRC Sets Out to Bring Marriage Equality to the South
Yesterday, HRC unveiled, in an exclusive story with The Associated Press, Project One America, a comprehensive campaign to dramatically expand LGBT equality in the South through permanent campaigns…
HRC: Adoption & Foster Program Moves Forward for LGBT Parents
Successful program focusing on working with LGBT parents, will now increase agency competency in working with LGBT children and youth Washington, D.C. – The Human Rights…
ExxonMobil Offers Benefits to all Employees’ Spouses
WASHINGTON, D.C. — ExxonMobil, which for years has failed to offer basic non-discrimination protections to its LGBT employees and health benefits to their families, today announced it…
Out of the Darkness Walks Raise Funds, Awareness for Suicide Prevention, for LGBTQ people too
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—Throughout the months of September and October 2013, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Massachusetts Chapters will host…
Support for Chelsea Manning is Part of the Movement Towards Abolition
By: Jason Lydon*/TRT Columnist— Chelsea Manning came out to the world as a transgender woman on August 22. Global attention has been on Chelsea for…
Olympic Sponsors to Condemn Anti-LGBT Law in Russia, HRC Says
Financial backers of Winter Games asked to take a stand against human rights abuses WASHINGTON – Today, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Chad Griffin sent a letter…
HRC Launches “Youth Well-Being Project” with Time to THRIVE Conference
New project plans February conference promoting safety, inclusion, and well-being for LGBTQ youth WASHINGTON – With LGBTQ young people facing disproportionate levels of harassment at…