NAACP Joins Employment Discrimination Lawsuit Against the City of Reading, Pennsylvania
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Reading Branch NAACP today announced that they joined[…]
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Settlement Reached in NAACP Race Discrimination Suit Against Damon's Grill in Myrtle Beach
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Conway, South Carolina Branch of the NAACP announced[…]
Read moreJustice Scalia's Anti-Gay Comments are Reminder of Need for Fair-Minded Legislators
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following statement regarding comments Justice Antonin Scalia made recently at a Swiss[…]
Read moreSenate Immigration Bill Removes Added Burden on Same-Sex Couples Sought
The Senate Judiciary Committee on March 27th passed a guest worker program granting an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants a[…]
Read moreNational Security Advisor Revises Clearance Guidelines, Opening Door on Sexual Orientation Discrimination
In mid march it was revealed that a December 2005 revision of the "Adjudicative Guidelines for Determining Eligibility for Access[…]
Read moreBlood Donation Rules Should be Based on Science, Not Prejudice
In early March, the Food and Drug Administration heard testimony from the American Red Cross, the American Association of Blood[…]
Read moreSupreme Court Decision Allows Military To Circumvent Non-Discrimination Measures
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following statement regarding the March 6th unanimous Supreme Court decision upholding a[…]
Read moreGov. Romney Should Stop Putting His Political Ambitions Ahead of Needy Children
Joe Solmonese, President of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights organization, released the[…]
Read moreSenate to Vote on So-Called 'Marriage Protection Amendment' Prior to to Fall Elections
On February 10th, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist announced that he would bring the already failed proposal to write discrimination[…]
Read moreMO Judge Sides with Child Welfare Experts, Granting Lesbian Couple
On February 17th, A Missouri Circuit Court ruled that in the case of Lisa Johnston v. Missouri Department of Social[…]
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