Category: Social & Civil Issues

HRC and Whitman-Walker Discuss Transgender Sexual Health #LGBTQ #Health

September 1, 2016 Sarah McBride Human Rights Campaign, Social & Civil Issues

HRC and Whitman-Walker Health, a DC-area health care nonprofit with a special expertise in LGBTQ and HIV-related care, released Safer[…]

New Nonpartisan Poll Shows LGBTQ Equality is a Winning Message #LGBTQ #Survey

September 1, 2016 Brandon Lorenz Human Rights Campaign, Social & Civil Issues

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, released the[…]

Anti-Trans All-Stars Publish Biased Review of Gender and Sexual Orientation Research #LGBTQ

September 1, 2016 HRC staff Human Rights Campaign, Social & Civil Issues

Psychiatrist Paul McHugh has described transgender people as caricatures, counterfeits, impersonators, confused and mad. Doctor and statistician Lawrence Mayer served[…]

U.S. Reaches 10,000 Syrian Refugee Resettlement Goal #SyrianRefugees

August 31, 2016 plummerc Human Rights First, Social & Civil Issues

Human Rights First praised the Obama Administration for reaching its goal of admitting “at least 10,000” Syrian refugees in fiscal[…]

Afghan “Money Changer” Receives PRB Hearing #Gitmo #Detainee

August 31, 2016 kucherovm Human Rights First, Social & Civil Issues

By Amy Morello Thursday morning the Guantanamo Periodic Review Board (PRB) convened to consider the case of Haji Wali Mohammed,[…]

Labor Department Ensures Federal Contractors Comply with LGBTQ Non-Discrimination Protections #LGBTQ

August 31, 2016 Stephen Peters Human Rights Campaign, Social & Civil Issues

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued final regulations implementing President Obama’s executive order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces. Among its provisions,[…]