In a tragic benchmark of hate, the murder of Black transgender woman Marquiisha Lawrence in Greenville, South Carolina, has made 2021 the deadliest year for transgender individuals. The Advocate’s Alex Cooper reported that Lawrence “is one of at least 45 trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people known to have died by…
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Nielsen Earns Seventh Consecutive Perfect Score in 2020 Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index
Originally published on sites.nielsen.com. For the seventh consecutive year, Nielsen earned a 100% score on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and was recognized as a “Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality.” The CEI is a benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ…
Aaron Belkin of Take Back the Court Urges Kavanaugh and Alito to Recuse Themselves From Upcoming LGBTQ Rights Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court has just heard the arguments of three cases that will determine the applications of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to LGBTQ employment rights. But Aaron Belkin, director of the judicial advocacy group, Take Back the Court has written Justices Brett Kavanaugh and…
Owner of Mississippi Wedding Venue Apologizes for Refusing Services to Mixed-Race Couple due to ‘Christian Beliefs’
Owners of a wedding venue in Mississippi refused to allow a mixed-race couple to hold their wedding in their facility, citing their Christian beliefs. The owners have apologized after meeting with a pastor and finding — despite what they said they believed their whole lives — that no passage in…
Human Rights Campaign Names Its First Black Leader: Alphonso David
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), one of the major LGBTQ organizations in the world, announced this week that Alphonso David will become president of the organization — its first Black leader. The HRC has previously faced criticism for its lack of diversity and history of transgender exclusion. David was born…
Q&A: Diversity Leader Randy Meck on LGBTQ Equality at Hilton
Hilton receives perfect score on sixth consecutive Corporate Equality Index Originally Published by Hilton. Hilton is proud to be a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality, having been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign with a perfect score on the Corporate Equality Index for the sixth consecutive year. Reflecting on this honor,…
Transgender People Reject Bigoted Policy, Say They #WontBeErased
#WontBeErased hashtag erupted hours after The New York Times reported the Trump administration’s push via a memo for a new legal definition of gender, which would essentially eradicate the estimated 1.4 million Americans who identify as a different gender than the one assigned assigned at birth. Mara Keisling, executive director…
2017 Was the Deadliest Year for Transgender Community: Report
With four weeks left in the year, 2017 will be remembered by the LGBTQ community as the deadliest year for transgender people in the United States. According to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), at least 25 transgender people have had their lives cut short due to transphobia against people who…
Transgender Protection Rescinded by President Trump
In one of the most divisive actions to date the Trump administration yesterday reversed an Obama-era policy protecting the rights of transgender students, opening the door to discrimination and bullying against young transgender people. Last May former President Barack Obama issued guidance to public schools that stated they should let…
'Religious Freedom' Order Could Legalize Discrimination
President Donald Trump has given women, along with the LGBT community and its advocates, another reason to doubt his commitment to protecting equal rights. A leaked draft of a “religious freedom” executive order, obtained by The Nation, would legalize discrimination based on religious beliefs “without suffering adverse treatment from the…