Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz To Keynote Human Rights Campaign Dinner Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to deliver keynote address at Human Rights Campaign's National Dinner, emphasizing advocacy for equality. Top News · Sep 4, 2024
Right-wing Activist Leads Charge Against US Equality Push Ordinary Americans have "had enough" of inclusivity and diversity policies at US companies, according to Robby Starbuck, who has led a one-man campaign against the controversial initiatives. International Business Times · Aug 31, 2024
Conservative activist pushing to boycott Harley-Davidson for ‘going woke’ Activist Robby Starbuck released a nine-minute video on X attacking Harley for promoting “woke” initiatives and holding LGBTQ+ events at its offices. Fortune · Jul 29, 2024
Bill and Hillary Clinton lead Dems endorsing Kamala (but Obama makes no mention of her in his statement) Notably absent from the list of those quick to back Harris was Barack Obama, who did not mention her in a lengthy statement commending Joe Biden’s ‘remarkable career and character’ The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2024
John Deere ends support of 'social or cultural awareness' events, distances from inclusion efforts Farm equipment maker John Deere says it will no longer sponsor “social or cultural awareness” events, making the agricultural machinery manufacturer one of the latest U.S. companies to distance itself from diversity and inclusion measures after being targeted by conservative backlash The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2024
Black farmers' association calls for Tractor Supply CEO's resignation after company cuts DEI efforts The National Black Farmers Association is calling on Tractor Supply’s president and CEO to step down, days after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and climate advocacy efforts The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2024
Tractor Supply is ending DEI and climate efforts after conservative backlash online Tractor Supply says it is ending an array of corporate diversity and climate efforts The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2024
Jill Biden Urges LGBTQ Community To Support Biden-Harris First Lady Jill Biden emphasizes LGBTQ support in President Biden's reelection campaign at a Human Rights Campaign rally. Top News · Apr 12, 2024
What happened to Nex Benedict? Benedict was attacked at their Oklahoma high school, and found dead at home the next day. The medical examiner's office says the nonbinary 16-year-old died by suicide. Their family has questions. WEKU · Mar 15, 2024
Federal Investigation Opened Into Oklahoma School District After Student's Death Federal officials investigate the death of a nonbinary high school student in Oklahoma amid bullying allegations. Top News · Mar 2, 2024
Trial shows failure to protect LGBTQ+ Man convicted of killing Black transgender woman in the nation's first gender identity-based hate crime trial Salon · Mar 2, 2024
LGBTQ+ advocacy group records 2023 as ‘most damaging and destructive’ year Human Rights Campaign recorded the introduction of 550 bills last year, with more than half targeting LGBTQ+ youth The Guardian - US · Jan 30, 2024
CASA of Lexington honored for work with LGBTQ youth CASA of Lexington has been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign for its treatment of LGBTQ youth. It’s the second consecutive year that Court Appointed Special Advocates, which works to end child abuse and neglect in central Kentucky, has received the certification. WEKU · Dec 21, 2023
‘My Life Was Threatened’: Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey Was Harassed By A Man In A Coffee Shop Over LGBTQ+ Rights During A DC Visit Fellow Travelers star Jonathan Bailey details how he was threatened while Washington, D.C. to support The Human Rights Campaign. Cinemablend · Dec 15, 2023
The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2023 LGBTQ+ activists in Minnesota want prosecutors to treat the killing of a trans woman as a hate crime LGBTQ+ activists in Minnesota want prosecutors to treat the killing of a trans woman in Minneapolis as a hate crime, and they want lawmakers to strengthen legal safeguards to protect a community that’s disproportionately the target of violence
Salon · Dec 3, 2023 The "War on Christmas" is year-round now This isn't the first time beverage design has triggered conservatives
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023 This is new Speaker Mike Johnson’s anti-LGBT+ record ‘Homosexual marriage is the dark harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy that could doom even the strongest republic,’ Mike Johnson wrote in 2004
The Guardian - US · Oct 15, 2023 Biden interrupted by pro-Palestine activist at human rights dinner Protester shouted ‘let Gaza live’ and ‘ceasefire now’ during Human Rights Campaign annual dinner in Washington
The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2023 Major LGBT+ rights groups endorse Biden for re-election ‘Without question, the Biden Administration has been the strongest advocate for the needs of transgender Americans of any presidential administration in American history,’ executive director of the NCTE Action Fund
Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 5, 2023 Dianne Feinstein was at the center of a key LGBTQ+ moment. She’s being lauded as an evolving ally The Democrat became San Francisco’s mayor on the death of George Moscone, leading a center of gay culture roiled by violence just as the AIDS crisis was about to hit.
The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2023 Dianne Feinstein was at the center of a key LGBTQ+ moment. She's being lauded as an evolving ally The nation's LGBTQ+ leaders are lauding the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein as a longtime friend who learned and evolved to become an ally
The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2023 Laura Carleton’s death and the growing ‘epidemic of hate’ against LGBT+ people in the US The murder of a California store owner over a Pride flag is just the latest in a series of horrific homophobic attacks, reports Andrea Cavallier
The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023 4 LGBTQ+ retirement hurdles (and what to do about them) In many ways, retirement planning for someone in the LGBTQ+ community follows the basic tenets of anyone’s retirement planning: save more, spend less, invest for the long term
The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023 Louisiana governor vetoes anti-LGBTQ+ legislation including a gender-affirming care ban Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has blocked a package of anti-LGBTQ+ bills from becoming law
The Guardian - US · Jun 30, 2023 Revealed: Christian legal non-profit funds US anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion organizations Alliance Defending Freedom distributes hundreds of thousands of dollars to fringe groups attacking trans, gay and abortion rights