Skip to main content

Human Rights Campaign

'Unjust and Discriminatory': Mississippi Bans Trans Students From Sports Teams Matching Their Identity

Mack Beggs wrestled against Mya Engert during the quarter finals of the Texas Wrestling State Tournament on February 24, 2017 at Berry Center in Cypress. Beggs was assigned female at birth, so he was only allowed to compete in the league for girls. (Photo: Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

'Long Time Coming': LGBTQ Advocates Applaud House Passage of Equality Act

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

The House of Representatives passed the Equality Act by a vote of 224-206 on February 25, 2021. (Photo: Dorret/Flickr/cc)

"Today, love and progress triumphed over bullying and hate."

Read More

'We Can't Act Like This Isn't Happening': Marjorie Taylor Greene—and House GOP Caucus—Rebuked for Bigoted, Anti-Trans Speech on House Floor

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) leaves her office at the U.S. Capitol on February 3, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Tasos Katopidis/Getty Images)

"We're gonna pass the #EqualityAct today, protect our LGBTQ+ family, and make...

Read More

'There Must Be Consequences for Her Actions': Demands for Marjorie Taylor Greene's Removal Grow

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) yells at journalists after setting off the metal detector outside the doors to the House of Representatives Chamber on January 12, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

"Marjorie Taylor Greene is a seditious, hateful, QAnon-supporting, racist,...

Read More

LGBTQ Americans and allies rallied outside the White House to protest President Donald Trump's effort to ban trans people from military service. (Photo: Ted Eytan/Flickr/cc)

Advocates Hail Biden Executive Order on LGBTQ Rights as the Most Far-Reaching in US History

Protesters in a Black Lives Matter march in Washington, D.C. on June 3, 2020. (Photo: Tasos Katopidis/Getty Images)

Civil Rights Groups Urge Biden to Nominate Attorney General Dedicated to 'Bedrock Principle of Equal Justice'

Judge Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in to begin her Supreme Court nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 12, 2020. (Photo: Erin Schaff/Getty Images)

'This Is a Dog Whistle': Barrett Condemned for Implying That Being LGBTQ Is a Choice and Saying Working With Anti-Gay Hate Group Was 'Wonderful'

Protestors shared a laugh during a rally against the transgender bathroom rights repeal at Thomas Paine Plaza February 25, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rallies were also held across the country in support of the Affordable Care Act. (Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images)

'Crucial Early Victory' for Trans Patients as Judge Blocks Trump's Gutting of Healthcare Discrimination Protections

An employee at the Utah County Election office puts mail in ballots into a container to register the vote in the midterm elections on November 6, 2018 in Provo, Utah.

'Time Is of the Essence': After Wisconsin Fiasco, 150+ Civil Rights Groups Urge Congress to Protect 2020 Elections

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears at the Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center on Sept. 21, 2016 in New York City.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Undergoes Treatment for Pancreatic Tumor—Doctors Say Supreme Court Justice Completely 'Cancer-Free'

Equal rights advocates march in front of the White House in 2017.

LGBTQ Advocates Cheer Historic Victory After US House Passes Equality Act

A rainbow flag is held up outside the Supreme Court

Setting Stage for 'Landmark Moment for Equality,' Supreme Court to Hear Cases on Workplace LGBTQ Discrimination

'Medicare for All and Equal Rights Aren't Trends': Ocasio-Cortez Fires Back After Aaron Sorkin Lectures Young Progressives

Kemp

Leaked Audio of Georgia Candidate "Tells You Everything You Need to Know About Republicans' Views on Voting Rights"

protest

'Insulting, Inhumane, and Unacceptable': LGBTQ Rights Advocates Blast Trump's Latest Attack on Trans Americans

Indians carry flag

With Landmark Ruling, India's Supreme Court Unanimously Strikes Down Colonial-Era Ban on Gay Sex

Further

There, We Fixed It. Because Not Just White Men Built This Country

Unsurprisingly, slimy Steven Mnuchin, on behalf of Donnie "Very Fine People" Trump, just announced they're "postponing" the move to replace racist ghoul Andrew Jackson with freedom fighter Harriet Tubman on $20 bills because, notes Bree Newsome, representation be damned and we "can't have y'all contemplating racism and resistance every time y'all go to the ATM." Thanks to some proactive artists and makers, though, you can now stamp Harriet on your money - cheap and legal! - and do just that.

Newswire

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Civil Rights and Public Interest Groups Urge Tech Companies to Enact Meaningful Changes

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, and Consumer Groups Urge Congress to Protect Marginalized Communities from Discriminatory Privacy Abuses

Human Rights Campaign

Senator Collins’s Deeply Disappointing Vote Will Have Long Lasting Consequences for Millions

Demand Justice / Center for American Progress

Senators, Activis to Wage All-Night "People's Filibuster" Against Kavanaugh

Human Rights Campaign

Kavanaugh Lied Under Oath & Must Be Held Accountable

Human Rights Campaign

We Believe Dr. Blasey Ford. If the White House Does Not Withdraw Kavanaugh, the Senate Must Reject His Nomination

Views

Norman Solomon

Why Joe Biden Was Afraid to Face California’s Democratic Party

Jonita Davis

Why We’re Seeing More Realistic Depictions of Abortion in TV and Film

Sonali Kolhatkar

The #MeToo Movement Is Here to Stay

Robin Carver

Being Trans in America Was Already Scary. Now It’s Terrifying.

Nicole Braun

Let Me Tell You What Forced Separation Feels Like

Miles Mogulescu

From March To Movement

Peter Dreier

Preparing for Trump: A Ten-Point Plan

César Chelala

Hamilton vs Trump

Alex Kotch

Tallying Up the Mounting Economic Toll of North Carolina's HB2

John Nichols

Donald Trump Will Lead a Theocratic Party Into the Election