New National Park Service Theme Study Interprets, Commemorates Sites Related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer History The cover of the publication LGBTQ America Designed by Beth Pruitt WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis and Tim Gill, philanthropist[Read More…]
Life and Living
#TurnUp4TT: A Public Statement from the Organizers
A portrait of TT Saffore by Melisa Stephen of For The People Artists Collective CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2016. On September 11, 2016 TT Saffore, a young, Black, trans woman was found murdered in a park on Chicago’s West Side. Today, a coalition of Black, trans and gender-nonconforming community members have organized[Read More…]
10,000th Same-sex Couple Issued Marriage License in Cook County
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- It happened at the end of August, but we would be remiss if we did not mention the 10,000th same-sex couple issued a marriage license in Cook County. When Tony Aranda and Terry Beauchamp found themselves making conversation with each other at a restaurant 18 years ago as[Read More…]
Disarm Gun Violence: An LGBTQ Town Hall For Action on Thursday, October 20
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2016. In response to the epidemic of shootings in Chicago, and the massacre of mostly LGBTQ, mostly Latino individuals at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Chicago-area LGBTQ, Latinx, community and gun violence prevention organizations are coming together for “Disarm Gun Violence: An LGBTQ Town Hall For Action” Thursday, October 20.[Read More…]
Southern Poverty Law Center Award Honors Documentary Film at Charlotte Film Festival
From left to right: Lecia Brooks, SPLC Outreach Director, Moises Serrano, Heather Mathews, and Tiffany Rhynard. NORTH CAROLINA–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2016. The SPLC recognized the documentary film Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America with its first-ever filmmaking award at the eighth annual Charlotte Film Festival in North Carolina on Saturday. The Social[Read More…]
Alabama’s ‘Ten Commandments Judge’ Suspended for Rest of Term for Defying Federal Judiciary Over Same-Sex Marriage
The Alabama Court of the Judiciary today suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore for the rest of his term in office. ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2016. The Court ruled that Moore violated the canons of judicial ethics by ordering Alabama’s probate judges to defy a federal court injunction requiring them to issue[Read More…]
Human Rights Campaign Joins With Nation’s Leading Pediatric Organizations on New Guide Supporting Transgender Youth
New resource provides family members, clinicians and the public with blueprint for affirming and respecting transgender young people. WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2016. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, joined with the American Academy[Read More…]
HRC and ENC Release Statements on HB2
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Keeping up pressure on North Carolina since passage of the infamous HB2, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, and Equality NC (ENC), the statewide organization working to secure equal rights and justice for LGBTQ North Carolinians, rejected calls for[Read More…]
ACC Follows NCAA Lead in Moving Championship Games Out of North Carolina Over Anti-LGBTQ HB2 Law
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, and Equality NC, the statewide organization working to secure equal rights and justice for LGBTQ North Carolinians, hailed the Atlantic Coast Conference’s (ACC) decision to stand up for the safety[Read More…]
Equality NC and HRC to Pat McCrory: Repeal HB2 and Apologize for Vile Attacks on NCAA
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSP)- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, and Equality NC, the statewide organization working to secure equal rights and justice for LGBTQ North Carolinians, hailed the NCAA’s decision to stand up for LGBTQ equality and slammed Gov. Pat McCrory[Read More…]
