Look back on high school.  Who do you remember?  The kids who stuffed someone in a locker or the dozens or hundreds who were horrified when they learned about it in the cafeteria?   Look back on college.  Did those few people who were more than generous with their self-important opinions...

It's been said that Senator Kennedy accomplished more on behalf of the people that we civil rights advocates work for than any politician since President Lincoln. When historians have considered his 47 years of service, Senator Kennedy will likely assume a place in our national consciousness alongside the founders. I...

The California Supreme Court ruling brings bitter news: Proposition 8 will stand. While we take some solace that the loving couples who did marry in California will stay married, an estimated one million more individuals have been denied that dignity and right.

We are heartbroken. But we won't back down....

Like many in our movement, I found myself in Southern California last weekend. There, I had the opportunity to speak with a man who said that Proposition 8 completely changed the way he saw his own neighborhood. Every "Yes on 8" sign was a slap. For this man, for me,...

In a Tuesday night interview with Katie Couric, Sarah Palin trotted out the old right-wing code word: she said being gay is a "choice".

We know Palin's got a laundry list of anti-LGBT positions. But we wondered: what do LGBT people in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska think of her?...

Here he goes again.

With nothing else left in the right wing's tired play book, former presidential aspirant Gary Bauer is hoping you'll believe that election-year hate-mongering will make a difference in November's contest between pro-GLBT Barack Obama and Republican nominee John McCain, whose bad record on equality is...

Today, for the first time ever, Congress is holding a hearing to educate Members of Congress exclusively on gender identity issues. This groundbreaking event should also lay the groundwork for congressional action to prohibit arbitrary discrimination against transgender Americans.

While the hearing will not focus on any particular piece...

In our national debate on health care -- we need to remember that in America, health care is a right, not a privilege. Too often that's not true for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans. The absence of federal protections, inadequate state laws and inconsistent hospital policies often result in...

The economy. The Supreme Court. War. The lives of those on the frontlines.

We all know how much is at stake in the 2008 elections.

For the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community, matters of life and livelihood are on the line. In the...

Tonight, for the first time in history, six of the Democratic presidential candidates will participate in a national forum on GLBT issues before a live television audience. Jointly sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and LOGO Television, The Visible Vote '08 will air live on MTV Networks' Logo at...

Sometimes not a lot of words are needed to describe something's power. This is one of those occasions. So, I ask that you take a few minutes and watch this video:

I hope you will be inspired...

In New York City, a few months ago, Michael Sandy was killed in an antigay assault where he was beaten, chased into traffic, hit by a car, and then dragged off the road and attacked a second time by his assailants. On March 14th, 2007, twenty-five year old Ryan Skipper...

Today on Capitol Hill a diverse array of clergy members from across the country gathered with a simple message of justice and fairness. They came from all different faith traditions ranging from Southern Baptist, Evangelical, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Judaism and Unitarian - to name just a few.

Their message...

Ann Coulter is clueless and callous. She has built a career out of demonizing other people and dividing our country. In fact it's that very behavior that made her rich. There is no reason to expect her to reform her ways. So, it should have come as no surprise...

Is loving someone of the same sex a bigger sin than hypocrisy? Is it a bigger sin than willfully demonizing members of your own flock? What about hating yourself? Is that what God asks of his followers?

Rev. Paul Barnes, former pastor of a Denver evangelical mega-church, surely grappled with...

This week, HRC launched a new video on You Tube. The clips reel is an inspiring montage of some of the country's leading celebrity, creative and political leaders talking about why equality and fairness for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans matters to them. Given the scandal in Washington over...

"My good friend and a good friend to all gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, Judy Shepard, has written this posting for National Coming Out Day. I hope you take a moment today, and every day, to put Judy's advice into action."

Eight years ago this week, I...

It occurs to me, in watching the Republican leadership and their allies scramble for an alibi that flies in the scandal surrounding Congressman Mark Foley, that no one is stating one, obvious fact: that for all Americans, gay or straight, it is simply unacceptable to engage in solicitous behavior with...

In the midst of a bitter and divisive political climate, something amazing happened on Thursday, August 17, for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender families. The Pension Protection Act became law.

Now, unless you're a financial planner, pension reform may not be an issue you study carefully. And, a pension reform...

Today, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Workplace Project released our 2006 "State of the Workplace" report and I am pleased to say that it's a new day for the American worker as we mark a milestone in our march towards equality for all Americans in the workplace.

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