National Politics

WAHINGTON, D.C. - St. Louis photographer and activist Philip Deitch was in Washington, D.C., on Friday, to capture the scene outside of the United States Supreme Court during the Rally to #StopKavanaugh which was organized, in part, by the Human...

VIDEO: HRC also launches video with social media influencer Jessie Paege showing how easy it is to register to vote in only two minutes WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, on National Voter Registration Day, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — the...

Over 60 national, state and local advocacy organizations, representing the interests of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and everyone living with HIV, are urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to postpone any further activity pertaining to Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme...

When the roller coaster ride that was primary season came to its climactic close, the stage was set for the 2018 midterm elections on Nov. 6th. Throughout this year in myriad races, we’ve seen LGBTQ candidates defy expectations and win...

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh defended a company accused of failing to provide adequate treatment and care to inmates dying of HIV/AIDS in Alabama prisons, the American Ledger, reports. The 1990s case, which was previously unreported, raises even more...

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, responded to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s repeated refusal to answer basic questions from Senator Kamala Harris on...

This weekend, Democratic National Committee members passed historic new rules expanding the definition of gender in delegate selection and caucus participation rules to include gender non-binary Democrats. Members also passed a resolution condemning the Trump administration’s acceptance, empowerment, and promotion...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, released a comprehensive report on how Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court poses a serious threat...

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, has called on the Senate to reject Brett Kavanaugh, who was pre-cleared by anti-LGBTQ and anti-choice organizations and nominated by...

It’s been a horrible ‘Trumped-up’ year The November 2016 election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, set off reverberations globally across more than just the political spectrum. At home in the United States, Trump has given way to...

In an exclusive interview with Philadelphia Gay News, U.S. Sen. Tim Kane, the Democratic nominee for vice president, recently shared his views on LGBT issues and what his position in a Clinton Administration might look like. This interview started out...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A groundbreaking ad depicting the challenges faced by transgender people in accessing public restrooms—and highlighting the lack of state and federal nondiscrimination protections for transgender people—will have its national television debut on FOX News Channel next Thursday,...

Mayor Annise Parker and Rev. José M. Román Will Ensure Grassroots LGBT Voices Are Elevated Last year, the Democratic National Committee took the unprecedented step of creating an LGBT Advisory Board to elevate grassroots LGBT Democratic voices. This Board will work...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Human Rights Campaign, (HRC) the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President. HRC’s Board of Directors, comprised of 32 community leaders from across...

CHARLESTON, SC - Former FLOTUS, U.S. Sen. and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders sparred in their fourth debate on Sunday in Charleston, SC. The lively exchange between the...

This weekend, five Republican presidential candidates are expected to speak at a so-called “religious freedom” event hosted by a pastor who has repeatedly claimed thatAIDS is God’s punishment for the “immoral act” of being gay; a man who once called...

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says the Supreme Court’s rulings on marriage equality and abortion rights are “not settled law” and that government officials should “ignore” the rulings if they believe they conflict with “God’s rules.” The GOP presidential contender made the...

DES MOINES, IA - The crucial Iowa Democratic Party Jefferson Jackson Dinner, which launched then-candidate Barack Obama into front-runner status in 2007, was held on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at Hy vee Hall in Des Moines, Iowa. All three Democratic...

Hillary Clinton‘s latest ad hones in on Wednesday night’s CNN Republican presidential primary debate, focusing on a laundry list of issues close to Democrats‘ hearts that nonetheless failed to be broached at any point during the not-so-animate arguments: paid family...

The State Department on Tuesday made public 3,000 pages of emails from Hillary Rodham Clinton during her tenure as secretary of state - including one message in which she seeks to “emphasize LGBT human rights” in Iraq after reports of...