Pledge to Participate in 2020 Census
After announcing they would celebrate Census Day (April 1) by mobilizing LGBTQ people to be counted in the 2020 Census, the National LGBTQ Task Force has created a pledge for LGBTQ people to sign. Census dat...
LGBTQ People Urged to Be Counted in 2020 U.S. Census
The D.C.-based National LGBTQ Task Force was part of a coalition of more than 15 national civil rights and progressive advocacy groups that launched a campaign last week to encourage members of marginalized com...
HRC Calls on Va. Governor to Resign over Racist Yearbook Page
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is facing growing calls to resign from the Human Rights Campaign and others after his medical school yearbook page with a picture of two men in blackface and a Ku Klux Klan robe surf...
With Democrats Winning the House, LGBT Advocates Have Great Expectations
After a disappointing election night in 2016 and two years of President Trump in the White House, Democrats came back with an important win Tuesday night and were projected to win control of the U.S. House — a ...
LGBT groups react to Trump’s ‘religious freedom’ executive order, Atlanta rally cancelled
President Donald Trump commemorated the 2017 National Day of Prayer in the White House Rose Garden Thursday by signing a “religious freedom” executive order that, to the relief of LGBT and equality organization...
LGBT rights leaders flunk Trump on first 100 days
With the 100-day mark of President Trump’s time in the White House fast approaching, LGBT rights supporters are giving him failing grades as the nation evaluates him at the benchmark. Since he took the oath ...
5 LGBT things you need to know today, Jan. 18
1. Same-sex couples who display affection in public in Russia would get two weeks in jail under a new law under debate in the Russian parliament. 2. The National LGBTQ Task Force is catching flak for canceli...
National LGBT orgs react to Bruce Jenner coming out as transgender on ABC
On Friday, Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner was interviewed by ABC's Diane Sawyer and revealed he is indeed a transgender woman. Dialogue has been sparked across social media and national LGBT organizations i...