In the HRCF, while maintaining its PAC, grew into a membership-based organization that lobbied both for ending discrimination in health care and for extending hate crime policies to include protection of LGB individuals. In the organization officially became the HRC, expanding its functions to include public education on LGBT issues as well as political advocacy and lobbying. In the s and early s, HRC advocated the legalization of same-sex marriage and civil unions. In the early 21st century it claimed more than 1.

Human Rights Campaign endorses Biden on anniversary of his support for same-sex marriage



Human Rights Campaign endorses Biden on anniversary of his support for same-sex marriage
The Human Rights Campaign HRC , the nation's largest advocacy group fighting for LGBTQ equality, announced its endorsement of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday on the anniversary of his announcement that he supported same-sex marriage. The endorsement from HRC, the latest of a string of Democratic groups that have backed Biden, comes exactly eight years after the former vice president said in an interview that he supported same-sex marriage, a controversial stance at the time and one that President Obama had not yet adopted. And quite frankly, I don't see much of a distinction," Biden said at the time. HRC said its board voted "unanimously and enthusiastically" Tuesday night to endorse Biden, saying his candidacy is an important bulwark against Trump administration policies like the transgender military ban and its proposal to permit adoption and foster care agencies that receive federal grants to reject LGBTQ couples as potential parents.


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While we are making progress, the rights of LGBTQ people to be who they are and marry who they love are not guaranteed in many places around the world — which is why supporting the global fight for marriage equality is a focus for HRC. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation tracks developments in the legal recognition of same-sex marriage around the world. Working with our network of alumni and partners, we lift up the voices….



BERLIN — The Trump administration is launching a global campaign to end the criminalization of homosexuality in dozens of nations where it's still illegal to be gay, U. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, the highest-profile openly gay person in the Trump administration, is leading the effort, which kicks off Tuesday evening in Berlin. The U.