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February 2, 2013
Christine Quinn gets support from the Human Rights Campaign

New York City mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn is endorsed by the Human Rights Campaign

The Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBT civil rights organization in the US, is standing behind City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in her run for mayor of New York City.

February 1, 2013
Boy Scouts of America's proposal to end gay ban nationally wouldn't end the discrimination, according to HRC

HRC head Chad Griffin says policy becomes "Ban the gays if you want to"

The Boy Scouts of America may end its national restriction regarding sexual orientation when its national board meets next week to consider changing its controversial anti-gay policy.

But the fact that local BSA chapters would still have the ability to not allow gay scouts or leaders to participate has Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin speaking out.

December 28, 2012
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin gearing up for more state marriage fights

Says Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, and Rhode Island are next

Since Chad Griffin took over the reins of the Human Rights Campaign last June, three US states made history by passing ballot measures making gay marriage legal.

Now the head of the largest LGBT civil rights organization in the US is looking ahead to 2013 with even more ambitious goals.

December 7, 2012
LGBT activists react to US Supreme Court's decision to hear Proposition 8 and DOMA

HRC, GLAAD, Lambda Legal, Courage Campaign and others weigh in

After months of legal limbo, the United States Supreme Court has let it be known that they will be hearing two high-profile gay marriage cases in the spring.

LGBT groups on Friday (7 December) reacted favorably to the prospect of having their day in court for cases challenging California's Proposition 8 and the US Defense of Marriage Act.

December 7, 2012
US Supreme Court to hear Proposition 8 and DOMA cases

Justices step into the forefront of gay marriage debate in the US

The United States Supreme Court stepped into the forefront of the gay marriage debate Friday (7 December) by agreeing to review cases involving California's Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

The justices are expected to hear arguments in the cases by next April and could deliver a decision by June 2013.

The justices will consider whether Proposition 8 violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. The ballot initiative banning gay marriage in California was passed by voters in the state in November 2008.

November 9, 2012
Head of Human Rights Campaign wants gay to be appointed to Obama cabinet and more

Chad Griffin: 'I hope this president and this White House will seize the opportunity'

President Barack Obama, who publicly endorsed gay marriage earlier this year, was helped greatly by the LGBT vote in being elected to a second term this week.

Now leaders in the LGBT equality movement want more.

The Human Rights Campaign's Chad Griffin, president of the largest LGBT equality-rights advocacy group and political lobbying organization in the US, is calling for inclusion in the cabinet and other positions.

November 7, 2012
Maine approves gay marriage in breakthrough victory for LGBT movement

First time voters have approved marriage equality referendum

In a breakthrough for the LGBT movement, the Associated Press reports that voters in Maine have approved a measure that will permit marriage certificates to be issued to same sex couples in the state.

It marks the first time a gay marriage initiative has been passed by voters in US history. It marks a reverse from 2009 when Maine voters defeated a marriage equality measure which overrode the state legislature's approval.

October 22, 2012
HRC head 'laughed' that Modern Family was a favorite show of Romneys

Chad Griffin: 'I initially wondered if they were serious'

Since Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is very publicly against gay marriage, there was much surprise when his wife, Ann Romney, said one of their favorite shows was ABC's Modern Family which features the gay couple of Cam and Mitch.

Among those surprised, and amused, was Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin.

August 20, 2012
New Human Rights Campaign head Chad Griffin takes on critics on Chick-fil-A

'It’s something, actually, we have spent a significant amount of time on'

It's been two months since Chad Griffin began his job as president of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group in the US with more than one million members and supporters.

June 12, 2012
LGBT groups say study claiming kids from gay families worse off is driven by right-wing ideology

HRC, Family Equality Council and GLAAD blast conservative author who they say used poor methodology and reached faulty conclusions

Leaders from the the leading LGBT organizations in the US are blasting a study by a professor of sociology at the University of Texas which claims children from planned gay and lesbian families did worse than children from heterosexual families.

June 7, 2012
Only 37 percent of LGBT youth in US are happy but are hopeful they will be one day

Human Rights Campaign polls 10,000 youth who say their biggest concerns are non-accepting families and school bullying

Worried mostly about being accepted by their families and school bullying, only 37 percent of LGBT youth in the US consider themselves happy, according to a study released Thursday by the Human Rights Campaign.

HRC interviewed 10,000 self-identified LGBT youth ages 13-17 for its landmark 'Growing Up LGBT in America' survey.

Here is a sampling of some of the comments from those surveyed:

June 5, 2012
Federal Appeals Court won't reconsider ruling which struck down Proposition 8

Gay marriage ban backers will now try and get case heard by US Supreme Court

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday (5 June) declined to rehear a case in which a three-judge panel had found California's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional.

There are now only two things that can happen: Couples can start getting married again in California or the landmark case goes to the US Supreme Court.

March 20, 2012
Chad Griffin ready to take Human Rights Campaign to 'next level'

New HRC President 'will work every single day to achieve' full equality for younger generation

Chad Griffin doesn't officially take over as president of the Human Rights Campaign until June. But he was center stage at the recent HRC Gala in Los Angeles where he talked his motivation for deciding to head the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group in the US.

March 19, 2012
Outgoing Human Rights Campaign president talks to Gay Star News

Joe Solmonese shifting focus to getting President Obama reelected

Joe Solmonese arrived at the Human Rights Campaign Gala in Los Angeles over the weekend resplendent in a black tuxedo and his arm in a matching sling.

The HRC president, who steps down in June after seven years in the job, told Gay Star News that he 'tore the bicep off the bone in the ultimate gay cliche: moving a piece of furniture in my bedroom.'

But that didn't stop the Washington DC-based Solmonese from attending the dinner and giving a passionate speech to attendees before introducing his successor, Chad Griffin to the crowd.

March 3, 2012
New head of Human Rights Campaign is named

Chad Griffin had led legal fight against California's Proposition 8

Chad Griffin, credited as the political mastermind behind the federal lawsuit that overturned California's Proposition 8, was named president of the Human Rights Campaign on Friday (2 March).

HRC is the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group in the US  with more than one million members and supporters.

Griffin will assume the high-profile job in June when he succeeds longtime president Joe Solmonese who announced last year that he would be stepping down.

February 22, 2012
Proposition 8 proponents want recent court decision reviewed

Protect Marriage Coalition continues fight to keep gay marriage banned in California

As expected, proponents of California's Proposition 8 petitioned a federal appeals court Tuesday (21 February) to review a recent ruling which found the ban on gay marriage unconstitutional.

The filing keeps same-sex marriages in the state on hold at least until the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals makes a ruling on the petition.

February 14, 2012
Family Equality Council kicks off 30th anniversary

Gay parents group raises more than $400,000 at weekend awards dinner

With Modern Family stars Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet in attendance, the Family Equality Council raised more than $400,000 over the weekend at a gala dinner kicking off the group's 30th anniversary.

Ferguson, an openly gay actor who plays Mitchell on the ABC comedy, performed at the dinner while Stonestreet, who plays Cameron and is straight in real life, presented an award at the event held in the Globe Theatre at Universal Studios in Los Angeles.