HRC drops sponsorships from weapons manufacturers after pressure from advocacy groups
"What’s happening in Gaza and throughout the region is devastating," a spokesperson for HRC told The Advocate.
November 12 2025 3:15 PM
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Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
The Human Rights Campaign is one of the most prominent LGBT organizations in the country. Learn all about the Human Rights Campaign's mission to lobby for causes like marriage equality, adoption by same-sex couples, and their role in the repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell.' Also known as HRC, the organization was a key player in the passage of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which provides legal protection for members of the LGBT community against violence. Find out about the important work of HRC and other LGBT organizations and leaders working toward equality.
Spectacular Republican losses prove MAGA's transphobic playbook doesn't win elections
Across the country, voters chose inclusion, empathy, and competence over cruelty and division.
November 05 2025 11:38 AM
Nancy Mace, who often touted her vote for marriage equality, now says, ‘Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve’
“As the loudest and proudest transphobe in Congress, Nancy Mace will never stop pointing out the fact that there are only TWO genders,” her campaign spokesperson told The Advocate.
October 30 2025 11:37 AM
Inside the fight against Trump in red states: It 'isn't just about Pride. It's about power'
In an exclusive interview, Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson reflects on faith, family, and a new era for the equal rights movement.
October 22 2025 6:00 AM
Ts Madison says Donald Trump and his transphobic administration should just 'pack it up'
The transgender entrepreneur and entertainer spoke with The Advocate at her house near Atlanta.
October 21 2025 8:00 AM
Massive ‘No Kings’ rally in D.C. features LGBTQ+ rights advocates: 'This is my country too'
Millions of people around the country are participating in "No Kings" rallies voicing their opposition to Donald Trump and his anti-LGBTQ+ administration.
October 18 2025 2:50 PM
Richmond nonprofit He She Ze and We expands support network as transgender Virginians face barriers to care
The group even funds micro grants for transition-related services.
October 17 2025 8:00 AM
Human Rights Campaign calls on LGBTQ+ community to dream & to fight for equality at national dinner
In the wake of unprecedented political attacks on the trans community, the nation's largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization is stepping in to change hearts and minds.
September 15 2025 5:45 PM
New York Post targets trans people with ‘harmful’ reporting on Charlie Kirk murder, critics say
The right-wing outlet has tried to tie the killing of the political commentator to the transgender community.
September 15 2025 5:14 PM
Inside the movement that freed gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero from a hellhole
The U.S. government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely. A coalition of Americans didn’t let them.
August 12 2025 6:00 AM
Brown University is ‘functionally inaccessible’ to transgender students after Trump settlement
“Everyone I talked to thought it only applied to sports. But it applies to everything," one transgender student told The Advocate.
August 05 2025 3:20 PM
A powerful civil rights group is hitting the road and going to red states. Here's why
The Human Rights Campaign’s American Dreams Tour is bringing storytelling and organizing to communities targeted by a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
July 29 2025 5:45 PM
Gay asylum seeker Andry Hernández Romero remains in danger, advocates warn
After months in El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison, the gay makeup artist has been freed, but not returned to safety.
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July 19 2025 2:43 PM
Supreme Court ruling on gender-affirming care for trans kids sparks nationwide outrage
The Supreme Court dealt trans kids and their families a "devastating blow” by upholding states’ rights to ban gender-affirming care, advocates say.
June 18 2025 4:25 PM
Brandon Wolf won’t return to Orlando’s Pulse nightclub where he survived the murder of friends who never left
On Thursday, nine years after he survived the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at the time, he will carry the victims’ stories forward but won’t set foot back into the condemned building.
June 11 2025 3:58 PM
Why LGBTQ+ groups aren't fazed by Trump's 'Title IX Month' attention grab
"Pride is a protest, and it's happening whether the most-anti LGBTQ+ administration in history acknowledges it or not," an HRC spokesperson told The Advocate.
June 04 2025 11:17 AM
Republicans pass ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ banning federally funded gender-affirming care for trans people
The Human Rights Campaign called the bill "cruel."
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May 22 2025 9:04 AM
‘Overjoyed’ HRC President Kelley Robinson and wife Becky George welcome second child
Congratulations to the family!
May 02 2025 11:31 AM
Illinois governor says don’t blame trans kids for losses by ‘do-nothing Democrats’ in fiery speech
The Democrat, J.B. Pritzker, took his party to task in the wake of Donald Trump's authoritarianism.
April 30 2025 2:51 PM
HRC honors Jonathan Capehart, Ina Fried, and Nico Lang for LGBTQ+ journalism that breaks through the noise
The honorees will be celebrated during White House Correspondents' Dinner week.
April 09 2025 1:18 PM