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The Human Rights Campaign announced that it has named Chad Griffin (the mastermind behind federal overturn of Prop. 8 and founder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights) its new president.

A major civil rights leader and former head of the NAACP has joined two other prominent African-Americans in making a video promoting marriage equality.

Joe Solmonese, the president of the nation’s largest GLBT equality lobbying organization, the Human Rights Campaign, has not renewed his contract and will be leaving the HRC next year.

The Human Rights Campaign is launching a bus tour to support marriage equality through states that don’t offer protections for gay and lesbian families. But would a conservative Republican’s similar tour have greater impact?

The Human Rights Campaign has partnered with immigration advocacy groups to sponsor workshops in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Calif., Denver, Dallas and New York to help documented immigrants apply for American citizenship.

In order to select HRC’s "Father of the Year," a contest was launched, accepting nominations nationwide, to recognize both GBT and ally dads.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has once again sparked controversy over his decision to not defend the Badger State’s domestic partner registry, but Republicans across the country face a growing conundrum over whether to appease social conservatives or court

GLBT rights lobbying organization the Human Rights Campaign has announced an early endorsement for President Barack Obama’s re-election--but conservative gays, a growing voice in politics, have decried the move as partisan.

To quell a growing controversy over its taking over Harvey Milk’s old film-developing storefront in San Francisco, the Human Right Campaign has agreed to share the space with the Trevor Project, which prevents gay teen suicide, gratis.

Senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett will speak at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual National Dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Oct. 9.