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HRC San Diego held its first bowling event and its first major fund-raiser – Bowling for Equality – in February, 2009. “It was successful beyond our wildest dreams and exceeded even our highest expectations — we're thrilled to have had such a successful first event,” said John Brady, event coordinator and HRC steering committee member. “We'd like to thank all 200 bowlers, the GLT, and our 27 lane sponsors for making Bowling for Equality a success.” Adam Sank, from NBC’s Last Comi Read More »
We've received word that the House will vote on the Matthew Shepard Act very soon and we know that right-wing groups are flooding Congress with calls, emails and sickening ‘fact sheets’ full of lies about the lives of LGBT Americans. We need more calls to Members of Congress, and we need them right away. It has been ten long years and tens of thousands more victims since the Matthew Shepard Act was first introduced in Congress. We are poised for a presidential signature this year but lies from the radical right could easily derail our efforts. We must not allow them to continue to demagogue and distort the truth.
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Watch this video by Judy Shephard on the 10 years she has waited for this day to come. |
We ask you to call Congress in support of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, a bill which would provide local police and sheriff’s departments with
federal resources to combat hate violence. After more than a decade of lobbying on Capitol Hill and
seven successful votes on the bill, this critical piece of legislation is again expected to see a vote in the House this week. The call-in campaign is set for April 27-29.
It takes about 45 seconds. Members of the community are urged to call 202-224-3121.
Callers are urged to tell the Member’s office:
