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The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is an American LGBTQ advocacy group. It is the largest LGBTQ political lobbying organization within the United States. Based in Washington, D.C., the organization focuses on protecting and expanding rights for LGBTQ individuals, including advocating for same-sex marriage, anti-discrimination and hate crimes legislation, and HIV/AIDS advocacy. The organization has a number of legislative initiatives as well as supporting resources for LGBTQ individuals. Structure HRC is an umbrella group of two separate non-profit organizations and a political action committee: the HRC Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization that focuses on research, advocacy and education; the Human Rights Campaign, a 501(c)(4) organization that focuses on promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights through lobbying Congress and state and local officials for support of pro-LGBTQ bills, and mobilizing grassroots action amongst its members; and the HRC Polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Endean
Stephen Robert "Steve" Endean (August 6, 1948 – August 4, 1993) was an American gay rights activist, first in Minnesota, then nationally. Endean was the first lobbyist for LGBT rights at the Minnesota State Capitol. He was the director of the Gay Rights National Lobby in 1978, and he started the Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights Campaign Fund in 1980, serving as its first executive director. He also created the Fairness Fund, a LGBT rights organization, whose primary focus was on grassroots political lobbying. Early life He was born in Davenport, Iowa, to parents Robert and Marilyn Endean, and from 1954 to 1959, lived in Illinois. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Bloomington, Minnesota in 1966. In 1967, he attended College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota for one year. He then attended the University of Minnesota from 1968 to 1972, majoring in political science. He lived in Bloomington, before moving to Washington DC in 1978. He came out to his parents when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
