HRC: 2010 Accomplishments

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PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNED LEGISLATION THAT WILL REPEAL "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL"

From launching a national veterans tour to generating more than 19 million communications about repeal HRC worked to ensure that this unjust law will soon be part of the dustbin of history. DADT Repeal joins hate crimes protections as the second piece of landmark legislation for the LGBT community passed in the last two years.

2010 Accomplishments

Some other victories include:

• Worked closely with the Obama administration to extend hospital visitation rights for LGBT couples.

• Fought to bring marriage equality across the country. Led the effort to enact marriage equality in Washington, D.C., and organized the key religious voices in support of marriage.

• Launched a campaign to work to pass marriage equality legislation in New York and helped elect three new voices for marriage in the state Senate.

• Led the campaign to oust bigoted Arkansas school board member Clint McCance.

• Launched an innovative program to empower transgender job seekers who are unemployed or underemployed by providing essential skills training to make the most of the job market.

• Led the call for Mormon leader Boyd Packer to renounce his discriminatory, homophobic remarks.

• Launched NOMExposed.org to hold the National Organization for Marriage accountable for the misinformation and hate spread in its effort to thwart equality

• Developed the Countdown 2010 Grassroots Campaign calling for a fair and inclusive ENDA.

• Worked with the Joint Commission, which accredits most hospitals, to establish LGBT-specific accredita- tion standards to eliminate discriminatory policies in healthcare facilities.

• In response to high profile anti-LGBT bullying and youth suicides, launched a new website to help address bullying in elementary schools.

• Deployed 39 staff to 17 states to work for pro-equality candidates and recruited more than 4,500 volunteers to support these candidates.

• HRC's Corporate Equality Index expanded with 337 employers reaching 100 percent scores, the most ever.

• Signed 50 adoption agencies across the country to implement LGBT-inclusive policies and practices.

• HRC is only LGBT national partner organization to join the national non-partisan citizenship and voter registration program Ya Es Hora. HRC mobilized more than 500 volunteers for 40 citizenship workshops in 20 communities.

• Formalized a partnership with National Education Association (NEA) to extend the reach of HRC's Welcoming Schools program.

• Successfully lobbied the Obama administration to issue guidance permitting employees to take federal family and medical leave to care for a same-sex partner's child and extending federal domestic violence protections to include victims in same- sex relationships.

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HRC 2010 Thank You and Review