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ESPN The Magazine Editor Chad Millman On Why Gambling In Sports Should Be Legal, The Fate Of Magazine Industry And What RGIII Will Be Doing In 15 Years

ESPN The Magazine is turning 15 years old this week. The bi-weekly will celebrate the event with an issue called “Mag 15,” which is simultaneously a retrospective and prospective, with stories on Robert Griffin III, Bryce Harper, Kobe Bryant and Tom Brady. The issue will hit newsstands later this week. The editor in chief of [...]

WATCH: Dustin Lance Black, Chad Griffin Fight For Equality in D.C.

Dustin Lance Black, Chad Griffin, Rob Reiner, and others are featured in a new video released by the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER). The footage offers interviews and a behind-the-scenes look at the heroic team who earlier this week descended upon Washington D.C. where the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments for and against Proposition [...]

Dana Beyer: Time for a Rapprochement Between the Trans Community and HRC

I hope Chad Griffin and Jeff Krehely take the time over the next few months to sit with the trans community to find a way past injuries and old wounds. If Israel and Turkey can resolve their differences, surely HRC and the trans community can.

Prop 8 Plaintiffs Leave for Supreme Court: PHOTO

HRC President Chad Griffin posted this to his Facebook page moments ago. Sandy Stier, Kris Perry, Jeff Zarrillo and Paul Katami, the Prop 8 plaintiffs, heading to the Supreme Court. Big day ahead. Good luck everyone! Make sure not t...

What's going on Wednesday?

Disclosure @ SXSW 2013 (more by Chad Wadsworth) Killer Mike @ Mohawk, June 2012 (more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC Dune Rats @ Cake Shop The Waterboys @ Town Hall Daria Binkowski @ The Stone ...

Queer Talk Bill Clinton Calls for Overtun of DOMA

Last night the Washington Post published an editorial by Bill Clinton: It’s Time to Overturn DOMA. Read the full text here. Some background and context, from the Respect for Marriage Coalition co-chairs, Chad Griffin (Human Rights Campaign) and Evan Wolfson (Freedom to Marry) … applaud(ed) former President Bill Clinton for calling on the U.S. Supreme [...]

Chad Griffin: Celebrating Black History Month

To Bayard Rustin, fighting for his equality as a black man, while leaving his identity as a gay man unspoken, would have been an unthinkable betrayal. This Black History Month, we should not forget trailblazers like Rustin.

HRC Endorses Christine Quinn for NYC Mayor

'Chris is ready to fight for the city New Yorkers deserve,' HRC president Chad Griffin says of the out lesbian City Council speaker. read more

HRC President Chad Griffin Reacts to Obama Inauguration Speech: VIDEO

HRC President Chad Griffin spoke with Andrea Mitchell about Obama's inaugural address: "The President really has begun his legacy on this issue. This civil rights moment in our history. He has done that in his first term and it's no...

Paul Ryan Says His Position is 'Very Clear' on ENDA, Chats with HRC's Chad Griffin at Baldwin Reception: VIDEO

Think Progress caught up with Rep. Paul Ryan on Capitol Hill on Thursday and asked him about LGBT non-discrimination legislation. Says Ryan: "My position is very clear on ENDA." Watch, AFTER THE JUMP... Think Progress notes that Ryan's position, unfortunately,...

HRC President Chad Griffin Talks to NPR About Growing Up Gay in Arkansas: VIDEO

NPR follows HRC President Chad Griffin back to his home state of Arkansas and talks to Griffin and his childhood friends about what it was like to grow up gay there, and his high school job at Walmart! Watch, AFTER...

Video: HRC heads past and present talk history and its right side

Elizabeth Birch was the executive director of the Human Rights Campaign when the egregiously mislabeled Defense of Marriage Act made its way through Congress. Chad Griffin is currently occupying HRC's top office and himself has a long history with Proposition...

Chad Griffin: Fighting Social Stigma Is Key To Ending HIV/AIDS

Social stigma, whether it be homophobia in the world at large or HIV-related stigma within the gay community, limits our ability to tackle HIV/AIDS at all levels. This holds particularly true for LGBT Americans. Too often the LGBT community itself has reinforced AIDS-related stigma.

Programming notes

Monday’s “MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” line-up: Craig Melvin, filling in for Thomas Roberts, interviews Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Amb. Marc Ginsberg and Chad Griffin of the Human Rights Campaign. Today’s Power Panel includes: Dem …

Todd Fernandez: HRC's Abandons Push For Full Equality Despite LGBT Election Impact

Normally, it would be fair to give HRC some time to get settled time under its new leadership, but Chad Griffin, the newly appointed HRC president, is on the offensive with an outrageous media blitz to extinguish LGBT hopes for the 113th Congress.

Chad Griffin: 10 Reasons Why Marriage Equality Won This Year

This year, marriage equality won four unprecedented victories in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington. For years, organizations like the so-called National Organization for Marriage have bragged that equality always loses at the ballot box.

Executive Order on ENDA, LGBT Cabinet Member Among Requests HRC Has for President Obama

An executive order on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act "as soon as possible" is at the top of list of requests Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin has for President Obama now that the election is over, he indicated in phone...

HRC Calls For Out Cabinet Member

The Human Rights Campaign says this week's avalanche of elected LGBT officials underscores the need for an openly gay member of Obama's cabinet. Chris Geidner reports at Buzzfeed on his conversation with HRC head Chad Griffin: On the appointment of an out LGBT cabinet member, Griffin was equally forceful. Show More Summary

Gays win marriage in WA State too! HRC’s Chad Griffin on LGBT landslide.

Last Night Was a Big Fucking Deal for LGBT Americans

The newish head of HRC—Chad Griffin—takes a victory lap, reminds us that there's more work to do. [ Comment on this story ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]