Human Rights Campaign

Description

The Human Rights Campaign is an American LGBTQ+ civil rights organization based in Washington, D.C. It works with the Human Rights Campaign Foundation to advance equality, equity and liberation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. It was established in 1980, originally as a political action committee supporting pro-fairness congressional candidates.

HRC mobilizes voters and supporters to elect pro-equality leaders and to push for equity-based policies and legislation. It lobbies Congress and state and local officials, and its foundation carries out research, education and public programs, including the Corporate Equality Index, the Municipal Equality Index, the State Equality Index and the Healthcare Equality Index. It works to advance LGBTQ+ inclusive policies in schools, workplaces, hospitals and communities.

The organization is made up of the Human Rights Campaign, a lobbying group, the HRC Foundation, which focuses on research and education, and a political action committee that supports candidates. It offers member services and runs workplace equality and civil rights programs, and describes itself as the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization.