The award will be given during the HRC’s 14th annual fundraiser known as the National Dinner.

Pink is also set to promo her new single “Raise Your Glass” and the video for the song is said to feature a real gay or lesbian couple who will be married by the singer.

Source: X17

According to a post at GLTNN:

After two weeks of good-faith discussions – and two tentative agreements – with Target Corporation, the company has informed the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, that it will take no corrective actions to repair the harm that it caused by contributing $150,000 to an organization supporting a vehemently anti-gay candidate closely associated with a Christian rock band that advocates death and violence to gay people. In response, HRC announced that it will devote $150,000 of its own resources to help elect a pro-equality governor and legislature in Minnesota. The next governor will likely have the opportunity to either sign or veto marriage equality legislation in the North Star State.

Read more here! Boycott Target!

According to HRC:

Despite the economic downturn, more businesses than ever rated 100 percent on the HRC Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index — the basis for this guide — through banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, providing benefits for LGBT employees and their families and supporting LGBT equality publicly. Find out more about the criteria.

Consumers can support businesses that support us through everyday purchases, but can also directly thank them for their support, ask them to revise their policies or encourage them to participate in the Corporate Equality Index. Take action now.

More than 300,000 people have used Buying for Equality to make informed purchases. You can do your part to support fair-minded businesses.

So click here to download the guide or contact HRC to have one sent to you! Again, support those who support us!

On Wednesday, the Presidential Inaugural Committee invited anti-LGBT and Prop. 8 supporter Rev. Rick Warren to give the invocation at the Presidential inauguration.

Within hours, this announcement unleashed a deservedly loud cry from the Human Rights Campaign and the community at large. Indeed, our frustration has been voiced on blogs, radio, TV and print news across the country (check out HRC’s Harry Knox on NBC Nightly News and my editorial in the Washington Post below).

Today, I am writing to you because we have a chance to turn all of our energy and outrage into action. Make no mistake – this is a moment of opportunity we must not squander.

President-elect Obama may not change his mind on Rev. Warren, but he can turn the corner on this controversy by officially committing to HRC’s Blueprint for Positive Change – a concrete plan for LGBT equality.

Ask President-elect Obama to support HRC’s Blueprint for Positive Change — a Five-Point plan for LGBT Equality in America.

Our community worked tirelessly for Obama’s election. We staffed the phones. We walked the neighborhoods. We talked to our families and friends.

Obama’s election night victory filled us with great pride and joy. But the following day, our community was hit hard when we knew that Prop. 8 had passed and Californian’s legal marriage rights were dismantled.

Yesterday, President-elect Obama defended his selection of Rev. Warren by saying “I am a fierce advocate for equality for gay and lesbian Americans.” That makes me believe Obama can restore our trust by taking action and hearing from all of us.

Ask President-elect Obama to support HRC’s Blueprint for Positive Change.

Once you send your message to President-elect Obama, please forward this e-mail to your loved ones urging them to join you.

I am so grateful and so honored to work with you every day. And in these troubling times, the support we give to one another is a tremendous comfort and blessing. I look forward to the hard, but critical, work ahead as we fight for equality for all Americans.

Warmly,

Joe Solmonese
President