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Monday, July 28

"Accosted"

A 63-year old lesbian who attended HRC’s boycotted dinner in San Francisco this weekend found herself manhandled and booted for trying to distribute protest literature. Said Catherine Cusic, “At this point 2-3 large men accosted me. I don’t remember their exact words but I quietly said that...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 07-28-2008
Thursday, July 24

Well-Deserved Self-Congratulations.

HRC press release title: “After Discussions with Human Rights Campaign, Mars Inc. Pulls Controversial Ad.” That would be the instantly infamous flamboyant jogger Snickers ad in which Mister T, of all people, tells him to “Get some nuts.”. [HRC]

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 07-24-2008
Friday, June 13

Finances...

“[Human Rights Campaigns’ leaders] made contributions to their favorite candidates during the primary race, and as expected by many independent gay pundits, the top recipient of their contributions was the other HRC, Senator Clinton. The presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, Sen...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 06-13-2008
Monday, June 09

Biting.

The New York Post’s David Benkof ain’t about the gay marriage battle: “The Human Rights Cam paign, America’s largest gay-rights group, recently announced plans to spend at least a half-million dollars to defeat the California Marriage Protection Act. What a waste; gays and lesbians...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 06-09-2008
Tuesday, June 03

War Games.

Human Rights Campaign will release a six-page report on John McCain’s lackluster gay record. One McCain biographer who saw the report remarked: “This report by the Human Rights Campaign makes it is clear that John McCain would bring the same right-wing bias and politically expedient flip...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 06-03-2008
Thursday, May 22

Good Fight.

Human Rights Campaign’s getting in on the gay marriage action by pledging $500,000 to fight right wing attempts to ban same-sex nuptials in the Golden State. Said president Joe Solmonese, “With the $500,000 commitment to Equality for All today, HRC aims to ensure that California remains a...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 05-22-2008
Wednesday, May 07

A Little Late?

“Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese met with a handful of transgender activists in Atlanta last week and apologized for “misspeaking” at last year’s Southern Comfort conference, where he promised HRC would only support an Employment Non-Discrimination Act that included gender identity...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 05-07-2008
Tuesday, May 06

Holy Rollers!

Human Rights Campaign just announced Clergy Call 2009, an interfaith effort to raise queer awareness among the pious folk. Here’s what president Joe Solmonese had to say about the event, “America’s clergy are transforming our nation one congregation at a time and making it easier for Members of...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 05-06-2008

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