Good As You: HRC Roundup
06/16/2008
'True' story: Modern activism keeps spirit in 'stock'
It's virtually impossible to sit through a B-52s set and not feel compelled to rise to your feet. Their vibe is so infectious, one can't help but lose themselves in the experience. The bad plays, the audience dances, and stress...
05/15/2008
Keeping humans vulnerable to harm -- is that really a Gospel message?
The Human Rights Campaign has an initiative called Clergy Call, which is designed to mobilize members of the clergy to become advocates for LGBT rights and protections. Focus on the Family, on the other hand, seems to have a mission...04/01/2008
Audio: Lange's Public Disservice Pronouncements
A few times now we've mentioned the Human Rights Campaign public service announcement that Howard Stern sidekick Artie Lange agreed to do as a favor to his friend George Takei, in which Lange was to denounce the word "fag." And...02/29/2008
Solmonese's likely reaction: 'Shit. A brick'
For the first time in the dubious trophy's hallowed history, an LGBT group has been nominated for San Francisco Pride's "Pink Brick" Award (an annual prize meant to dishonor people and organizations that have somehow wronged the LGBT community). The...02/25/2008
Solmonese: It's an all-inclusive marathon, not a trans-vacating sprint
Saturday night in NYC, the Human Rights Campaign's Joe Solmonese again defended the organization's stance on a non-inclusive ENDA as just one bump in a long road, saying that the LGBT community is "in the grueling, blinding middle of this...02/22/2008
NYC weekend: Some will be yellin', some will be schmoozin'
Tomorrow night, while Human Rights Campaign friends and supporters are getting all gussied up for their annual NYC fundraising gala, another group of LGBT individuals and allies will be outside the Hilton Ballroom protesting what they see as the organization's...02/07/2008
Video: Joe gets it on with Stephen
HRC's Joe Solmonese got the "Colbert" treatment last night. Check out part one of the fun: Better Know A Lobbyist Pt. 1 [Comedy Central]01/18/2008
Our work, Jenny, is to prove decency's better than bias!
Just how fully does our opposition misunderstand the fight for marriage equality? Well, check out this quote from Focus on the Family's Jenny Tyree for some more insight on that front. She's speaking about the Human Rights Campaign's attempts to...01/03/2008
Lange to rid his world of 'f*gs'
On today's episode of "The Howard Stern Show," comedian and sidekick Artie Lange announced that he will record a PSA for the Human Rights Campaign, wherein he'll make a new years resolution to no longer use the word "fag." The...11/21/2007
HRC up against a 'Wal'
What a difference a year makes. In the days leading up to Thanksgiving 2006, our socially conservative opposition was encouraging folks to boycott Wal-Mart because they considered some of the company's policies too pro-gay for their liking, But now, the...10/18/2007
Heath visits HRC store, finds it too equality-encouraging
Maine's most notorious professional anti-gay, Mike Heath, is in Washington DC to meet with his fellow activists, ostensibly to plot out the ways that they can keep their "pro-family" ruse up for a bit longer. And while in that land...10/11/2007
You're coming out today? Bravo!
Today is National Coming Out Day. And since buying every LGBT person a gift would be too expensive and time consuming (we don't know even know everyone's size, after all), we have to take alternate courses to rewarding your individual...10/01/2007
Another hour, another ENDA letter
A few hours ago, we told you how 90+ LGBT groups had banded together to tell Congress to leave The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in its original, trans-inclusive state. Well now, another set of groups has released their own ENDA-supporting...09/17/2007
Fall forward: HRC's back-patting/wrist slapping survey released
Well it's that time of year again. The leaves are beginning to change. School is back in session. The air is getting crisper. The Human Rights Campaign is letting us know which companies deem it good policy to treat their...07/24/2007
Conservatives can now stop calling it 'that gay thing those hippies are doing'
Well, it has a name, folks. The people responsible for the upcoming HRC/Logo presidential event have announced thet their Aug. 9 program will operate under the title: "The Visible Vote '08: A Presidential Forum" Not to be confused with "The...07/10/2007
Welcome developments: Logo starting to find political voice
HRC and Logo have announced that they are teaming up to host on August 9th an historic live televised forum wherein the leading presidential candidates will be pressed on LGBT issues: LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO PARTICIPATE IN HISTORIC FORUM ON...06/22/2007
Take Action: Give hate a nice beating!
HRC has launched a new video and initiative in support of SB 1105 (The Matthew Shepard Act): Bias-motivated violence? Yea, it scares the ever loving fudgenuts out of us! So please, if you have not already done so, take a...04/17/2007
Eh, there was an H, an R, and a C -- close enough
If you're going to be snarky, you need to be accurate. When writing the introduction to a recent Concerned Women For America article, Sarah Rode succeeded at the former but failed miserably at the latter when she said: In a...04/13/2007
As opposed to 'Santa's talking points,' which mainly deal with 'hos'
So watch this video (regarding the Albert Mohler situation) and then we'll chat: So how does Peter LaBarbera of the so-called ""Americans For Truth respond to this clip? Well, this from his latest post and email blast to supporters: I...03/05/2007
Video: H.R.C addresses HRC
From an HRC board meeting held Friday in D.C: Hmm...okay, that all sounded pretty good. We still stand by the thought that if just one of these promising candidates would take a principled stand for full marriage equality instead of...12/20/2006
A&F, Disney climb the corporate equality ladder
The Human Rights Campaign has announced that Abercrombie & Fitch, Ameriprise, Brinker International, and The Walt Disney Co. have received updated scores in this year's Corporate Equality Index, with each of the four companies now receiving a perfect 100. Welcome,...11/14/2006
HRC not hungry for what's cookin' in Mel's diner
In response to the announcement that the gay-unfriendly Sen. Mel Martinez (pic.) will be the next head the Republican National Committee, Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese says in a statement: “Senator Martinez was elected in 2004 by taking page...10/18/2006
HRC releases annual report card; results pretty much par for the course
The Human Rights Campaign this week released their annual Congressional Scorecard, which ranks Congress members according to how they've voted on LGBT issues. Not to be outdone, we this week released the scorecard from our annual Fall trip to Pete's...10/17/2006
Video: Lance earning respect
As a community we sort of let out a collective "WTF?" when it was announced that Lance Bass was getting an HRC award after being out for a whole minute. But judging from his acceptance speech, he's going to be...09/27/2006
'Talk about it' until you're P!nk in the face
Poppy, punky, pinky music star P!nk has teamed up with the Human Rights Campaign to help kick off their "Snapshot Photo Project,” part of this HRC's observance of National Coming Out Day 2006. To do her part, P!nk has posed...09/05/2006
That's what we're 'talkin' about'
The Human Rights Campaign has announced that the theme for this year's National Coming Out Day (Oct. 11) will be "Talk About It," a message designed to encourage LGBT folks talk openly about their lives and issues that affect their...07/05/2006
Because every time a domestic partner gets insured, a church disintegrates
Responding to a recent Human Rights Campaign report showing that 253 of the Fortune 500 companies offer domestic partner benefits and other gay-friendly policies, the Concerned Women For America's Robert Knight tells Focus on the Family's CitizenLink: "The real danger...06/07/2006
A name like 'Solmonese' and it's the 'Joe' part they get wrong?
From CNN, a brief interview with the president of HRC: (Click to Watch) Only problem? His name's Joe! Come on CNN -- doesn't the poor guy have enough fallacies to combat already?06/05/2006
We won't stop until 'pro-fams' own their bias
Responding to a claim from the Human Rights Campaign that a federal marriage amendment "would forever write discrimination into the United States Constitution," Focus on the Family's Amanda Banks said over the weekend: "The marriage amendment simply states that 'Marriage...05/16/2006
HRC to Frist: We're actually asking you to follow a Bush's advice on gay marriage
Following up on Laura Bush's assertion that politicians shouldn't use gay marriage as a "campaign tool," Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese has sent a letter to Bill Frist, wherein he encourages the Senate Majority Leader to take the first...03/31/2006
Takei to boldly go to Philly, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Denver, and Madison
In partnership with the Human Rights Campaign, George Takei -- Star Trek's Sulu, recently de-closeted gay man, and the "Will & Grace" guest star from last night who wasn't Britney Spears or Wanda Sykes -- is embarking on a tour...01/27/2006
HRC confronts Brownback on 'fruits' label; we get all up in our grocer's face regarding pineapple's Dole sticker
The Human Rights Campaign is calling on U.S. Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kan) to clarify remarks he made in a recent Rolling Stone interview, in which he apparently referred to Swedish gay citizens as "fruits." We'd have to agree with HRC,...12/19/2005
HRC to honor Ang Lee for directing certain film (hint: it's not 'Hulk')
The Human Rights Campaign has announced that they will be honoring Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee with an HRC Equality Award, when the queer rights fighters gather for their Greater New York Gala Dinner on February 11. Relatedly, three of...HRC: '05 wasn't so sh*tty
According to the Human Rights Campaign, 2005 was a record year for GLBT state legislative victories, with more state-level anti-discrimination bills passing this year than in any previous twelve-month session, fifteen states refusing to amend their constitution to ban queer...12/13/2005
HRC calls extremists on their marketing of fallacies
In response to the "ex-gay"-supporting, hate crimes legislation-decrying, right wing extremist-fueled newspaper advertisements that we told you about yesterday, HRC President Joe Solmonese has issued a letter requesting publishers to stop running the duplicitious propaganda pieces in their papers. In...11/30/2005
HRC report: Which companies might think you to be an immoral ass face?
Just in time for socially conscious holiday shopping, the Human Rights Campaign has ranked LGBT-friendly and LGBT-not so much companies in a publication they're calling "Buying for Equality." Coming in with a perfect score of 100 are such companies as...11/28/2005
HRC asks Catholics to step up and say "Oh no you didn't" to Vatican
Joining the "professionally gay" response to the Vatican document banning homosexuals in the Catholic priesthood (scheduled to be officially released tomorrow), the Human Rights Campaign has issued a call to action requesting "fair-minded Catholics to speak out in their local...
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