HRC Board of Directors Lacey All WA, Kevin Bass CA, Bruce Bastian UT, Terry Bean OR, Les Bendtsen MN, Michael Berman DC, Paul Boskind TX, James “Wally” Brewster IL, William Donius MO, Tim Downing OH, Anne Fay TX, Chris Flynn MA, Jody Gates LA, Chad Griffin DC, Kirk Hamill DC, John Isa DC, LeeAnn Jones GA, Tom Knabel MN, Chris Labonte PA, Joan Lau PA, Jani Lopez TX, Anton Mack CA, Joni Madison NC, Joshua Miller NV, Patrick Miller LA, Michael Palmer VA, Dana Perlman CA, Henry Robin NY, Catherine Scalise TX, Linda Scaparotti CA, Judy Shepard WY, Molly Simmons GA, Meghan Stabler TX, Rebecca Tillet NY, Alan Uphold CA, Frank Woo CA, Lisa Zellner OH HRC Foundation Board of Directors Lacey All WA, Gwen Baba CA, John Barry IL, Kevin Bass CA, Bruce Bastian UT, Terry Bean OR, Les Bendtsen MN, Deiadra Burns TX, Lee Carter NC, Edie Cofrin GA, Jane Daroff OH, Fiona Dawson NY, Lawrie Demorest GA, William Donius MO, Anne Fay TX, Chris Flynn MA, Charlie Frew GA, Chad Griffin DC, Sandra Hartness CA, John Isa DC, Sheila Kloefkorn AZ, Joan Lau PA, Andy Linsky CA, Joshua Miller NV, Patrick Miller LA, Michael Palmer VA, Henry Robin NY, John Ruffier FL, Catherine Scalise TX, Judy Shepard WY, Molly Simmons GA, Faye Wilson Tate CO, Frank Woo CA
Photo: Photos: Zack Hasychak (Top, L-R)
HRC Board of Governors Robert Abernathy IL, Steve Amend NV, Carl Andrews TX, Andrew Arnold CA, Karen Aronoff-Holtmeier OH, Matthew Bacon MA, Jessica Bair CA, Phillip Baker AZ, Ian Barrett TX, Vanessa Benavides TX, Charles Beraud NV, Bob Berry IL, Scott Bishop NC, Eric Blomquist NY, Chris Boone WA, Brian Bourquin MA, Tim Bresnahan IL, Linda Brown OR, Barbara Browning MA, Charlie Buchanan TX, Rory Cahn OH, Nancy Caldwell TX, Frank Caliguri OH, Todd Canon TX, Carlos Carbonell FL, Chris Carolan NY, Steven Cayton GA, Jeffrey Caywood OH, Dawn Christensen NV, Jeffrey Coop WA, Thomas Cowley CA, John Cramer TX, Dani Daley CA, Jamie Depelteau CA, Brad DiFiore GA, Candace DiGirolamo OH, Robert Dogens NC, Michael Dunning MO, Patty Ellis NY, Tamra English TX, Alex Ernst DC, Jill Federico CA, Michael Fifield UT, Steve Fisher CA, Brian Flanagan NJ, Randy Floyd NC, Donna Flynn TX, Patrick Gamble AZ, Jeffery Garofalo NV, Sepi Ghafouri CA, Madeline Goss NC, Amos Gott TN, Cherie Green NC, Melinda Greene GA, Deb Guidry LA, Paul Guillory TX, Ron Guisinger OH, Jonathan Gundersen PA, Suzanne Hamilton OH, Jim Harrison TX, Jason Held IL, S. Kelly Herrick CA, Gary Hilbert NJ, Ron Hirth OH, Latoya Holman NV, Ted Holmquist CA, Miranda Hooker MA, Brian Irwin TX, Tim Jenkins IL, Deanne Jockish MO, Kathrin Kersten TX, John Kim WA, Britt Kornmann TX, Jason Lambert FL, Jason Laney DC, Brian Larios MO, Chris Lehtonen CA, Ryan Levy TX, Charlene Ligo OH, Michael Dell Long OR, Raymond Manci CA, John Mancuso MO, Jeff Marsocci NC, M Mason OH, Bob Mason CA, Lori Megown NY, Andrew Melissinos CA, Ryan Messer OH, Gwen Migita DC, Patrick Miller LA, James Minor CA, Kevin Moser WA, DyShaun Muhammad MN, Joseph Palacios DC, Darrell Parsons TX, Bryan Parsons CA, Ed Patterson GA, Lester Perryman LA, John Piedrahita DC, Steven Pospisil MN, Hank Provost CO, Robb Puckett TX, Glory Ramsey MN, Catherine Reid CA, Michael Reiser MO, Chad Reumann TX, Susan Reyes LA, Wendy Ringe TX, John Rivers NY, Andy Rubinson MA, Jonathan Russell GA, Carmen Salgado CA, Thearon Scurlock FL, Jon Shaffer OH, Mark Shura MA, Molly Simmons GA, Corey Smith MN, Ashley Smith DC, Michael Smithson OH, LaRence Snowden TX, Steven Spencer-Steigner CA, David Steiman CA, Skye Stoulig LA, Mayan Tahan AZ, Dan Tanner FL, Paul Thompson CA, Benjamin Waldman WA, Willis Ward NC, Melissa Warren LA, Julie Watson MN, Daniel Weaver DC, Pete Webb NY, Bill Weeks IL, Claudine Wessel AZ, Ed Westreicher GA, Amy White WA, Sharon Wong MD, Julie Wood GA
UP FRONT I don’t believe there is any church, any school or any set of parents that want to intentionally inflict harm on our young people, particularly in their most vulnerable years.” — HRC President Chad Griffin, quoted in an editorial in Deseret News, a major daily owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, after Griffin visited Utah in his first week at HRC. Nearly 70 percent of self-described LGBT Utah youths — as compared to 42 percent nationwide — said their community is not accepting of them, the newspaper reported, citing HRC’s new youth survey. The editorial, titled “End the Abuse of LGBT Teens in Utah,” was among the first of its kind run by the paper, based in Salt Lake City, headquarters of the Mormon church. Griffin also visited Arkansas, Nebraska, Maryland and California on his trip. See page 9.
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million? That’s how much it costs to continue to discriminate against same-sex couples in California. The Proposition 8 Legal Defense Fund organization is asking supporters for an additional $2 million to defend California’s Prop 8 before the U.S. Supreme Court. And that’s on top of $10 million spent over the past three years that the group has already used to keep same-sex couples from marrying, according to tax documents obtained by the Human Rights Campaign. Funding is coming mostly from a very small group of donors — just five to six contributors. In 2010, six contributors alone donated nearly $3.3 million of the group’s $4.3 million for the year. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide this fall whether it will hear arguments on the constitutionality of Prop 8.
Rosario! You just never know who is going to stop by an HRC pride booth. Actor Rosario Dawson, strolling through the San Francisco pride festival, began chatting with an HRC canvasser… and ended up talking for ten minutes about HRC’s work in schools as well as marriage equality. She graciously posed for photos with HRC volunteers and supporters. When asked to make a donation, she emptied out all the money she had in her wallet and signed up to be a member. Dawson, perhaps best known for her role in the film adaptation of Rent, is a longtime activist and founder of Voto Latino (www.votolatino.org).
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