winter 2011
INSIDE Dear Fellow HRC M
ember,
membership for As I renew my HRC to do the same. u 2011, I’m urging yo nd beside I was honored to sta he signed President Obama as Ask, Don’t Tell” the repeal of “Don’t mbers deserve into law. HRC’s me playing a key enormous credit for ustice. role in ending this inj e repeal of “Don’t While the legislativ historic victor y, Ask, Don’t Tell” is a re to do. Please there is so much mo hip today. renew your members Sincerely,
photos (top to bottom): Randy Holmes / Getty, Joan Marcus, Natacha Pisarenko / AP
Eric Alva, Retired
Marine Staff Sgt.
on the COVER: President Obama is
joined by HRC’s Eric Alva, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others as he signs the landmark legislation repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
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an epic battle Securing Repeal Of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
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Unwavering, Down to the Wire Susan Collins: A Key Leader on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
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Luke MacFarlane On “Brothers and Sisters,” His First Hollywood Party and Coming Out Every Single Day
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fighting them off at every turn Readying for a Rise of Anti-LGBT Legislation In Statehouses Across the Country
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marriage on the rocks In the Granite State?
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priscilla!
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Early Intervention HRC’s “Welcoming Schools” Gets at the Root of Bullying
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Argentina, Mexico City and counting… Why & How Latin America Is Moving Ahead On LGBT Equality
Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP
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