Lesbian activist ousted from HRC dinner
Pam's Blend House7/27/2008
Last night the Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRC) held a fundraising
dinner in San Francisco. Many local activists consider HRC a
Washington Beltway outfit that rakes in liberal LGBT donations, but
which betrayed part of its constituency last fall. HRC agreed then to
exclude from proposed employment discrimination legislation (known as
ENDA) protections for people whose gender presentation is not
conventional. That is, HRC adopted the stance that it is fine to be
gay -- but just don't be too queer. And certainly don't expect legal
protection if you are transgender or gender-transgressive.
