Tag Archives: Joe Solmonese

2PM: LBGT Town Hall Live On SiriusXM

Michelangelo Signorile will be broadcasting live from the LGBT Town Hall in DC today where noted activists will spar with Joe Solmonese and discuss the future of the movement. With the developments of the last few days, things promise to be VERY lively. The panelists: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force executive director Rea Carey; Human Rights Campaign president Joe …

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DADT: What Did The White House Decide And When Did They Decide It?

The Advocate’s Kerry Eleveld reports that the White House may have made the decision not to pursue a 2010 repeal of DADT as early as February, yet the president still pledged its repeal this year during his State Of The Union address. Early in the year, multiple sources say some administration officials counseled the president against acting on the military’s …

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Joe Solmonese: We Are Going To Bring Down DADT This Year

Pam Spaulding reports from Saturday’s HRC gala in Raleigh. HRCs’ President Joe Solmonese delivered some news at the HRC Carolinas Gala on Saturday night. I was there reporting for the Blend as he made these emphatic statements to the members of the LGBT community and allies from North and South Carolina in attendance at the Raleigh Convention Center about what …

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Joe Solmonese Wins Fashion Award

Washington Life Magazine has named HRC executive director Joe Solomnese the “Elegant Activist” in its annual fashion awards. John Aravosis at AmericaBlog: And who says the emperor has no clothes. It would almost be funny if the Human Rights Campaign hadn’t actually cooperated with the “award” by telling the magazine who Solmonese’s favorite designers were (Ann Demeulemeester, Billy Reid, and …

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SLIDESHOW: HRC 2010 NYC Gala

Here’s a short slideshow from Saturday’s HRC gala in NYC, courtesy of my able photographer Dr. Jeff. Except for the HRC’s official photographer, media were kept tightly corraled in a roped-off pen in front of the HRC backdrop, so we were pretty much unable to photograph or interview attendees. After all the big shots were trotted off the pre-show stage, …

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Joe Solmonese: HRC Dinner Attendees Know Best

On Sunday, HRC head Joe Solmonese told CNN that the membership of the HRC was diverse and “absolutely representative of the LBGT community,” and not a group of white elites as many have charged. We’re the largest LBGT organization in the country with nearly a million members. Most of them are small donors and supporters all over the country. And …

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Andrew Sullivan: HRC Head Joe Solmonese Must Resign

Livid about Joe Solmonese’s recent comment that criticism of Barack Obama should be reserved until the end of his second term, Andrew Sullivan says that Solmonese must resign. Sullivan calls Solmonese a “craven tool of the Democratic Party.” (Is that Sullivan’s husband conducting the interview?)

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Obama’s Speech To The HRC

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Cleve Jones Vs. Joe Solmonese

Last night Cleve Jones and Joe Solmonese went head-to-head over the Obama administration’s commitment to LGBT rights.

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Solomonese Explains

HRC executive director Joe Solomonese has issued an update of his widely criticized statement about judging the performance of President Obama. I’ve seen some reactions to my weekly message, that I gave the President a free pass not to fulfill his campaign promises until 2017. Here’s something from what I wrote that the authors didn’t include in their pieces: “I …

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HomoQuotable – Joe Solmonese

“But what has he [Obama] done? I’ve written that we have actually covered a good deal of ground so far. But I’m not going to trot out those advances right now because I have something more relevant to say: It’s not January 19, 2017. “That matters for two reasons: first, the accomplishments that we’ve seen thus far are not the …

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HRC To Support National Equality March

The Human Rights Campaign announced today that they would be supporting the National Equality March, which takes place in Washington DC on October 11th, just less than 60 days from now. HRC head Joe Solomonese explains: “With thousands of LGBT people and allies coming to Washington to make a difference, it’s our mission to help them become the citizen lobbyists …

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Solmonese On Olbermann

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HRC’s Joe Solmonese & Sen. Reid At Hate Crimes Act Press Conference

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Solmonese Writes To Obama

Human Rights Campaign head Joe Solmonese has written a lengthy letter to the president decrying last week’s DOJ brief opposing the repeal of DOMA. It reads, in part: As a matter of constitutional law, some of this brief does not even make sense: DOMA does not discriminate against homosexuals in the provision of federal benefits…. Section 3 of DOMA does …

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HRC On The March On Washington

I’ve asked some major LGBT rights organizations to issue a statement saying whether they support the proposed March On Washington in 2009. HRC’s Joe Solmonese responds: “We shouldn’t wait until October for a march in Washington to do the critical grassroots organizing that can happen today. As we understand it, the purpose behind the call for a march is to …

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Daily Beast Reports: HRC Told Congress To Wait On DADT, Push For ENDA, Hate Crimes Instead

In a video posted at The Daily Beast, reporter Jason Bellini claims that Sen. Chuck Schumer “let it slip” that the Human Rights Campaign told “Senators and members of the U.S. House” to put aside the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and instead focus on ENDA and the hate crimes act. UPDATE: Michael Cole, Senior Communications Manager of the …

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Solmonese Vs Family Reseach Council

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Where Is Our “Fierce Advocate”?

Today the New York Times wonders when our president, who promised to be a “fierce advocate” for LGBT causes, is going to step up to the plate. President Obama was noticeably silent last month when the Iowa Supreme Court overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. But now Mr. Obama — who has said he opposes same-sex marriage as a …

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The Worst Sin In Advertising…

…is to be boring. NOM’s highly anticipated new ad with Carrie Prejean is just a bunch of recycled old clips. BORING. Nothing parody-worthy in this instantly forgotten message. At least Gathering Storm was memorable.

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