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Open Books:
Cleve's DC March v. Iraqi LGBT

The following request was emailed today and I'll update once I hear back from the march organizers.

Robin McGehee
Kip Williams
Community Organizers

Dear Robin and Kip,

As you may know, global gay activists recently persuaded the Iraqi LGBT advocacy group in London to produce a 12-page annual report for community and public inspection. If you are not aware of this report, please click here to read it.

Today I ask you to equal what Iraqi LGBT has done, present a current fiscal picture for the group to the larger community. Here are a few questions I hope you can begin to answer:

1. How much money has been raised, as of today, for the gay march on Washington this October that has been chiefly called for by Cleve Jones?

2. Does the march have it's own tax exempt status, or is there a fiscal sponsor? If there is, which group is serving in this capacity?

3. Who decides how the money will be spent?

4. Who is the accountant for the march, and how can she be contacted?

5. Can you publish a fiscal report to the LGBT community by Friday?

6. Will you all commit to issue a monthly fiscal accounting and post it on your web site?

In the interest community transparency and grassroots advocacy, I hope you'll address my concerns and that we see a fiscal accounting by the end of the week.

Looking forward to your replies. Thanks.

Best regards,
Michael