tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post8037870977743719316..comments2024-02-21T17:03:05.861-08:00Comments on Petrelis Files: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08359712473083091475noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-64098561601964932682007-02-25T10:23:00.000-08:002007-02-25T10:23:00.000-08:00As a long-time supporter of HRC, I find it disturb...As a long-time supporter of HRC, I find it disturbing that negative comments such as this happen in our community. How do we fault HRC given the political environment in our government over the past years. I find the work being done at the grassroots level from the HRC Foundation to be exactly what's needed in our world today. It's the work of the Workplace Project, the Coming Out Project, the Family Project, the Religion and Faith Program, and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Outreach Program that will create an atmosphere to make things start to happen within our legislatures. I believe that these projects are being effectively managed by this great organization and will create a time in the near future where our "inconvenient truth" can no longer be ignored by our politicians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-47163777174459673072007-02-24T17:19:00.000-08:002007-02-24T17:19:00.000-08:00Dear Michael ~ I, along with many other Transgende...Dear Michael ~<BR/> <BR/>I, along with many other Transgender activists, & advocates, throughout this Country, are consistently striving, for the honest recognition of "Equality," from the Human Rights Campaign. <BR/> <BR/>I can only equate their "movement," to one that has been consistently constipated!<BR/> <BR/>The HRC, has long been in the forefront of GLB(t) Equality, but anyone who believes that they are "champions" of the Transgender Community, must remove those Rose Colored Glasses, Immediately!<BR/> <BR/>There are many Transgender Organizations, including my own, the S. U. R. E. Foundation, who have called the HRC's hand, asking for written confirmation, that they stand 100% for Trans Equality.<BR/>To this day, I, nor have any other Transgender Organization, have ever received anything in writing, confirming HRC's concrete commitment to TG Equality!<BR/> <BR/>Joe Solmonese, is just another "lackey" for the establishment, not willing to "pry loose " the Gay & Lesbian death grip, that this organization was founded on.<BR/>Until someone, gets the "Balls" to challenge the hierarchy of the HRC, and make them accountable for their empty stance on "Equality," in addition to what portion of their "Donations" go towards the Transgender Community, then supporting them for anything, is not in the cards!<BR/> <BR/> <BR/>Love, Peace, Equality, & Solidarity ~<BR/> <BR/>~Mekah Gordon, Ph.D., L. E.~<BR/>Advocate/Activist - Consummate Optimist & Visionary - Educator/Consultant - Freelance Writer-TG Issues - Regional Editor of Santa Fe/For The Normal Heart Newspaper - Pioneering, Frontier Renaissance Woman<BR/><BR/>Founder/Director ~<BR/>S. U. R. E. Foundation®<BR/><BR/>22 Juego Rd.<BR/>Santa Fe, NM 87508-4298<BR/>505-466-4277 <BR/>SUREducation@aol.com<BR/><BR/>*The word, "Tolerance," no matter how you bend it, twist it, or turn it inside out,"Reeks" of Discrimination.<BR/>"RESPECT," however, eradicates implicitness for bigotry, hate, prejudice, and judgment.<BR/>~Mekah Gordon<BR/><BR/>*No One on this planet, should ever have, or be granted the power, right, nor stand in judgment, of anyone's Basic Human Civil Rights, by enforcing through Constitutional Decree, or otherwise, whom one should love, and marry, NO ONE!<BR/>~Mekah Gordon<BR/><BR/>*It's the Tenacity, Persistence, Fortitude, & Faith, that's perennial, in those of us, who refuse to give up, in our pursuit for Equality, & Basic Human Civil Rights.<BR/>~Mekah Gordon<BR/><BR/>*Transitionally Speaking: Quotes, From a Pioneering, Frontier Renaissance Woman<BR/>© 2007 Mekah Gordon, All Rights ReservedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-43312835542362181432007-02-24T12:42:00.000-08:002007-02-24T12:42:00.000-08:00Calm down? That's not what we need--what we is a n...Calm down? That's not what we need--what we is a new invigorated progressive gay organization that can actually accomplish things in Congress. To my mind, nothing showed HRC's ineffectiveness more than its endorsement of Joe Lieberman--not just in the general, but in the Democratic primary (against an unabashedly pro-gay candidate). I, for one, do not want my dollars and energy going to an organization that plays it so safe as to endorse a candidate with lukewarm support of gay issues, someone now threatening to switch sides if his demands are not met.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-24118448511043427642007-02-23T14:37:00.000-08:002007-02-23T14:37:00.000-08:00Let's be clear. HRC's mission is NOT solely to lo...Let's be clear. HRC's mission is NOT solely to lobby Congress. It's work in corporate America is important and remarkably successful. HRC can improve, but this netroots campaign has the whiff of vendetta now. Let's not throw the baby out with the bath water. Calm down, everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-82847153979133109082007-02-22T19:11:00.000-08:002007-02-22T19:11:00.000-08:00Amen from a fellow traveler. The petty queer estab...Amen from a fellow traveler. The petty queer establishment must be challenged, and I'm glad to see more people taking up the mantle. <BR/><BR/>http://atlmalcontent.typepad.com/atlmalcontent/2007/02/standing_up_to_.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com