He is of the same ilk as the professional money raisers and spenders here in California who also grossly exaggerate their purpose and role in effecting LGBT change.

Changing the bobble-head at the top is a good start, but changing the cocktail culture that has become synonymous with the HRC will be quite a different challenge.

In any case, I salute the change and look forward to a time when I can rejoin the Federal Club of an organization with a purpose, a plan, and a passion for progress.

Solmonese has done nothing, less than nothing, to promote our cause. Under his ‘leadership’, the HRC has become nothing but a group of overpaid apologists for an that wing of the Democratic party which only cares about the gay vote.

Good riddance to him – and, frankly, I doubt that organization is even worth saving at this point. GetEqual and ActUP! have done more for our human and civil rights than HRC ever did, and Lt. Choy and Pam Spaulding have done more by themselves than Solmonese and his six figure salary ever managed.

We are about to lose 2012. The mentality which the HRC under his ‘guidance’ now has is a big reason why.

The HRC for some reason reminds me of that whole Log Cabin and GOPride thing.

Or maybe the recent GLAAD thing?

Good riddance! Maybe if they get some new leadership the HRC will stop pretending that Bi and Trans folk are invisible and stop throwing the Transfolk under the bus in the way they operate. I mean it’s doubtful but hey a girl can dream right?

I started filling in what I really thought, but by the time I was done, you couldn’t read anything on their idiotic mailer anyways (the “other” space had room for about 25 characters).

Given the fact that they’re trying to stuff their own answers down my throat, I figured “what’s the point” and chucked it in the shredder.

But not before I noted that they took credit for every pro-gay turn of events over the past year, without mentioning others who have been engaged in the fight. That’s right, folks, Joe got all that done for us, and no other groups (Lambda Legal, anyone?) was there to share the burden.

Here’s the thing. The whole point of advocacy groups is to make sure that our voice is heard strongly and consistently — something that is sometimes tough to do when left to individuals with wandering attention, and who maybe aren’t 100% current on what’s going on.

So, it’s a doubly injuring betrayal when a group like this turns out to be little more than a PAC for one party, and when it deliberately turns a blind eye when our government acts against our interests — not only are people living with the false idea that they’ve already gotten that message out to their representatives, the representatives conclude that they can get away with whatever the HRC allows. And this is all done with our own hard-earned money. And in this economy, frankly, Joe’s suits have started to look a little expensive for what he’s been able to achieve.

In short, with “friends” like the HRC, we’re worse off than if we simply did it ourselves. Until the HRC comes back to its intended purpose, I’ll continue to do my own hell-raising with my representatives. I’ll make sure my donations come with strings attached, and I’ll contribute to heavy lifters (like Lambda Legal) who do the real work.