Tag Archives: Joe Solmonese
Many high profile LGBT speakers at Dem convention
Pete Buttigieg, Tammy Baldwin, and many other LGBT leaders will be part of the prime-time schedule at the Democratic National Convention this week.
Obama LGBT camp hopes to persuade GOP gays to cross party lines
The Obama campaign Wednesday (May 23) said it would be making a determined effort to turn out LGBT Americans in November “regardless of their political affiliation.” Jamie Citron, National
NAACP: Marriage equality ‘won’t be a wedge issue’
Saying that the NAACP has “always stood against laws that demean, dehumanize, and discriminate against people,” NAACP Board Chairman Roslyn Brock formally announced Monday (May 21) the board’s vote in favor of a resolution supporting marriage equality.
Rejecting an executive order: Is it the DADT repeal strategy or a campaign decision?
The Obama administration revealed a political calculation last week: Now is not a good time to sign an executive order prohibiting discrimination against LGBT people who work for federal contractors. There has been more than the usual expression of “disappointment” from
Obama to HRC: Promises kept and promises to fight for
President Obama dropped by the Human Rights Campaign’s annual national dinner to vow that he will “keep up the fight” to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and to stop bullying against LGBT youth.
President to keynote HRC dinner
President Obama has agreed to deliver the keynote address to this year’s annual Human Rights Campaign dinner October 1 in Washington, D.C.
Solmonese’s final salary-benefits package
In response to the story about the impending resignation of Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese, a reader commented: “Always interesting to me is that NEVER is it mentioned what his pay package looked like.” Solmonese never got on the phone
HRC’s Solmonese to leave post by March
The Human Rights Campaign announced in a press release Saturday, August 27, that its president, Joe Solmonese, "will not renew his contract, which expires March 31, 2012."
Gallup shows dramatic uptick in support for same-sex marriage
A survey by the respected Gallup poll organization reports a stunning jump in support for legal recognition of the marriages of same-sex couples.
