How a Ferocious Backlash to LGBT Equality Is in Full Force While Leaders Have No Strategy

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4. None of this is shocking.

The HRC has never really been a leader in our community. To the extent that they have been useful to us, they have brokered deals, meetings, and connections with D.C. politicians. Anyone who turns to the HRC for leadership is nuts. The HRC has always led from behind, with the grassroots pushing it and pulling it--often screaming and protesting the entire way--toward where it needed to be.

However, this is a larger problem for the community. There really is no other nationally well known group that is coordinating things. There are lots of great groups at the local and state levels that are fighting, but there is no national coordination, and these groups are woefully underfunded. (Meanwhile the HRC sucks up the cash.)

If we are going to mount a successful counter attack against all of this, we need a national group that is forging a national message that is unequivocally clear. My feeling is that we aren't going to see that for some time, and it may be wise for us to begin contemplating building a new organization (or supporting an existing one) that will force the HRC out of business and the spotlight.