2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Progressive Pragmatism versus Liberal Elitism [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)When I first came out, there was no HRC. In their early years, I was a contributor to them. Later all of my attentions went to ACT UP, Minority AIDS Project Los Angeles, and LGBT youth support groups. HRC is by no means the definitive LGBT organization. Straight people think that is is, but it is not.
Here is a story about HRC and ACT UP:
ACT UP Gathers To Protest HRCs Annual Black Tie Gala; Heres Why
"ACT UP explained their reasoning in more detail via their Facebook page:
HRC has created an LGBT equality index to score the Fortune 500 companies, but theres no mention of HIV and the thousands of LGBT people with HIV in the workplace. We demand that HRC include several criteria to evaluate companies on their treatment of employees living with HIV, as well as their contributions to organizations and causes relate [sic] to reducing the incidence of HIV among LGBT Americans, particularly among the young. For over 30 years, too many have been fired, harassed, outed and discriminated against at work for having HIV. Also at this gala, many of the corporations that HRC will honor actively work against the interests of middle-class and poor Americans, including people with HIV. ACT UP denounces this frequent practice of pinkwashing whereby corporations with policies and practices that undermine the peoples well-being are given positive publicity in exchange for maintaining LGBT-friendly (or just equal) workplaces. This is short-sighted and divisive. We demand that HRC develop other criteria that takes into account the impact of companies policies on every American, not just LGBT Americans."
http://www.queerty.com/act-up-gathers-to-protest-hrcs-annual-black-tie-gala-heres-why-20150202