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Thursday December 18, come out after work for a pre-holiday celebration of equality with old friends and new. Snacks will be served and special HRC drinks prices all night long. See you there!

Dear Friend,

On Tuesday night, our community felt the emotions of electing a pro-equality President and expanding our numbers in Congress and state houses across the country, but the next morning our hearts were broken as the dust settled and it was clear we lost the marriage ballot measures in California, Florida and Arizona.  I will certainly provide you with further insight in the coming days to how we effectively organized and motivated LGBT voters in elections throughout the country, but today, as we find ourselves in this agonizing intersection of victory and defeat, I felt it was important to try and give some perspective about our losses.

I’ve drafted the following op-ed that I wanted to share with you.  I know that mere words aren’t enough to provide the salve for our wounds that we desperately need but perhaps they will begin to shape a path for how we move forward.  And for those of you who gave your time and resources, your sacrifices were not in vain.  You’ve helped lay the foundation for the victory that will one day be ours.  And I thank you.

You can’t take this away from me: Proposition 8 broke our hearts, but it did not end our fight. Read More »