Going out on a limb I’m going to say that Paul and his partner are good people. I’ve met them, feted Dem causes in their home, and I believe them before I believe whatever the DNC is saying about this. Shame on you, DNC. Even more than you already deserve. Howard, help me out here and do something to make me believe that this is all a misunderstanding. I want to continue to have faith in you. This makes it harder.
According to documents obtained by PageOneQ, a series of senior Democratic National Committee officials has been subpoenaed in an ongoing discrimination lawsuit by former LGBT outreach director Donald Hitchcock. Those ordered to provide sworn testimony include chairman Howard Dean, openly gay treasurer Andy Tobias, and Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council executive Director Brian Bond.Hitchcock alleges that the DNC fired him after his boyfriend, political consultant Paul Yandura, wrote a scathing letter about the Democratic party’s governing organization.
Hitchcock also alleges that the DNC paid him less than his peers and that Dean, Tobias and others attempted to smear his name. The DNC won’t comment on the case, but Hitchcock says “I look forward shining light on the facts and discussing under oath the circumstances of my employment and unfair termination from the DNC.”
And to think: the work they have done, those two, for the DNC, for our causes! If this is true, I may get even more radical and “non-partied” than I already am.
Goddess I hate the Villagers. Kicking down decent, hard working, nice gays like Paul and Don, who are the nicest people I know in DC. It makes me sick.
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Pam's House Blend has tons on this--
07— http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary….
“Last year there was a big dustup when Howard Dean “restructured” the DNC, and there was a series of actions that some say resulted in the retaliatory firing of Donald Hitchcock (the former director of the Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council of the DNC) after his partner, activist Paul Yandura, wrote a scathing open letter to gay Dems questioning Howard Dean and the DNC’s lack of effort in fighting state marriage amendments and overall strategy. …”
and on the larger picture—06— Dems to homos: re-closet yourself in 2006 — http://www.pamspaulding.com/weblog/2006/…
i wish pam liked me more. she's so superior to me.
i am not being sarcastic, i have total respect and admiration for her, her work, her relationships with Excellent People…i envy her, and i’m sorry that i can’t seem to break into her circle. i’d be smarter if she’d let me, sob.
that sucks--she seems cool but
who knows?
her site rocks, and always has, which is what counts for me (esp since Americablog has gone insane, Billerico is interesting but unfocused, and others just don’t bring up stuff that she tends to, i think)
no, you've got it right, ABG. she is cool.
the problem is that i’m not. ;-) it’s my mouth, it got me into trouble when we met, i don’t think i can undo that. i’m not serious enough, in the way that that phrase used to mean.
no biggie--plenty of ppl who know you're cool
too : >
(i’m an undiplomatic big mouth—many of us are, and sometimes it prevents connections—more often it creates good ones too)
related—Obama dogwhistled against equal marriage today (or yesterday)—saw a clip on CNN earlier — saying we shouldn’t be arguing about gay marriage at all — (he decided that was the big distraction going on to mention—as opposed to all the shit coming up about him) — ensuring it won’t be any kind of priority in an Obama administration, which i knew (Clinton’s either).
WaPo is covering Dean’s problems too, sorta— http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/20… — Howard Dean’s Gay Headache