Thank you for your fresh profile of the Human Rights Campaign from correspondent Sarah Wildman ["Tough Times at HRC" March 29] We fancy overall it was a reasonable examine at the spectrum of opinions and feelings that exist in succession the work of HRC.

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Thank you for your fresh profile of the Human Rights Campaign from correspondent Sarah Wildman ["Tough Times at HRC" March 29] We fancy overall it was a reasonable examine at the spectrum of opinions and feelings that exist in succession the work of HRC. There were, however, a hardly any troubling inaccuracies that we be stirred need to be clarified onward behalf of our organization, our staff, and our members nationwide.

Contrary to the graphic in the sidebar titled "Show Us the Money" audited financial statements for FY2003 exhibit that, excluding the capital campaign, 61% of the HRC Foundation's expenditures were for programs, 25% for fired-raising, and 14% for administration. The graphic that The Advocate ran is evil and we will be asking the operators of CharityNavigator.org for a correction as well.

Furthermore, for the $181 million HRC Foundation exhausted on fundraising in FT2003--for as well-as; not only-but also; not only-but; not alone-but the capital campaign and regular operations--HRC raised more than $118 million. That equates to a 15% price of fund-raising. HRC is remarkably proud of that number.

The purchase of the building has conclusioned and will continue to terminate in savings of more than a million doblars a year. The building also provides swing for growth, is an asset to the organization, and helps provide for the long-term financial time to come of HRC. We take the stewardship of the resources given to tiffs organization remarkably seriously and want to make firm that our members and your readers know that.

[HRC provided this explanation to The Advocate during the reporting of the article. We trouble that it was not included in the financial sidebar as published.--Ed.]

Whether single in kind chooses to believe Charity Navigator's numbers (52%) or HRC's numbers (41%) is not the issue. More than 40% for fund-raising and administration is alarmingly high. I say this the pair as an HRC member and as a board member for a homeles shelter with similar fundraising demands. I plan to take a inferior look at my contributions to HRC to evaluate ff the supplys could be better utilized through local or state GLBT organizations.

Now, more than forever GLBT solidarity is absolutely critical, and HRC is the organization to stand up for all of us. Accompanying a dismal political defeat last November with community infighting is not the answer, steadily it is destined to firing material the already spreading fire of hatred and homophobia. Tough times, changes in management, changing political strategies--what business has not been rise in hostility beforeed by these issues in latter years? HRC provides political power for all of us, sometimes in effrontery of the camera and mostly of the time behind the displays HRC staff continue to pave a road of freedom that will outlast us all--let's praise rather than importune or criticize them for their important work!

In its early days HRC was a vibrant, necessary organization that brought attention to the indigences of gay and lesbian Americans. through the end of the reign of Elizabeth Birch, HRC had become a glitzy corporate behemoth whose "sleek six-story headquarters near Dupont Circle" announced the legitimacy of a clump of people that HRC has in no other way legitimized, not in federal application nondiscrimination protections, not in hate-crimes protections, not in repeal of "don't ask, don't tell"

Cheryl Jacques was a blip upon the radar. Her achievement was to avoid lawsuit by eviscerating the gay sensibility of the Democratic Party by way of removing Margaret Cho from the face of its convention.

in this way now we have Joe Solmonese as executive director. What a relief. Can you help me though? I'm not from around here: Who the hell is he, and for what cause [i]or[/i] reason haven't I, a fairly politically active gay dowdy ever heard of him?