Dan Rafter
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Dan Rafter is Online Campaigns Manager at the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization. Dan manages HRC’s Call It Out campaign, which aims to expose incidents of homophobia and transphobia as they occur across the country. Call It Out has rallied HRC members and supporters to take action on Rick Perry’s exclusive day of prayer held in partnership with anti-gay organizations, Michele Bachmann’s connections to “reparative therapy,” incidents of homophobia in sports and the anti-trans rhetoric associated with Chaz Bono’s run on Dancing with the Stars.

Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., Dan worked as a reporter at NPR-affiliate WFUV News in New York City, covering politics in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Blog Entries by Dan Rafter

Main Street and Wall Street Agree: End DOMA

4 Comments | Posted November 7, 2011 | 17:08:00 (EST)

In case the majority of Americans who say they support marriage equality wasn't convincing enough for lawmakers to drop their defense of the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), 70 of the nation's leading businesses and organizations are adding their voice to the growing chorus. The amicus curiae brief, filed...

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Calling Out the GOP's Anti-LGBT Falsehoods

30 Comments | Posted October 3, 2011 | 01:04:00 (EST)

For the first time ever, a majority of Americans supports marriage equality for same-sex couples. New York State recently welcomed marriage equality, the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) law became a thing of the past following a bipartisan push, and nearly 90 percent of people of faith say their...

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