Dan Rafter

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.