HRC Announces First Black Woman President

A year after the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) fired its previous president, Alphonso David, for his role advising former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on how to respond to sexual harassment allegations, the LGBTQ advocacy group announces Kelley Robinson as its new president. Robinson, the executive director of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, will be the first Black woman to lead the HRC.

BREAKING: Kelley Robinson has been named the next president of HRC! Robinson is the inspirational, innovative leader who will galvanize our organization and our movement to meet this moment and the future we are fighting for. She will be the first Black, queer woman to lead HRC. pic.twitter.com/cVlgpOGIQy

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) September 20, 2022

From the Washington Post:

Robinson, a Black woman who identifies as queer, said in an interview this week that she hoped to lead a “broad, intersectional coalition for change” that extends beyond the political sphere to include workplaces, schools and sports leagues.

“I am a community organizer, through and through, and I kind of look at the fight that is in front of me,” she said. “It has become clear that reproductive rights is the ‘canary in the coal mine’ issue in so many ways. They are coming for abortion rights, they are coming for marriage rights, they are coming for privacy.”

Robinson will take the reins at the HRC beginning November 28.  Read more here.

Robinson is the inspirational, innovative leader who will galvanize our organization and our movement to meet this moment and the future we are fighting for. https://t.co/trQNXFhFAW

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) September 20, 2022