Photo by Holly LeWorkers this morning outside the D.C. headquarters of the Human Rights Campaign, one of the most influential LGBT organizations in the country, were finishing cleaning up graffiti left by vandals there over the weekend.
HRC spokesperson Brad Luna said the vandalism was minimal, with no broken windows and nothing disturbed inside the building. Images posted to the internet indicate the graffiti consisted of messages like “Quit Leaving Queers Out,” along with other paint splotches.
The vandalism took place on the same weekend that HRC hosted a dinner with President Barack Obama, and Washington hosted the National Equality March.
A web site called Bash Back News published a message from a group who claims responsibility for the vandalism. The group says they are against HRC because “it is not a democratic or inclusive institution” and is “run by a few wealthy elites who are in bed with corporate sponsors who proliferate militarism, heteronormativity, and capitalist exploitation.”