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HRC Names AFER’s Chad Griffin As New President | The Human Rights Campaign has announced today that its new president is Chad Griffin, the LA-based political consultant who co-founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) to fight Proposition 8. Current president Joe Solmonese, who announced in August he would be stepping down, will continue in the role until June before dedicating himself fully as a national co-chair for President Obama’s re-election campaign.

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