tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34239589.post7555701879789565090..comments2024-03-27T11:00:44.652-05:00Comments on Michael-In-Norfolk - Coming Out in Mid-Life: Let Me Tell You a StoryMichael-in-Norfolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330888799107186550noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34239589.post-2268717477100399622011-05-28T08:10:15.429-05:002011-05-28T08:10:15.429-05:00I have reluctantly approved the preceding post lef...I have reluctantly approved the preceding post left by an EV functionary. Frankly, it's a CYA posting and utterly ignores the fact that once notified of the issues surrounding Mr. Zeigler and Wolcott Rivers, EV did nothing to rectify the situation. It is this inaction as opposed to the original listing that I find so troubling.<br /><br />As one who has given countless hours to the Legends Gala over five years (and helped raise over $100,000 for EV) and who with my partner has given EV significant amounts of money, it disturbs me greatly that my concerns apparently mean nothing to the EV staff and current board of directors.<br /><br />Believe me, I get the message loud and clear. It will be most difficult for me to support EV in any manner for some time to come.Michael-in-Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06330888799107186550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34239589.post-78373201454943809072011-05-27T13:04:06.685-05:002011-05-27T13:04:06.685-05:00Equality Virginia is submitting this comment to cl...Equality Virginia is submitting this comment to clarify a number of issues raised by Mr. Hamar regarding the inclusion of attorney listings on EV’s website resource pages.<br /><br />First, as Mr. Hamar knows from personal experience and partly based on earlier concerns raised by him, EV’s lawyer listings were removed from the website almost two years ago, and reposted only after attorneys (not firms) provided written answers to a questionnaire which is available for public review.<br /><br />Second, and, again, as Mr. Hamar knows from personal experience, the list of attorneys on the EV website is provided solely for the convenience of lawyers interested in having members of the GLBT community as clients and as a convenience to those members of the GLBT community seeking lawyers who have indicated an interest in their business. EV is not engaged, as Mr. Hamar’s suggests in “promoting” any lawyer or firm on the resource page, including his.<br /><br />All attorneys interested in being included on EV’s resource pages, including Mr. Hamar, have completed a questionnaire that asks about their work with GLBT clients and issues, whether they’ve ever used sexual orientation or gender identity against a client or opposing party in a legal matter, and what areas of legal expertise they have on issues affecting GLBT Virginians and their families. Each lawyer’s questionnaire is linked to his or her listing for information and review by any interested person or is available from EV on request. <br /><br />Inclusion of an attorney on the resource list does not imply endorsement by Equality Virginia or any warranty of their services. Exclusion from this list does not imply criticism of those not listed. <br /><br />EV encourages any person seeking a lawyer to interview more than one attorney and to exercise careful and independent judgment in seeking the best lawyer to represent them on a particular matter. EV does not have the resources to engage in an in-depth substantive evaluation of individual lawyers or firms, and cannot, therefore, offer any warranty or recommendation regarding any lawyer on its resource listings, including Mr. Hamar.Claire Gastanagahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911593051798008011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34239589.post-63098719140414424922011-05-26T23:35:10.644-05:002011-05-26T23:35:10.644-05:00I am horrified that EV would consider this company...I am horrified that EV would consider this company to be an asset for the GLBT community. This company ruined your career, ruined your ability to make a good income, in what as a lawyer should be prime years, and due to all of this caused your personal meltdown.<br /><br />Jaded human that I am, I've noticed that the GLBT organizations seem to sell themselves rather like corner whores. For the correct dollar amount they sell absolution, not unlike the pope. Pay away the sin, wash yourself in your paid for holiness.Biki Honkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731335682679434307noreply@blogger.com