Blog Power

A philanthropy blogger thinks my challenge to HRC might be part of a new wave of scrutiny for charities and lobby-groups:

So a gay-rights organization with nearly 600,000 members now has to answer to a gay-rights blogger who has an estimated 60,000 daily readers. This episode raises the power of blogs and other new technologies, which are forcing nonprofits to be more open about their operations, holding them accountable not only to their financial supporters, but also an increasingly skeptic (and engaged) public.

Is this the future of nonprofit transparency? Public fights online between multi-million dollar nonprofit organizations and self-styled online watchdogs? According to Sullivan, the nonprofit has "asked for a private meeting with me. I'd rather bring a few thousand readers along."

More gay bloggers are demanding transparency and accountability.