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Connecticut’s all-Democrat congressional delegation racked up near-perfect marks from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) on its 119th Congressional Scorecard. Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT-05) celebrated her perfect 100, posting that she was “Pleased to have received a score of 100” and is working with the Congressional Equality Caucus “to advance inclusive policies.”
The full Connecticut scores:
HRC’s scorecard largely rewards opposition to bills that protect female athletes, single-sex spaces, and minors from irreversible medical interventions. HRC opposed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (which defines sex for Title IX athletics by biology at birth), the Protect Children’s Innocence Act (which would criminalize puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries for minors), and multiple NDAA and appropriations amendments limiting gender-affirming care coverage, transgender sports participation, and bathroom/locker-room access in military settings. High scores mean consistent votes against those measures.
This is especially relevant in Connecticut since the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) policy allowed biological males to compete in girls’ sports and produced multiple state titles and records for boys pretending to be girls. This has prompted a long-running lawsuit by female athletes including Selina Soule, Chelsea Mitchell, Alanna Smith, and Ashley Nicoletti. The case remains active in federal court, but Connecticut’s all Democrat delegation in Washington has prioritized HRC alignment over protections for women and girls.
HRC and its allies also continue to downplay the Cass Review’s findings of “remarkably weak” evidence for puberty blockers and hormones in youth, along with documented risks to bone density, fertility, and long-term outcomes. Several European countries have already restricted these interventions for minors based on the science. Connecticut’s delegation’s votes track with the activist position instead—the one that medicalizes children.
Founded in 1980 as a political action committee and now the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, HRC has grown into a major force in Democrat politics and corporate America. With roughly $50 million in annual revenue for its main 501(c)(4) arm (and tens of millions more through its affiliated foundation), HRC draws funding from large individual donors, progressive foundations including those linked to George Soros, labor unions, and a long list of major corporations such as Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Pfizer, and others that seek high scores on HRC’s Corporate Equality Index.
Under former president Chad Griffin and its current leadership, the Human Rights Campaign has used its scorecards, lobbying, and corporate pressure campaigns to shape policy and institutional behavior far beyond Congress. A perfect or near-perfect HRC rating has become a prized credential for many Democrat lawmakers—even when it conflicts with reasonable, evidence-based caution on youth medical transitions or with sex-based protections for women and girls.
For Connecticut’s delegation, a near-perfect HRC score is a clear signal: they have prioritized the agenda of a powerful left-wing advocacy group over protecting girls in sports and single-sex spaces, and over following the scientific evidence on the risks of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors.
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