Donald Hitchcock: Ah, the man at the center of it all. Or one of them, at least. Hitchcock once directed the Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council, which works to incorporate gay issues and perspectives into the party's platform and budget.

The Florida native started riding the political train while at Stetson University. That train took him to the National Lesbian and Gay Health Coalition, as well as to the Human Rights Campaign. His connections and experience helped him land at the DNC, where he organized the burgeoning GLLC. Hitchcock alleges that he only made $2,156 biweekly, while his straight counterparts earned $2,508. Despite the disparity, Hitchcock headed the GLCC until May 2, 2006 – four days after the Washington Blade published Paul Yandura's open letter.

Hitchcock soon took aim at the DNC's queer gay politics and wrote an August, 2006 op-ed questioning the party's commitment to gay issues:

The LGBT groups fighting the anti-gay state marriage ballot measures in states such as Alabama, Tennessee, South Dakota, and South Carolina receive no help, or outright hostility, from the Democratic Party in their states. Over the years, progressive and inclusive states such as California, New York, and Massachusetts have moved forward in LGBT civil rights, and simultaneously given the national party a safety blanket and a crutch…

In 2004, 37 of the 50 states had no plans to include the LGBT community in their delegation, leading the LGBT community to represent only 5% of those attending the convention and disproportionately represented by the above coastal states. This lack of respect and dignity given at the state level has placed the DNC in the position to put out many fires, often times unsuccessfully, regarding how the Democrat state party is treating the LGBT democrats and electorate.

The war of words heated up in February of 2007, after Hitchcock attended the LGBT caucus meeting. He was not impressed:

..LGBT finance staff and key fundraisers did sit at the Caucus table, as before, but what is different is that lately we seem to be treated solely as an ATM for the party, with our civil rights seeming an afterthought or burden. After Gov. Dean became Chair of the DNC, two LGBT political positions were abolished, and two finance positions were added, for a total now of four positions in Finance and zero in Political. Given the meeting, it’s obvious that we continue to be invited to the table, pay for the meal, but we are not allowed to eat.

Claire Lucas and her pals quickly whipped off a letter questioning Hitchcock's recollection of certain events, such as whether Dean allowed questions.

Hitchcock – who started at the DNC in June of 2005 – claims staffers have attempted to smear his name since he left the party. The truth will (hopefullly) come out during the discovery period.

Andrew Tobias: Arguably one of the most well respected living homos, Andrew Tobias studied Slavic languages and literatures at Harvard before getting his Masters in business administration. In 1973, one year after graduating, the future politico anonymously published his coming of age autobiography, The Best Little Boy In The World. He later came out as the classic memoir's author.

Tobias has written for a number of publications – Playboy, Esquire – and penned a handful of financial advice books. The DNC recruited Tobias as treasurer way back in 1999 and he's helped grow the party's estimated $200 million, including the GLCC's budget. His testimony will likely concern the party's monetary commitment to gay programs.

He lives with his boyfriend, designer Charles Nolan.

Hitchcock image: D.C. Hughes/Andriano & Hughes Photographers