Gay MSFT Millionaire Leaves $65M to LGBT Groups

365gay.com and Pam's House Blend have the scoop on the will of Microsoft millionaire Ric Weiland which resulted in a windfall of $65 million dollars to numerous LGBT groups. Weiland was Employee Number 5 at Microsoft and went to high school with Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

Interestingly, the largest single chunk ($19m) of the money goes to the Pride Foundation, with the rest to be distributed to the following groups over an 8-10 year period:

* The Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR)
* Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
* Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
* In The Life
* International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
* Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
* National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
* Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
* Project Inform
* Servicemembers Legal Defense Network

Notice the Human Rights Campaign is not on this list!