Author: Stephan

Angel Food East is a volunteer program which provides daily, hot meals to meet the nutritional needs of those people living with HIV and AIDS in Ulster County, and they are seeking volunteers. Originally founded in 1992, when Angel Food East first began they served only six meals each weekday.  Today they average 45 [...]

If you are a regular listener of WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, you are likely well aware of their Hudson Valley Bureau Chief; Susan Barnett. Over the years she has covered a tremendous array of stories, although with the ongoing struggle for LGBTQ equality making frequent headlines, Susan has become an expert on so [...]

A few months ago, while Marriage Equality was winding its way through the New York State Senate, we learned about another great injustice that was playing out here in the Hudson Valley: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. The military policy that was created in the 1990’s to support gay service members, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) [...]

Hello Big Gay Hudson Valley Residents! With the holidays now in full swing, we hope you are all out there having a Gay 'Ol Time! With a fresh six inches of snow on the ground, it certainly now LOOKS like the holidays! If you are still out there shopping, we hope you check out BGHV's [...]

From the Mid-Hudson News Network, Please use this link to see the online story. NEW PALTZ — Well over 100 people rallied on Main Street in New Paltz on Sunday evening as part of a series of statewide candlelight vigils urging the Senate to approve same-sex marriages when it comes to vote today. “It’s time [...]

Welcome to Another Big Gay Hudson Valley Weekend! This latest edition is coming to you under less than ideal conditions; Marriage Equality has been defeated in Maine by Proposition 1, and closer to home, the openly-gay Deborah Schneer lost her race to Judge Don Williams, the previous Ulster County District Attorney that was the first [...]

With Halloween finally upon us, there's plenty of haunted homo fun floating around this weekend.  While we've listed some happenings down below, check out our buddy, Donna's Haunted Hudson Valley directory of the spookiest spots in the Valley.  She's got an amazing calendar of haunted events for the weekend! On the gay marriage radar, things [...]

If you listened to the news in the last day or so, you've likely heard that Gov. Paterson is planning to put Marriage Equality on Senate’s Agenda sometime in the next few days. Now, it looks like it soon could become legal for gays and lesbians to marry in The Empire State, but [...]