Marriage Equality in NY State; Only 5 Days Away? Maybe, But We Need You To Pick Up The Phones & Call Your Senator
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 [...]
An Open Letter to Senator William Larkin by Norman Miller; Please Explain What You Mean By “We Are Working On” Marriage Equality
An Open Letter to Senator William Larkin By Norman Miller Wallkill, New York Dear Senator Larkin: I am writing an open letter to you and also submitting this as a Letter to the Editor to newspapers within and around your district. I am glad to have had the [...]
Senator Bonacic: Do You Really Serve ALL Your Constituents? An Open Letter By Jay Blotcher
AN OPEN LETTER TO SEN. JOHN BONACIC By Jay Blotcher High Falls, New York SEN. JOHN BONACIC: DO YOU REALLY SERVE ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS? Dear Senator Bonacic: Last week, I spoke to an assistant in your Middletown office about the curious silence you have maintained on marriage [...]
BGHV Weekend, Oct. 22nd; NAMES Project Quilt Display, Pre-Halloween Parties, & Gallery Talk at Dia:Beacon
Hello Everyone! Welcome to another Big Gay week here in the Hudson Valley of New York. Thank you to all of the 130 of you that joined us at the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center for the Poughkeepsie premier of Tom Judson's "Canned Ham". The reviews are in, and with so many [...]
BGHV Weekend, October 15th; Canned Ham, AIDS Walk, and Isis’s “Horror Queen”
Welcome to what looks like the peak leaf-peeper weekend here in the Hudson Valley for the Fall of 2009! With the Hudson Valley AIDS Walk happening in Poughkeepsie's Waryas Park on Saturday morning, there are a tremendous amount of events which are working to support the event taking place this weekend. First; on [...]
GLSEN Hudson Valley Celebrates “Ally Week” By Announcing The Recipients of Their Annual “Ally Awards”
Each year, GLSEN Hudson Valley celebrates Ally Week, October 19 - 23, 2009 by encouraging Gay-Straight Alliances to identify and support members of their school community who help end anti-LGBT bias and harassment. The chapter recognizes allies in the larger community through the presentation of Ally Awards. What is an [...]
More Than Just “Spam”; BGHV Sits Down For A Candid Chat with “Canned Ham”, Tom Judson, Before His Big Show This Friday!
BGHV: Hi, Tom, and Welcome. We’re excited to be a part of bringing Canned Ham to Poughkeepsie this coming Friday night, October 16th! TOM: Thanks! I’m really happy to be doing the show so close to home. I live in Greene County, outside of Catskill, (and I was born and [...]
BGHV Weekend, October 8th: Local Art Openings, National Coming Out Day & The Equality March on DC
______________________________________ Want to get your weekly dose of big gay fun delivered right to your inbox? Sign up for our BGHV Weekend mailing list. _____________________________________ First off, thanks so much to everyone who joined us at HudsonFest last weekend to celebrate the opening of the Walkway. We snapped a few pics [...]
The High Cost of Being Gay, from The New York Times
This past week, the New York Times ran a story that got a great deal of attention; The High Cost of Being a Gay Couple. We wanted to share it with you, as BGHV felt the message was important for everyone to read. The High Price of Being [...]
BGHV Weekend, October 1st: Walkway Festivities, Highland HudsonFest & Dutch House Tours
______________________________________ Want to get your weekly dose of big gay fun delivered right to your inbox? Sign up for our BGHV Weekend mailing list. _____________________________________ Fall has officially arrive here in the Hudson Valley, and to celebrate the both it and the Quadricentenial, the Hudson Valley is pulling out all the [...]
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