Category: Blog

Welcome to another - CHILLY - edition of BGHV Weekend. To say it has been cold outside is an understatement, but all the more reason to turn up the heat on your social life, and get out there any enjoy all the Hudson Valley has to offer. Last weekend one dozen men braved the cold [...]

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 [...]

Happy New Year!  Being the season for A New Year - A New You, we've been looking back at the last year's growth of BGHV and need to thank all of you for your continued support of the site and all of the events, happenings and people that we promote.  That being said, we've got [...]

Happy New Year, Everyone! Well, not just yet.... but 2010 is almost here, and if you don't yet have plans to usher in the New Year, below are a few suggestions courtesy of our local tourism agencies. Do you have any event that should be here? Please tell us about it. New Years Eve Party [...]

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) [...]

Fresh from his fabulous tour of the West Coast, out and proud NYC based Singer/Songwriter Stewart Lewis will perform live at Cafe Bocca, located at 14 Mt Carmel Place in the Poughkeepsie's Italian District for a very rare, intimate performance this Saturday, January 9th at 7pm. Stewart Lewis was last in the neighborhood [...]

Happy Holidays BGHV Residents! We hope that many of you have taken some time over the last few weeks to shop locally and support many of our 12 Gay of Christmas friends.  As you know, they've given us some great prizes to give-a-way, and we just posted the full list of Big Gay Winners online; [...]