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In support of the upcoming gay marriage bill vote in the New York senate, BGHV and the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center are joining Marriage Equality New York in hosting a series of candlelight rallies to show our support of gay marriage in the Empire State and "light the way to equality". The heart of [...]

Dionne Warwick has established herself as an international musical legend over an illustrious four-decade career. Her reputation as a hit maker has been firmly etched into public consciousness, thanks to nearly sixty charted hits since "Don't Make Me Over" began its climb up the charts in December 1962. With an amazing string of hits including Do [...]

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 [...]

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 opportunity to meet you briefly [...]

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 equality. She was sympathetic but [...]

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 of you enjoying the show, [...]

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 Friday night at 8pm, BGHV [...]

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 Ally? Often referred to as [...]