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______________________________________ Want to get your weekly dose of big gay fun delivered right to your inbox?  Sign up for our BGHV Weekend mailing list. ______________________________________ Hello Friends! Welcome to Labor Day weekend: the unofficial end of summer! While we are sure many of you have lots of fun things coming up for the weekend that [...]

Students play a vital role in GLSEN’s work. For years, students have been instrumental in creating state and county wide networks of student clubs; they have played roles in introducing and passing of safe school legislation, and facilitated trainings for teachers and community members. They have worked hard to organize in their schools and communities [...]

A while back I had heard that one of my old bosses from my days at Whole Foods Market had moved up here to the Hudson Valley. When BGHV met up with Otto, the man that taught me everything I know about organic produce, we were thrilled to find that he was planning to open [...]

With the summer winding down, we're into the last days of the Dutchess County Fair.  While sad, this means that the first local crops of apples will be here in no time - woo hoo!  The upcoming Labor Day weekend has plenty going on for our big gay Hudson Valley, so try and stay dry [...]

So, in the interest of big gay fun, we're bringing you BGHV Weekend one day early - lots of good stuff starting is kickstarting the weekend on Thursday this week.  It's getting hotter & hotter out there and there's plenty of fun to be had this weekend, so join Stephan & Patrick this Thursday for [...]

Welcome to another edition of BGHV Weekend! We hope that you have all been having a great week, and that you are FINALLY enjoying a little bit of the summer heat the last few days. A big "Thank You" goes out to everyone that joined AIDS Related Community Services for their Friend-raiser at [...]

Hey Everyone - so we're back!  Thank you all for your kind words of congratulations, our experience was absolutely amazing.  Hopefully you were able to catch some of the local coverage our story received in the Poughkeepsie Journal, Daily Freeman and Mid-Hudson News as well as the national spotlight on MSNBC.  We cannot stress enough [...]

A few months ago Patrick and I had the pleasure of being introduced to Shana Lee - a local jeweler based in Red Hook, NY, with a studio store on Warren Street in Hudson. We spent a Saturday afternoon browsing around her store, and just fell in love with her work. When it came time [...]