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Hello Everyone, and happy Friday. Sorry we're one day late with Big Gay Weekend this week. If you have been following along through the blog, you likely know that our wedding in Amsterdam is coming up fast and furious! In fact, we leave next Tuesday, July 28th... with only 4 days remaining... we are simply [...]

Stephan & Patrick were featured on WAMC public radio today in a piece by Susan Barnett about our continued fight for same-sex marriage rights in NY and how our big gay wedding is another step toward that equality. A Marriage Made in NY - But Made Legal in Amsterdam Excerpted from WAMC: Getting married is [...]

Hello Everyone! Welcome to another edition of Big Gay Hudson Valley weekend! It has been a busy past 7 days here in the Hudson Valley and when you look at all that is coming up this weekend, there is certainly a great deal to keep the 'mo on the go busy this week  - and [...]

While religion and homosexuality don't have the best track record in the pages of history, there are a few people throughout the Valley who are working to change that.  Over the next coming weeks, BGHV will be introducing you to some of the people who have devoted their lives to helping our LGBTQ [...]

Floor One Gallery (owned by the fabulous Ty & Derek), located at 17 East Main Street in Beacon, is hosting an art opening for local big gay artist - Josh Jenkins. Raised in New York during his childhood, Josh moved to Kentucky during high school. He returned back to New York by the age of [...]

Happy 4th of July! Thank you to everyone that turned out for our sold-our Big Gay Cruise to Bannerman's Island last Saturday - amazingly enough it managed to only rain for a few minutes on the dock - and then we actually got some sunshine while we were on Pollepel Island. Tickets sold out so [...]

Beginning June 26, Vassar & New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theater will celebrate its 25th anniversary season and will feature new plays and musicals by Pulitzer, Tony, and Obie award winners. Powerhouse provides its audience a window into the creative process of some of the nation’s top artists and writers as they engage in [...]

For those of you that haven't heard yet - we're getting married! In honor of the long-standing relationship between the city of Amsterdam and New York (reference the quadricentennial festivities), a campaign was created by the Dutch called I Do. I Amsterdam. Partnering with Marriage Equality New York, they set out with goal [...]