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It seems hard to imagine that we are now only two days away from the Big Gay Hudson Valley.com Pride Preview Party at Locust Grove on Friday, May 29th! We've been traveling all over the Hudson Valley this past weekend - from Hudson to Cold Spring - and we heard from hundreds of you that [...]

  The Dutchess County Young Democrats and County Legislator Allison MacAvery are hosting a mixer with this year's slate of Democtratic candidates for Dutchess county and NYS governmental positions.  Featuring appearances by NYS Assemblyman Frank Skartados and Mayor of Beacon Steve Gold, there are over 140 offices up for election this year and they [...]

Happy Memorial Day weekend, everyone!  Now that you can officially wear white without sending the fashionista gays into a dizzy tizzy, bust out your loafers and pick up a copy of the Thursday May 21 edition of the New Paltz Times for an extra gay double feature highlighting Big Gay Hudson Valley and The New [...]

Gay film festivals are running wild throughout the Valley just in time for the kickoff to the summer box office season.  While I know you're all excited to catch a glimpse of Zachary Quinto & Chris Pine as space-hopping trekkies, don't miss these great independent LGBT films showing throughout the Valley. Out At The Movies [...]

This summer, six Ulster County cycling enthusiasts, Team Project 19, will spend seven days riding their bicycles 560 miles from Niagara Falls to Manhattan—as part of The Empire State AIDS Ride (ESAR)—to help raise money to support AIDS research and local AIDS relief organizations. To support this effort, on Sunday, July 19, Project [...]

While I am sure that many of your have plans for Memorial Day weekend that will likely take you out of town, for those that will be in the Poughkeepsie area on Memorial Day Monday, I would encourage you all to come and take a tour of the Half-Moon with your Big Gay Hudson Valley.com [...]

For those that have been following, recently the New York Legislature voted in favor of Gay Marriage. At this point, the bill moves on to the New York Senate - where, if it passes, it will be signed into law by Governor Patterson. For those of us in Dutchess and Columbia Counties, we are represented [...]

Yes, it's been an exciting week here in the Empire State! Last night the New York State Assembly passed the Marriage Equality Amendment, and now it's off the New York Senate. According to New York State Senate Majority Leader, Malcolm Smith, the bill does not have the 32 votes necessary for passage - so now [...]