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    Albany High School Students Push Back on Fred Phelps

    In general, we consider the Hudson Valley to be a safe and accepting area in which to be a member of the LGBTQ Community. However, earlier this week, members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, assembled at Albany High School to convey their disdain for homosexuality. Across the street, hundreds of [...]

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    Your Big Gay Weekend: March 5th

    Happy Thursday Big Gay Hudson Valley Residents! Welcome to the first edition of Your Big Gay Weekend; the comprehensive report on all that there is to do this coming weekend. We'll post this message every Thursday evening to help you to plan your social agenda for the next few days ahead. If you [...]

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    Five Years Ago; The New Paltz Gay Marriages

    It hardly seems possible, but five years ago, Jason West - the Mayor of the hip and funky college town of New Paltz, NY - became all the buzz across the United States when he had announced that he would legalizing marriage for gay couples starting on February 27, 2004.  This was just days after Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco, [...]

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    Why Has the Mid-Hudson Bridge Been Rainbow All Month?

    One of my favorite iconic images of our Big Gay Hudson Valley is the Mid-Hudson Bridge. With its span connecting Poughkeepsie to our humble home in Highland, the LED lights installed along the bridge are often changed to meet the theme of a particular month; Pink in October for Breast Cancer Awareness, Red, White and [...]

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