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In Albany: Duane calls 2009 gay marriage vote ‘a betrayal’

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 09 May 2011 15:07:09 +0000

The firebrand gay New York state senator Tom Duane called the 2009 gay marriage vote in the state legislator “a betrayal” during the morning meeting of 1,200 activists gathered to lobby for gay marriage and transgender equality in Albany. “I don’t want to sugarcoat our progress toward marriage equality,” Duane told the hall. “Those opposed [...]

Thursday Watercooler: Gates outlines how DADT repeal will happen

James Withers — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:40:06 +0000

Yes Thursday’s Watercooler is late. My computer crashed, lost a whole lot of information, and spent way too much time on the phone getting tech support. Added to this technology woe, was the(...)

Weekend Watercooler: Montana families fight back

rayhunt — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:45:22 +0000

• Your turn Montana. The ACLU of Montana announced a lawsuit against the state for violating the state’s constitutional equal protection clause. The ACLU is fighting the case on behalf of

Withers: ESPA fudraiser

James Withers — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:25:12 +0000

This past Saturday was the Empire State Pride Agenda’s annual summer fundraiser. Held at the Ark Project in Water Mill, New York, the afternoon over flowed with music (Lady Bunny can spin the(...)

Monday Watercooler: Black and Perez drama continues

James Withers — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:59:18 +0000

Empire State Pride Agenda gets a new leader. Ross D. Levi was named last week as the new executive director of the Empire State Pride Agenda. Levi has worked for ESPA for the past ten years.(...)

Empire State Pride Agenda to hire new leader

Jennifer Vanasco — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:00:12 +0000

Empire State Pride Agenda, New York’s leading gay rights group, will select Brian Ellner to be its next leader, according to the New York Times’ City Blog.

Ellner is the senior counselor for(...)

How social media is changing gay activism

logointern1 — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:00:52 +0000

Greg Porter checked his Twitter messages one recent morning and found a very hateful message.

The day before, Porter posted a tweet on his @MU_gay_prof Twitter account asking “#gay why can’t(...)

Monday Watercooler: DADT ends? Rupaul starts!

James Withers — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:53:31 +0000

Today we start a daily feature called Watercooler, a space where we can give the rundown on important stories, take down those who are full of themselves, talk about a trend, ride a hobby(...)

Withers: You better pay attention to Harold Ford

James Withers — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:27:24 +0000

I make this promise to my boss Jennifer: until he makes it official, this is my last post on Harold Ford. Three articles about the man is stalkerish and based on the lack of messages, no one(...)

Withers: Ford tells everyone to calm down

James Withers — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:04:11 +0000

All you New Yorkers who think Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is the bee’s knees better get your money out because Harold Ford has her in the cross-hairs. The moderate Democrat said on Friday that(...)