Last night was historic for New York State. Before midnight governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation allowing same-sex couples to get married. It’s been a long road to get here. Similar legislation failed in the state Senate in 2007 and 2009 and nearly failed again this week too. As the debate, rallies and rethoric raged on [...]
25Jun11
Equal in NY
Among the many tweets that flew by my screen this week was this from Outsports: “Gay high school athletes blog to make difference: “Three kids. Three time zones. One mission …” That’s the tagli…” Since I’m working my way through writing a novel where two high school athletes come out, I had to see what [...]
Today, October 11, is National Coming Out Day. The day has its roots in 1987 when half a million people participated in the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. This was the second such demonstration in the nation’s capital and the first display of the NAMES Project Quilt, remembering those who died from [...]
18Mar10
Official NOH8 Photo
Our official photo from the NOH8 Campaign New York Photo Shoot got posted to the NOH8 website this morning. We’re honored to be part of this group of people standing up for gay rights.
The NOH8 Campaign (@NOH8Campaign) rolled into New York today for a photo shoot. Jeff took off from work early and Will came uptown to go to the Empire Hotel near Lincoln Center to have photos added to the many others who support this important gay marriage/gay rights campaign. The nice couple behind us took pictures [...]
30Jun09
Embracing a Teaching Moment
As I was sifting through the 365Gay news headlines today, the blurb for “Those Who Can, Teach” caught my eye: “The Family Research Council’s attack on Kevin Jennings should inspire us to a teachable moment. ” Kevin was recently appointed as head of the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools at the Department of [...]
I spent a part of this afternoon at a panel discussion put together by the Ali Forney Center to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. The riots, which started the night of June 28, 1969 and went on for several more nights, marked the beginning of the gay rights movement. On the first [...]
