We are approaching the one year anniversary of the passage of Marriage Equality in New York State. 

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law on June 24th, 2011 ending years of struggle and enabling couples to legally marry in New York and share the same rights as heterosexual couples ...

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As we progress on from the recent legalization of marriage for same sex couples New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a brief to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act.

As the New York Times report states this is in conjunction with an existing case where a surving same ...

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Marriage equality has finally come to New York.

With a margin of four votes our representatives in Albany have passed what we as a community have all been waiting so long for.

I am ecstatic and have been texting furiously to get the word out.  Success!

This fight for social ...

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I got this list from the HRC (Human Rights Campaign). Find your senator to see how they voted.

    Eric Adams (D) — YES 
    Joseph Addabbo (D) — NO
    James Alesi (R) — NO
    Darrel Aubertine (D) — NO
    John Bonacic (R) — NO
    Neil Breslin (D) — YES
    John DeFrancisco (R) — NO
    Ruben Diaz (D) — NO ...

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The New York State Senate voted against marriage equality for same-sex couples yesterday afternoon, 38 to 24. All of Rochester's senators: Jim Alesi, George Maziarz, Mike Nozzolio, and Joe Robach voted no.

How does that make you feel?

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Governor Paterson announced at the Pride Agenda’s Fall Dinner last Thursday that the marriage equality bill would be one of the first items on the agenda when he calls the legislature back to Albany for an early session on November 10.

That means a vote on marriage could happen ...

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We borrowed this from Reverend Irene Monroe's blog on queer issues and spirituality. We thought her writing on this issue is really thought-provoking and important.

Black Queers Tying Knot

More and more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people of African descent are marrying.

An idea that was once ...

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The past couple of years have been a real rollercoaster for gay marriage!  There were high points---early in 2008 our own community here in the Rochester area took center stage with a court decision, in favor of a local couple, ruling that legal out-of-state marriages should be recognized by New ...

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