Yesterday, April 30, 2012, just in time for May Day, a day traditionally known for activism, the New York State Assembly passed the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) which would provide protections around gender identity and gender expression in a range of areas including housing and employment. Rochester and other ...

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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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Finding an LGBT friendly church can be somewhat daunting for LGBT Christians. A friend passed along a site to me that has a database of nearly 6800 lgbt friendly churches within the United States.  The list for New York alone is well over 400 churches.  I have not gone through ...

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A coalition of religious and advocacy-centered organizations in Michigan have organized an exciting toolkit of resources even folks outside of the state can appreciate.

While the document centers around legislative efforts in Michigan, such as adding protections for LGBT individuals to the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act, it also includes resources ...

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While here at www.everybodysgood.com we do our best to keep you updated on exciting resources and reports as they come out, some how we missed out on the launch of an important resource, the TransFaith Network.

This online resources seeks to provide support and resources for transgender people ...

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Cathie and Sue Timian were recently interviewed by Christina Miller of the www.everybodysgood.com team about an exciting, new event for queer women in the Rochester area, dYke picnic. See the interview below to learn more.

Q1: What was your inspiration for the event?
 
A: Women! *laughs*  Rochester has ...

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Happy Valentine's Day everybody! Valentine's Day has long been associated with romantic love dating back to the 15th Century where some of today's traditions were followed including hand written notes, flowers, and confectionaries.

I found a great photo series with commentary by the couples (26 of them ...

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Being a news and facebook junkie sometimes pays off.  Found this incredibly powerful article from Rolling Stone.  A rare occurence when you find information on spirituality, LGBT youth, and politics.  Bullying and suicides by LGBT youth have been in mainstream discussion for over a year now and still occur on ...

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New Hampshire state legislature is currently considering a bill that will allow marriage equality discrimination. The language does not specifically single out LGBT couples and thus would allow businesses to pick and choose who they provide services to and legally be able to decline provision of  services to couples based ...

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December 1st is World AIDS Day.  This is a celebratory day reflecting upon lives lost and battles won in the fight against the HIV virus.  The theme for this year which runs until 2015 is Getting to Zero:" Zero New HIV Infections. Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS Related Deaths.  A ...

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