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May 15, 2013
Obviously Cardinal Dolan Is Really Pissed About Cuomo's Abortion Bill
A few weeks ago, we wrote a post entitled "Cuomo's Women's Equality Act Brings The A-Word To New York State Politics." The headline basically tells the whole story. It focused on the brewing controversy evoked by a tiny stipulation in Cuomo's new bill that calls for writing Roe v. Wade protections ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2013
AG Eric Schneiderman Thinks SCOTUS Should/Will Strike Down DOMA
Today, the Supreme Court will begin hearings on the cases pending constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act and Prop 8. It is the first legal step in a process that will end in June, when the Nine is expected to release its opinion to the public - one that could have drastic effects on the ri ... More >>
Blogs
November 13, 2012
The Big Lobbyist Battle For Medical Reefer in New York Begins
New York has had the whole medical marijuana conversation for a while (end result: fail) and legalizing marijuana, if only for medical purposes, has its twists and turns here. Even with the roll back of the draconian Rockefeller drug laws by Cuomo, being the world capital of weed arrests sure doesn' ... More >>
Blogs
October 24, 2012
Religious Group Tries to Knock NY's Same-Sex Marriage Law and Fails . . . Again
Over the summer, we reported on this little evangelical group from Spencerport, New York, called the New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedom. The organization stands on that ever-tipsy fence between religion and politics; its website's mantra states that "as a Christian ministry, NYCF exists to influ ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2012
DOMA Unconstitutional, Rules New York Appeals Court. But It's Not Dead -- Yet
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York ruled today that parts of the Clinton-era Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) are unconstitutional because they discriminate against same-sex couples.But don't get your hopes up just yet -- the issue of DOMA's constitutionality will li ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2012
Edith Windsor, Octogenarian Lesbian Widow: Take My DOMA Case to the Supreme Court!
Edith Windsor, the octogenarian lesbian widow who successfully sued the federal government for over chariging her $363,000 in estate taxes, wants to take her case to the Supreme Court. According to a press release from the New York Civil Liberties Union, which is representing Windsor along with the ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2012
New York's Same-Sex Marriage Law Triumphs in Court
It's been over a year since New York's Marriage Equality Act was enacted by Governor Cuomo. And, since then, numerous conservative groups across the state have attempted to strike the law down in court. But none have gotten as far as the New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedom - a group from Spencerp ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2012
BREAKING: League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Passes Same-Sex Marriage Equality Resolution
Another Saturday, another national group of brown people proves Toure right by being homophobic passes a same-sex marriage equality resolution. LULAC, the League of United Latino American Citizens, passed a resolution at their annual convention today in suport of equal marriage rights for same-sex ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2012
'Drill Ass, Not Gas' and Other Messges We Heard at Pride 2012 [PHOTOS]
Yesterday's Pride Parade was marked by extremely beautiful weather and a much more relaxed tone than last year's march, which was frantic right after Marriage Equality Act had just passed. Although we wrote in this week's Voice feature that debate has grown limited in gay organizations, the march ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2012
It's the First Anniversary of the Marriage Equality Act Passing and the Weather is Perfect: Happy Pride Sunday!
One year ago today, we had the chance to travel to Albany for our first and only day of reporting there. As days of political reporting go, it did not disappoint. On arrival, the halls were filled with passionate protesters: those demanding that gay and lesbian people not be allowed to "sully" the ... More >>
News
June 20, 2012
Does 'Gay Inc.' Believe in Free Speech?
In the battle over gay rights, dissent during wartime isn't always tolerated
Blogs
June 15, 2012
White House Hosts First LGBT Pride Month Reception With Out Military, Married Same-Sex New Yorkers; Obama Gives GMHC Shout Out
After a contentious press announcement on immigration earlier in the day in the Rose Garden, President Obama hosted his third LGBT Month Pride Reception in the East Room of the White House. Even though it is not a very old tradition, there were a couple things historically different about this year ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2012
Black Pride: Majority of African Americans Support Gay Marriage, Says ABC News. The Voice Speaks to Their Pollster, Gary Langer
Maybe they should have called Barack Obama the homosexual "Black Abe Lincoln." Buried in the polls showing that Obama's same-sex marriage support has had no effect on his own re-election prospects (debunking the myth that his gay support would hurt him) and that it seems to have moved "strong supp ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2012
Donna Summer Has Danced Her "Last Dance"
TMZ is reporting that disco legend Donna Summer has danced her last dance, having lost a battle with cancer. She was 63. We just happened to be listening to "Last Dance," Summer's 1978 hit, when we read the news on Twitter. We already knew it was going to be quite a Pride celebration this June fo ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2012
James Alesi, Gay Marriage Supporting Republican Senator, Not Running For Re-Election
State Senator James Alesi, one of four Republicans to cross the aisle and vote for the Marriage Equality Act last summer, announced last night that he's not running for re-election. He was for same-sex marriage equality even before President Barack Obama, and we got to interview him in Albany just ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2012
5 Reasons Why Touré Is Wrong On Blacks, Gay Marriage and Obama
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy We like the idea of Touré, but as a person and concept, he's got two sides. There's the Good Touré, who writes beautifully, gave us a nice shout out once, and frolics around the Brooklyn neighborhood we both live in with ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2012
President Obama: Will He Come Out Today For Gay Marriage?
Update: President Obama has indeed come out of the closet, telling ABC news that he does, in fact, support the right for same-sex couples to get married. Read our report, with reactions from New Yorkers, here. It's been a rough few days for President Obama on the gay marriage question, although he ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
Washington State on the Road to Same-Sex Marriage Equality, Perhaps Within a Week
The Washington State Senate passed a bill paving the way for same-sex marriages last night. Before the vote was taken, same-sex marriage watchers believed that it could be a very tight vote. However, it ultimately passed comfortably 28 to 21. It will now move on the Washington's House, where it is e ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2012
Queer Rising Gets Arrested, Other LGBT Activists Pile on Cuomo Over Homeless Youth Funding in Budget
The activists over at Queer Rising, who got arrested again and again and again during the past couple of years fighting for marriage equality, took it to the streets yesterday and initiated their first encounter of 2012 with handcuffs in front of Governor Andrew Cuomo's midtown office. According ... More >>
News
January 11, 2012
100 Most Powerless New Yorkers
A 'power list' for the rest of us
Blogs
January 4, 2012
Governor Andrew Cuomo Delivers His State of the State Address [Live Video]
Watch live streaming video from newyorkstateofficeofthegovernor at livestream.com Here is live streaming video of Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address from Albany. 1:45 -- Lt. Governor Bob Duffy (who, the last time we saw him in person, was introducing Governor Cuomo prior to the sign ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2011
21 Voice Stories from 2011 That Melted Even This Grizzled Journalist's Heart to Report
James WorrellLooking back, 2011 has been quite a year, especially on the gay rights front, one of our major beats. Like the cardiac organ caught in a bear trap accompanying Jen Doll's "Plight of the Single Lady," there were times when, objective reporter or not, the stories we were reporting ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2011
Bronx Gay Center Moving Into The Reverend Ruben Diaz Gardens Building
Today we got a press release from the Bronx Community Pride Center announcing that they are moving out of their run-down building in Mott Haven and into swanky new digs in Hunts Point/Longwood in a facility called...The Reverend Ruben Diaz Gardens Building. Yes, you read that right, and we admit we ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2011
Is New York's Marriage Equality Act In Legal Jeopardy of a Repeal?
When the Marriage Equality Act passed in the New York State Senate on June 24, 2011, Governor Andrew Cuomo quickly signed it into law. When it went into effect 30 days later, same-sex couples had the right to enter into civil marriages and receive the same legal protections afforded opposite- ... More >>
Blogs
October 22, 2011
BREAKING: Politician Admits to Behaving Like Politician
In 2009, New York State Senator James Alesi voted against the same-sex marriage bill. Two years later, Alesi, along with three other Republicans, voted "yes" on the Marriage Equality Act, sparking many to wonder what made him change his mind. A day after that vote, Alesi told our own Steven T ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2011
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Bites the Dust Today (For Real This Time)
It's had a long, zombie-like death, but Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the military's policy of barring homosexuals from serving openly, is finally over for real. If you're confused and thought that this happened already, you've got good reason to be. The judicial, legislative and executive branche ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2011
David Weprin: First Political Victim of Same-Sex Marriage Backlash?
When we last saw Brian Brown, the president of the National Organization for Marriage, he was bawling tears in the Capitol in Albany, dismayed that the Senate had just passed the Marriage Equality Act. Judging from the above tweet, Brown has something to be quite gleeful about tonight: their ... More >>
Blogs
September 12, 2011
Ruben Diaz, Sr.: "I Praise the Lord" for Ability to Support Republican Bob Turner in NY -9
C.S. Muncy"Senator Reverend" Ruben Diaz, Sr., the sole Democratic Senator to vote against the Marriage Equality Act, has just announced that he's supporting Republican Bob Turner in tomorrow's special election in NY-9, which will fill the seat vacated by Anthony Weiner. Gee, we wonder...wha ... More >>
News
August 10, 2011
Maybe I Do And Maybe I Don't
Gays get the freedom to marry—and for some, the freedom not to
Blogs
July 26, 2011
Same-Sex Couples Marry Onstage at Hair
Esther ZuckermanJohn Raymond Barker and Jared Pike face Colman Domingo.This week, theater usher Jared Pike will work at the production of Hair, which is playing on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on 44th Street. Monday night, however, he kissed his husband, John Raymond Barker, on that stag ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2011
Lawsuit Challenges Gay Marriage in New York
A day after gay couples across the state were married under the Marriage Equality Act that was passed June 24, a lawsuit has emerged that aims to kill the law and render gay marriages null in New York. The complaint, filed by the (Jerry Falwell affiliated) Liberty Counsel on behalf of New Yo ... More >>
Blogs
July 24, 2011
Governor Andrew Cuomo Declares July 24 "Day to Commemorate Marriage Equality"
With the first few same-sex marriages underway, stretch Escalade limousines and rainbow colored waterfalls and all, Governor Cuomo has issued a proclamation declaring July 24, 2011 the Day to Commemorate Marriage Equality. Full text after the jump.
Blogs
July 22, 2011
10 Reasons Why Same-Sex Couples Want to Wed on the Very First Day
Forget the fear of laws changing - people lined up to see him the first day he came out! So why not their spouse?Some people have asked us: If same-sex marriage is here to stay, just why exactly do couples have to get married the first day, anyway? Isn't it a waste of money for the cash-strap ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2011
Religious People are Excited for Same-Sex Sunday Weddings, Too
With self proclaimed religious values groups like the National Organization for Marriage and Westboro Baptist Church protesting this Sunday, as well as Focus on the Family going before the Senate to hail the Defense of Marriage Act yesterday, it may seem like religious people are universally ... More >>
Blogs
July 18, 2011
This Week's Pop-Up Blog: Wedding Week
Plighting their troth legally in NYC for the first time In only six days, on Sunday, July 24, the state's Marriage Equality Act goes into effect, making it legal for lesbian and gay couples to get married in New York for the first time. It will be cause for celebration, but LGBTs won't be t ... More >>
Blogs
July 18, 2011
Kitty Lambert and Cheryle Rudd, Two Grandmothers, to be First Same-Sex Couple Legally Wed in New York State
When the New York State Senate was torturing gay rights activists last month by putting issues dealing with Niagara Falls on their agenda before marriage equality, it seemed pointless. But maybe the two were connected after all! According to a press release from New Yorkers United for Marria ... More >>

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