On Friday, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed the Marriage Equality Act into law. This made New York the sixth and largest out of a union of states which have already legalized same sex marriage. This union includes: Iowa, Connecticut, Massa…
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gay persons of color: New York Senate ok’s marriage equality
In a landmark moment in American history, the New York State Senate voted 33-29 Friday night to pass a state bill (Bill 5045) legalizing marriage equality. Thirty-two votes were needed for the passage of the law, which contains critical protections for…
Continue readingU.S. slow to catch up with the rest of civilization, New York may become the 6th state to legalize gay marriage in the country
Looks like its going to happen with New York. Check this website out http://www.freedomtomarry.org/
Continue readingopenalex: Solar Map of New York City
New York City’s new Solar Map has gone live, and it’s a beauty. With a googlemap style interface, you can zoom into any building in the greater NYC area. Click on the building and up pops an estimate of the solar power you could generate on its r…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: The Case for a Ban on Gas Fracking: Food and Water Watch Report
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Last month, DeSmogBlog released Fracking the Future, an in-depth report on the threats posed by unconventional gas drilling and the efforts of the …
gay persons of color: New York Giants owner Steve Tisch joins marriage equality campaign
New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch has joined the campaign for marriage equality in New York State in a new video released Monday (below) in which he states: “As an owner of the New York Giants, I am proud to join the chorus of professionals in sport…
Continue readingLeDaro: Wieners: A new delicacy of New York
Compliments of Congressman Anthony Weiner.
Continue readinggay persons of color: DJ Mister Cee pleads guilty to prostitution offence
In New York Criminal Court on June 1, hip hop DJ Mister Cee, a.k.a. Calvin Labrun, entered a guilty plea on charges of loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offence stemming from an arrest two months ago. Police officers claimed to ha…
Continue readingLeDaro: Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar follows the example of Strauss-Kahn
What is with these bankers? First it was Strauss-Kahn of France, former chair of IMF, and now Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, Former Chair Of Major Egypt Bank, who cinches (I mean “grab”. Apparently cinch as a noun has different meanings) a maid in New York…
Continue readinggay persons of color: Republican Party donors back New York marriage equality
“If they know us, they don’t vote against us.” Harvey MilkOf course, there will always be exceptions to that assertion made by Mr. Milk way back in the 1970s, but for the most part, I think it’s true that if someone personally knows a gay, lesbian, b…
Continue readingNew York Times for January 4, 2011.
I am not "a reader". Fiction rarely catches me, websites and blogs too, and boring non-ficton, never. But there are a few things I do love reading. I loved harry potter. I love Foucault. I loved the girl with dragon tattoo series. I loved Jean Vanier. I love reading descriptions of learning disabilities. I love reading the comments after CBC news stories about gay people and I really love r…
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