Empire State Pride Agenda

Winning Equality and Justice for
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
New Yorkers and Our Families

Empire State Pride Agenda

     
Pride Agenda in the News

2011

 

March

March 10, 2011     Andrew Cuomo Pledges to Support Gay Marriage Push (On Top Magazine) 

March 10, 2011     A Vow to Support Equality (Times Union) 

March 9, 2011     Cuomo Vows Personal Push to Legalize Gay Marriage (New York Times) 

March 9, 2011     Cuomo Making Good on Vow to Try to Legalize Marriage Equality (New York Magazine) 

March 9, 2011     Cuomo Talks Marriage Equality Strategy With NYC LGBT Leaders (Outcome Buffalo

March 9, 2011     Cuomo holds strategy session to bring marriage equality to NY (WNYT.com) 

March 9, 2011     Advocates Upbeat After Cuomo Meeting (Gay City News) 

March 9, 2011     Same-Sex Marriage on Cuomo's Agenda (The Empire)

March 9, 2011     Cuomo Vows to Pass Same-Sex Marriage (Metro.us) 

March 8, 2011     Cuomo, in Gay Marriage Push, Will Meet With Leading Supporters (City Room blog) 
 

February

February 23, 2011    Advocates Applaud Obama’s Decision to Drop Defense of Anti-Gay Marriage Law (WNYC News)

February 12, 2011    Lobbying LI state senators on gay marriage (Newsday)

February 10, 2011    N.Y. Leader Wants Gay Senator to Carry Marriage Bill (Advocate.com)

February 9, 2011     'It's about the word': Gay Staten Island blogger shares conversation with State Sen. Andrew Lanza (SILive.com blog)

February 9, 2011     Cuomo Says He Will Push Same-Sex Marriage Bill (New York Times)

February 2, 2011     Assembly Says It's Set, Can the Senate Count to 32? (Gay City News)

 

January

January 27, 2011     Equality Federation welcomes new executive director (The Bay Area Reporter)

January 27, 2011     Gay marriage supported by record number of New York voters (New York Daily News)

January 27, 2011     Poll: More NY support for legalizing gay marriage (Wall Street Journal)

January 25, 2011     Gillibrand goes from Not to Hot (Metro)

January 22, 2011     Gay marriage could move forward in some U.S. states (Reuters)

January 19, 2011     Governor Cuomo's Disclosure Pledge (NewsFeed Researcher)

January 19, 2011     'Save' group bows to pressure (Times Union)

January 18, 2011     Transcript added! Gillibrand Rocks ABC's The View (Daily Kos)

January 18, 2011     Marriage Equality in 2011: Opportunities and Risks (Keen News Service)

January 18, 2011     Hopes are High for Marriage Equality in New York (Lez Get Real)

January 18, 2011     Manhattan Senator Will Introduce New Gay Marriage Bill, Report Says (DNAinfo)

January 18, 2011     Cuomo Appoints LGBT Liaison (The Advocate)

January 18, 2011     State Sen. Thomas Duane to push gay marriage bill as hopes rise that Gov. Cuomo will live up to vow (New York Daily News)

January 18, 2011     Cuomo Offers Throughts on Social Issues (WNED-AM 970 News)

January 17, 2011     Gay Marriage Backers See Andrew Cuomo's Appointment of Erik Bottcher As Support (On Top Magazine)

January 17, 2011     Group Takes On Albany With Cuomo's Blessing (New York Times)

January 14, 2011     Cuomo in step with Dems on social issues (North Country Public Radio)

January 13, 2011     2011 to bring new marriage fights across U.S. (Washington Blade)

January 11, 2011     Why Can't We Just "Live Free"? (WGLB)

January 11, 2011     Claire Buffie Heads to Miss America on a Pro-Equality Platform (Change.org)

January 7, 2011     Thursday Watercooler: Gates outlines how DADT repeal will happen (365 Gay)

January 7, 2011     Cuomo Keeps Predecessors' Executive Orders (Capital Tonight)

January 7, 2011     Reactions to the Governor's State of the State address (The Legislative Gazette)

January 6, 2011     Special Angels in America Performance to benefit Empire State Pride Agenda Scheduled for 1/6 (Off-Broadway World)

January 6, 2011     Kern-Rugile: It's time for marriage equality (Newsday)

January 6, 2011     Will new governors prove lynchpins for LGBT advances in 2011? (EDGE Dallas)

January 6, 2011     Cuomo Calls for Marriage Equality in 2011 (The Advocate)

January 6, 2011     On the agenda: marriage equality (The Post-Standard)

January 5, 2011     Andrew Cuomo asks Albany for a reboot (Crain's New York Business)

January 5, 2011     Gov. Andrew Cuomo Off To Promising Start On LGBT Rights (Joe. My. God.)

January 5, 2011     Lawmakers, Lobbyists Respond to State of State (WBEN)

January 4, 2011     SFGN News Briefs (South Florida Gay News)

January 4, 2011     Schneiderman Goes to See the Archbishop (The New York Observer)

 

2010

December

December 30, 2010     Politics, hate crimes and suicides dominate 2010 headlines (EDGE New York City)

December 24, 2010     Reaction to 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal (Chappaqua-Mount Kisco Patch)

December 23, 2010     Some Of Her Best Friends (Capital Tonight)

December 21, 2010     The Education of Kirsten Gillibrand (The New York Observer)

December 18, 2010     'Don't ask, don't tell' vote spurs talk on LI (Newsday)

December 17, 2010     N.Y. Marriage: Hey, You Never Know (The Advocate)

December 16, 2010     Is NYS on the way to legalizing gay marriage? (WIVB)

December 16, 2010     Advocates Say Despite GOP Flip, State Senate Could Pass Marriage Equality (NY1)

December 16, 2010     Same-Sex Marriage Debate To Be Hot Topic In 2011 (Capital Tonight)

December 16, 2010     2011 = The Year Of Gay Marriage? (New York Daily News)

December 16, 2010     Despite GOP Senate Takeover, New York Activists Bullish On Gay Marriage (On Top Magazine)

December 16, 2010     Will marriage equality come to New York in 2011? (EDGE New York City)

December 16, 2010     Gay marriage supporters plan new vote in NY Senate (Wall Street Journal)

December 16, 2010     Pride Agenda: Don't write off same-sex marriage (Capitol Confidential)

December 16, 2010     Gay-Marriage Advocates Hope For Law (The Journal News)

December 16, 2010     ESPA Optimistic About Marriage Equality In 2011 (Capital Tonight)

December 16, 2010     Same-Sex Marriage, Abortion on Crowded Civil Rights Agenda (Gotham Gazette)

December 8, 2010     GOP Wins State Senate Bragging Rights (Gay City News)

December 6, 2010     Albany Democrats spent nearly $500,000 in losing effort to re-elect Assemblyman Al Stirpe (The Post-Standard)

December 2, 2010     Special Angels in America Performance to benefit Empire State Pridge Agenda Scheduled for 1/6 (Off-Broadway World)

December 1, 2010     National News (Windy City Times)

December 1, 2010     Paterson Gives Up Push to Legalize Gay Marriage (The New York Times)

 

November

November 30, 2010     Wilmot loaned campaign $30K (Vote Up NY)

November 29, 2010     Gay Rights Orgs Double Up (The Advocate)

November 23, 2010     Annie Enchanted (Next Magazine)

November 17, 2010     Schneiderman reaches beyond base (Times Union)

November 17, 2010     Gay Leaders on Cuomo Transition Team (The Advocate)

November 16, 2010     Schneiderman Taps DiFiore, Spitzer Deputies For Transition (The Journal News)

November 14, 2010     Cuomo Taps Kennedy, Jr. For Transition Team (Capital Tonight)

November 14, 2010     Governor-Elect Andrew Cuomo Picks Transition Teams (WPIX)

November 12, 2010     Angels in America Benefit to Support Empire State Pridge Agenda Foundation (Gay Theatre NYC Review)

November 10, 2010     Next Steps, in Albany and Washington (Gay City News)

November 5, 2010     Cuomo: staff will 'reflect the diversity of New York' including LGBT (WNYC: The Empire)

November 4, 2010     ESPA: We'll take it either way (Capitol Confidential)

November 4, 2010     NY's Attorney General Schneiderman: 'This Is Our Moment' (The Nation)

November 4, 2010     No Tea Party Here (The Uptown Chronicle)

November 3, 2010     Spying Gains Admidst the Fog (Gay City News)

November 3, 2010     Fight Back PAC Declares Victory (Capital Tonight)

November 3, 2010     NY state Senate control unknown amid close races (WNYT)

November 3, 2010     Marriage Equality's Fate in NY State Senate Races Uncertain (Gay City News)

November 3, 2010     Marriage Gains in N.Y., But How Much? (The Advocate)

 

October

October 30, 2010     Cahill, Rooney divided on fundraising (Times Herald-Record)

October 29, 2010     Our Picks for November 2 (Gay City News)

October 28, 2010     Skelos: GOP Would Bring Up Marriage (Gay City News)

October 28, 2010     End Game (New York Daily News)

October 28, 2010     Susan Savage, pretty angry in pink (Capitol Confidential)

October 28, 2010     DiNapoli Nets ESPA (The New York Observer)

October 28, 2010     Candidates, parties pour almost $2 million into 49th District NY Senate Race (The Post-Standard)

October 26, 2010     Quinn campaign runs at $130,000 per week (The Buffalo News)

October 25, 2010     AG Race Could Change Calculus On City-State Balance for Statewide Races (City Hall)

October 23, 2010     Can local Republicans help narrow the NY state assembly gap? (Vote Up NY)

October 22, 2010     Wilson has $2.5 million on hand, loaned himself more $$ (The Journal News)

October 21, 2010     Race issue rises in big (Times Union)

October 21, 2010     Eleanor's Legacy Raises For Female Democratic Challengers (City Hall News)

October 20, 2010     Pride Agenda Endorses Cuomo (Capital Tonight)

October 20, 2010     Paladino Agrees To Debates, Cuomo Remains Silent (NY1)

October 20, 2010     Cuomo camp clarifies power comments (WIVB)

October 20, 2010     Gay-rights group backs Cuomo for governor (The Journal News)

October 20, 2010     Bloomberg Thinks Gillibrand Is Way Hot (Gothamist)

October 19, 2010     No Gay Bombshells in N.Y. Debate (The Advocate)

October 19, 2010     Empire State Pride Agenda Fall Dinner (Miss New York 2010 website)

October 19, 2010    Andy Cohen Test SJP's Leather-Bar Knowledge At ESPA Awards (Next Magazine)

October 18, 2010     The Next 'Yes' Vote On Gay Marriage (Capital Tonight)

October 18, 2010     Mike Gianaris Pledges Support For Gay Marriage In Video Featuring Jose Peralta (On Top Magazine)

October 18, 2010     Politicos Come Out to Celebrate Empire State Pride Agenda (Change.org)

October 18, 2010     We Love New York! (Pam's House Blend)

October 18, 2010     Assembly Dems running scared as Election Day approaches (New York Daily News)

October 16, 2010     Carl Paladino has game plan to hit Andrew Cuomo on gay marriage, says he's a hypocrite (New York Daily News)

October 16, 2010     Dispatches from the campaign trail (New York Post)

October 15, 2010     SJP blings up political event (InStyle UK)

October 15, 2010     Schumer's push to repeal DADT (WNYC: The Empire)

October 15, 2010     NY governor candidate Andrew Cuomo promises to legalise gay marriage (Pink News)

October 15, 2010     NY Pols Rally to Community's Side at ESPA Dinner (Gay City News)

October 15, 2010     Cuomo Wants Marriage Equality for N.Y. (Advocate)

October 15, 2010     Cuomo Arrives for Cocktail Hour, Pledges to Sign Marriage Equality (The New York Observer)

October 15, 2010     Guv's race: Cuomo steps up charge of an 'extremist' foe (Newsday)

October 15, 2010     Andrew Cuomo says he wants to bring marriage equality to NY (Gay Socialites)

October 15, 2010     Schumer's push to repeal DADT (WNYC: The Empire)

October 15, 2010     Watch: Andrew Cuomo Promises New York Equality at ESPA Dinner (Towleroad)

October 15, 2010     A.M. Roundup (Capitol Confidential)

October 15, 2010     Cuomo Wants Marriage Equality for N.Y. (The Advocate)

October 15, 2010     SJP Crowned "Gay Queen" at LGBT Fundraiser (NBC New York)

October 15, 2010     Gillibrand Explains Her Google Results, Unveils New Partisan-Themed Diet (The New York Observer)

October 15, 2010     Carl gets gay-trashed (New York Post)

October 15, 2010     Cuomo Arrives for Cocktail Hour, Pledges to Sign Marriage Equality (The New York Observer)

October 15, 2010     Cuomo vows same-sex marriages in NY (ABC-7)

October 14, 2010     Bloomberg at ESPA (Politico)

October 14, 2010     Cuomo Vows To Make Marriage Equality "A Reality" (NY1)

October 14, 2010     N.Y. gov: Paladino's lips "dripping with the words of homophobia and hypocrisy" (EDGE Boston)

October 14, 2010     Cuomo To Gay Activists: I Want To Make "Equality A Reality" In NYS (New York Daily News)

October 14, 2010     Cuomo tells gay activists he will legalize same-sex marriage (New York Daily News)

October 14, 2010     The Daily Politics (New York Daily News)

October 14, 2010     A.M. Roundup (Capitol Confidential)

October 14, 2010     Cuomo To Speak At LGBT Cocktail Hour (Albany Watch)

October 14, 2010     Cuomo to speak at Pride event after all? (Politico)

October 14, 2010     Cuomo's Answers to Advocates' Policy Questionairres Can Sometimes Be Hard To Find (City Hall)

October 13, 2010     Cuomo attending ESPA dinner (WNYC: The Empire)

October 13, 2010     Tomorrow: New 'Housewives' premieres yet Andy Cohen still made other plans (Good As You)

October 12, 2010     N.Y. GOP Leader Commits to Marriage Vote (The Advocate)

October 12, 2010     Guv's race: Carl mea culpa just in time for major gay event (Newsday)

October 11, 2010     Empire State Pride Agenda Executive Director Ross Levi On "Inside City Hall" (NY1)

October 11, 2010     F.A.Q.: What is it like to cover a candidate who will say anything? (Capital New York)

October 8, 2010     Johns gains new endorsements dropped from Koon (Irondequoit Post)

October 7, 2010     ESPA Fall Dinner (Next Magazine)

October 6, 2010     The Very Best of NYC Special Events (GO Magazine)

October 5, 2010     Shocking gay bash crime at Stonewall Inn (am New York)

October 1, 2010     Ellen DeGeneres Speaks About Outed Student Tyler Clementi (DNAinfo)

October 1, 2010     Four US teens bullied for being gay commit suicide in a month (Pink News)

October 1, 2010     Chris Christie Calls Suicide of Gay Rutgers Student Tyler Clementi Tragic (On Top Magazine)

 

September

September 27, 2010     Ross Levi: More Than A Dinner - Be There For Equality & Justice This Fall (DavidMixner.com)

September 24, 2010     Glick Goes for Schneiderman (New York Observer)

September 19, 2010     The Very Best of NYC Special Events (GO Magazine)

September 15, 2010     The Primary Narratives (City Hall)

September 15, 2010     Espada, Stachowski Out in Senate; Schneiderman Wins AG Bid (Gay City News)

September 15, 2010     Primary election winners and losers - Gay marriage (Crain's New York Business)

September 15, 2010     Gay Groups Push Out Targeted Upstate Senator (The Advocate)

September 15, 2010     Quick and dirty guide to empire state primaries (Susan Arbetter for Albany Times Union)

September 14, 2010     LGBT Groups To Voters: Keep Eye On The Prize (City Hall News)

September 14, 2010     NYS primary elections: Vote for Francisco Moya and Charlie Ramos (Blabbeando)

September 14, 2010     Antigay Democrat Defeated in N.Y. (The Advocate)

September 13, 2010     NY governor signs law protecting gay students (Pink Paper)

September 10, 2010     Federal Court Rules That Federal Same-Sex Marriage Law Is Unconstitutional (Outcome)

September 8, 2010     New York anti-bullying bill becomes law (EDGE Boston)

September 8, 2010     Paterson Signs Anti-Bullying Law (Chelsea Now)

September 8, 2010     New York Governor Paterson Signs Comprehensive Anti-Bullying Bill (Towleroad)

September 8, 2010     Gov. David Paterson Signs Anti-Bullying Act into Law (DNAinfo)

September 7, 2010     Dignity for All Act (The Capitol Press Room with Susan Arbetter)

 

August

August 25, 2010     Polls show more Americans support equal marriage rights (EDGE Boston)

August 11, 2010     Protesting ‘The Sampson & Diaz Bigot Gala’ (Capital Tonight)

August 11, 2010     Donovan Invokes Obama On Same-Sex Marriage (Capital Tonight)

August 11, 2010     LGBT Leaders Gang Up On Donovan On Gay Marriage (Capital Tonight)

August 9, 2010     ESPA Continues To Try And Oust Some Democrats (Capital Tonight)

August 3, 2010     ESPA Backs Three Senate Dem Primary Challengers (Capital Tonight)

 

July

July 21, 2010     The Hamptons Tea Dance Is A Party With An Agenda (Hamptons.com)

July 15, 2010     SCENE + HEARD: The Hamptons Tea Dance (Next magazine)

July 14, 2010     The Pride Agenda Endorses Charlie Ramos, Challenges Ruben Diaz (Lez Get Real)

July 13, 2010     It's Raining Men - Hamptons Tea Dance (HipHamptons.com)

July 13, 2010     Empire State Pride Agenda Endorses Charlie Ramos (Albany Project)

July 13, 2010     Empire State Pride Agenda Releases First-Round Endorsements (Daily Politics)

July 11, 2010     Should We Be Supporting Candidates Just Because They’re Gay? (Edge News)

July 8, 2010     Ross Levi Discusses Gay Marriage (Capital Tonight)

July 7, 2010     Some victories, some failures for gay rights during session (Politics on the Hudson)

July 2, 2010     Hamptons Tea Dance: A Hell of a Party (Dan's Papers)

 


Archives

2010

January - June

 

2009    

October - December

July - September

April - June

 

 

   

© Empire State Pride Agenda
16 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10010

This is the website of the Empire State Pride Agenda, Inc. and the Empire State Pride Agenda Foundation, Inc.
Click here
to learn more about the distinction between these two organizations.