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Empire State Pride Agenda Transgender Day of Remembrance is being observed at events across the state this week. Find one near you here:

Source: www.prideagenda.org
Transgender Day of Remembrance publicly acknowledges, mourns and honors the lives of those people who have passed due to hate crimes against both transgender and gender non-conforming people. There are ...
Ruth Boyd
Ruth Boyd
Rest in Peace, LaTiesha Green.
November 17 at 4:29am
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Additional events have been added (including one in Syracuse): http://tinyurl.com/yb2593d
November 17 at 1:14pm
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Empire State Pride Agenda The State Senate leadership has committed to a vote on the marriage bill sometime in the next six weeks. Read more here:

Source: eqfed.org
Last night for the first time ever we received a commitment from the Senate Majority to vote on the marriage equality bill in the next six weeks:
Scott Wooledge
Scott Wooledge
Win or lose, we need a vote! We need to know who stands with us and who doesn't. 2010 elections are coming up. Why do you think 30-some Senators won't say how they'll vote? Siena College released a study that says 53% on NYers support marriage equality. They know support for voting no is softening, and they can't sit on the fence forever! But they're gonna try, we can't let them, that isn't the job they signed up for. They signed up to make the laws people want!
November 13 at 4:41pm
Kathleen Stewart
Kathleen Stewart
Keep those phone calls and e-mails going to the Senators.
November 13 at 10:08pm
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Empire State Pride Agenda The New York Times has a great photo of Andrew Zwerin, Jeff Friedman and their son -- a family that has long worked with us in the fight for marriage -- protesting in favor of same-sex marriage legislation at the Capitol today! GO JOIN THEM!

Wazina Zondon
Wazina Zondon
And RoseAnn Hermann of Westchester!
November 10 at 2:25pm
Laura Ruhl
Laura Ruhl
Hey Guys - you look great! Thanks for representing our families!
November 10 at 3:57pm
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Empire State Pride Agenda If you live in the Capitol area, please go there now! We need Senators to see the faces of their LGBT constituents and their families as they consider our issues.

November 10 at 12:26pm
Heather Lockley Smith
Heather Lockley Smith
I dragged my whole family over there this evening, only to NOT find anyone! Almost as disappointing as the Senators deciding NOT to vote at all...
November 10 at 2:58pm
Darcy Rickard
Darcy Rickard
Disappointment is an understatement. I sat in the Senate Chamber from 12:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. and watched the Senators... DO NOTHING. Seriously. They chatted and wandered around. Some were in 'meetings', but I didn't see anything being discussed formally while they were 'on the clock'.

If NYS wants to 'cut the fat', there is some serious cellulite in those chambers.
November 12 at 2:57am
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Empire State Pride Agenda E-mail your Senator now - in the hours leading up to the debate, let's flood their inboxes so that our families are in their thoughts as they head to the Senate
floor! Click the link below to send your message.

Source: eqfed.org
As you already know, Gov. Paterson has put the marriage bill on the State Senate’s agenda for TODAY, November 10. Just yesterday in his address to the joint session of the legislature, the Governor reiterated his support for our community and his desire to see the marriage bill become law:
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If you've already called, call again! And if for some reason the above link won't work, you can go to http://www.nysenate.gov/senators to find your Senator's number.
November 10 at 12:20pm
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Today the Pride Agenda released a list of 700 New York clergy and lay leaders across the state who support marriage and want to see the bill voted on in the Senate...
Claire
Claire
Diaz and Archbishop Dolan, PURE EVIL!!!!
November 9 at 6:01pm
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Empire State Pride Agenda The marriage equality bill is on the New York State Senate's agenda for this upcoming Tuesday, Nov. 10. We deserve a respectful debate and vote on our families and our lives. Call your State Senator NOW to tell them to vote "yes" on marriage! If you support marriage, please post this as your status.

November 6 at 8:35am
Kathryn
Kathryn
If you don't know who your senator is, you can find out here:http://www.nysenate.gov/senators
November 6 at 8:50am
Celine Guede
Celine Guede
Don't forget that Washington, DC will be voting to recognized same-sex marriage next week! Show some support NY! Send an email to the DC Council to tell that you want DC to pass Bill 18-482!
I am forwarding this from Adam Dahl and the DC for Marriage group on Facebook.

This is what I understand to be true…same-gender marriage has 10 co-sponsors on a 13 member DC Council and is therefore expected to pass next week. As with any newly passed DC Act, Congress has the power to prohibit it from becoming DC Law within a 30-Day Review Period. It’s therefore critical to have the record reflect overwhelming support for marriage equality. I’m writing to ask you to submit a written testimony to become a permanent record of the bill. Will you, please?
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Here is a suggested format for you to follow....

Intro: Testimony by (Your Name) on Bill 18-482, Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009 before the Committee on Public Service and the Judiciary on (Today’s Date)...

1. Universally thank the bill’s introducers 2. Briefly tell your story and stance 3. Ask the Council to pass the bill 4. Close with your contact information, including address, phone and email.

Emails count as equally as paper letters. Send your testimony to dkelly@dccouncil.us
Ms. Deborah Kelly, Secretary to the Council
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Room 5
Washington DC 20004

These testimonies will be accepted up until 5 PM on Monday, 11/9/09. It makes no difference whether you reside in DC, and each voice has equal representation.
Whether you’re motivated by successes in places like Iowa or disheartened by temporary set-backs in places like Maine, please see this as your chance to be heard. It matters. It sure as hell matters to whether you’ll ever get an invite to my DC wedding.

I am writing my email testimony and sending it now. What about you?
November 6 at 9:55am
Mark
Mark
Frankly, there should not be any vote on our families and lives, but if there is going to be one, I agree it should be respectful.
November 6 at 10:21am
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Empire State Pride Agenda The marriage bill is on the Senate agenda for next Tuesday, Nov. 10! Call your Senator NOW!

Source: eqfed.org
“Marriage equality has been an issue Governor Paterson has long championed and we are thrilled he has called the State Senate back to Albany next Tuesday and put the marriage equality bill on the agenda. ...
Chuck
Chuck
Let's make this happen people! Ask all of your friends and family to show their support for marriage equality by calling their NYS Senator and demand equality for all New Yorkers!
November 5 at 1:16pm
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Empire State Pride Agenda Check out our recap of the 2009 Fall Dinner, with pictures and video!

Source: prideagenda.blogspot.com
We then heard from Pride Agenda Executive Director Alan Van Capelle, who reminded us that in regards to the marriage bill:
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Empire State Pride Agenda President Obama will sign the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law tomorrow.

Source: prideagenda.org
Bill is First-Ever Pro-LGBT Legislation Passed at the Federal LevelOctober 22, 2009—The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to federal hate crimes laws, was passed by the U. ...
Eric
Eric
Excellent news
October 27 at 10:28am
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Empire State Pride Agenda Gov. Paterson has promised to put marriage on the Senate's agenda in the coming weeks. Call your Senator now to let them know that it would be unacceptable to
return to Albany and not vote on the
marriage bill.

Source: eqfed.org
Governor Paterson announced at the Pride Agenda’s Fall Dinner last Thursday that the marriage equality bill would be among the first items on the agenda when he calls the legislature back to Albany to deal with the state’s budget deficit and other unfinished business.
Jessica Naomi
Jessica Naomi
Also write to your Senator http://www.nysenate.gov/
& if they have a FB page or Twitter post your opinions there too.
October 27 at 8:15am
Gavin
Gavin
I have contacted my reps Tim Gordon and Roy McDonald.
October 27 at 8:46am
Eric
Eric
NY State Senator Eric Adams supports the bill and will vote for it.
October 27 at 10:29am
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Empire State Pride Agenda Thanks to everyone who made the 2009 Fall Dinner a huge success! Event recap to come soon.

October 27 at 7:18am
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Empire State Pride Agenda We NOW have the best opportunity in months to get the State Senate to debate and vote on
the marriage bill. Call your Senator TODAY and tell him/her that we're done waiting!

Source: eqfed.org
Last week, State Senator Tom Duane, the marriage bill’s lead sponsor, said that he believes a vote could come before the November 3 elections. And today the Times Union in Albany called on the State Senate to stop delaying and vote on marriage immediately.
Christian Binder
Christian Binder
Progress in Albany that doesn't line the pockets of the hack politicians? I'll believe it when I see it.
October 19 at 6:38pm
Eric
Eric
Called and emailed Senator Eric Adams who represents the 20th district here in Bklyn, He fully supports the bill!
October 19 at 6:39pm
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Empire State Pride Agenda There's less than 2 hours left to purchase your ticket to the 2009 Fall dinner next Thursday!

Source: prideagenda.org
5:30 pm Reception Empire Ballroom7:00 pm Dinner and Program Metropolitan BallroomPost Event Reception immediately following program featuringDJ Brenda Black