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Sampson Set To Brunch With Stonewall

New York State Senate Democratic leader John Sampson will be brunching with the Stonewall Democratic Club at Junior’s Cheesecake on Saturday. The meeting comes as a re-energized LGBT community has grown increasingly disenchanted with the Senate majority and several anti-marriage equality state Senators are facing primaries from challengers backed by gay rights groups.

Earlier this Read More

Thompson and Avella Try to Remind Gay Democrats There’s a Race On

Whether they coordinated their timing or not, Comptroller Bill Thompson and Councilman Tony Avella arrived in convenient succession last night at a New York University auditorium, getting a politically influential audience of gay and lesbian Democrats to themselves for an hour each.
They didn’t have to deal with erstwhile Democratic mayoral contender Anthony Weiner. Read More

Gioia Agrees to Probe Diversity on Community Boards

In this clip from last night’s Stonewall meeting, Eric Gioia tells  an audience member that he will investigate all 59 community boards in the city to see if they’re living up to diversity requirements.
“Many of them do not have even one openly LGBT member, including Community Board 1 in Astoria, which has the Read More

Siegel Wonders if The New York Times Still Loves Mark Green

Last week I asked which public advocate candidate will be the first to start bringing up the past political lowlights of Mark Green, whose name recognition has arguably made him the early front-runner in the race.
Turns out, it’s civil rights attorney Norman Siegel.
At a candidate forum last night hosted by the Read More

Ferreras Gets Two Gay Democratic Clubs

City Council candidate Julissa Ferreras, who is running to replace Hiram Monserrate in one of the February 24 special elections, was endorsed by two gay Democratic clubs last night.

The first is the Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club of Queens. According to the club’s president, there were 14 in favor of Ferreras, five for Read More