The Spitzer
administration has
ordered governments
across the state to
begin offering health
insurance and other
benefits to the same-sex
spouses of government
employees if
the couples were married
in Canada or other
jurisdictions that have
legalized such
marriages. The new
policy, to take effect
Tuesday, will affect 378
state agencies and 800
local governments,
including school
districts, that
participate in a
state-administered
insurance program.
MORE HERE AT BUFFALO
NEWS
Bill targets hate
crimes against gays
Legislation passes despite
veto threat By Jim Abrams
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 05/04/07 6:49 AM
WASHINGTON — The House of
Representatives voted
Thursday to expand federal
hate crime categories to
include violent attacks
against gays and people
targeted because of gender,
acting just hours after the
White House threatened a
veto.
More
at Buffalo News HERE
Court Won't
Force Gay Marriage Vote
By JAY
LINDSAY
Associated Press Writer
Buffalo News
HERE
BOSTON (AP) -- The
state's highest court ruled Wednesday it had no
authority to force lawmakers to vote on a proposed
constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, but it
still criticized them for not acting.
Opponents of same-sex marriage had collected 170,000
signatures to get an amendment on the 2008 ballot that
would define marriage in Massachusetts as between a man
and a woman, but their effort still needed the support
of a quarter of the Legislature.
When lawmakers failed to vote on the question in
November, the governor and angry opponents sued.
STORY HERE
FOUND THEM
at Pride-Buffalo.org
The buttons on
the page still don't work
Some idiots
took over their name.
PRIDEBUFFALO.ORG Where Are You ???
The
Pride parade people have seemed to disappeared.
Does any out there know what happened to them and their
website. Please click here
and tell me where they are or somebody to get in contact
with .
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where he died Sunday.
A search of the apartment turned up the body of
23-year-old Ryan Boody of Moon Township, Pennsylvania.
His body was found in a container in a closet. Boody had
been missing since
Thursday.
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Where did PRIDE
begin
Stonewall
June
27, 1969
Judy Garland,
anti-black and
Latino prejudges
lead to Gay Bars all
over the world being
Open and OUT, and
Disco and the 70's
to happen.
Only 35 years ago,
no one was safe to
enter a gay bar, if
you could find one.
If you did, there
was a good chance
the bar would be
raided by the police
because of two men
being seen kissing.
Your id would be
copied and your name
would appear in the
newspaper for all
your friends and
family to see.
On the night of Judy
Garlands Funeral,
the NYC Police did a
very routine raid on
a mainly black and
Latino bar called
Stonewall, in an
effort to clean up
New York.
There, for the
first time on
record, homosexual
patrons fought back
when Stonewall was
raided.
Eyewitnesses claim
that the homosexual
patrons'
counter-riot began
when one burly,
Stonewall patron
hurled a lidded,
metal garbage can
filled with empty
liquor bottles
through a police car
window.
Ever since that
night, Stonewall has
been revered as an
enduring symbol of
the gay militant
spark lit that
night, which has
become a
gay/lesbian/bisexual
militant
conflagration
setting America --
and the world --
aflame with gay
rights issues and
conflicts.
For gay, lesbian and
bisexual activists,
the word "Stonewall"
signifies quite
possibly the most
important, single
landmark in the
worldwide struggle
for gay rights.
It is bashing at it's worse when one
performer had to call himself a fag on tv,
because he was not matching the masculine
requirements.
Is it a form of gay bashing to remove a
contestant based on his ability to perform in a
masculine manor ? In other
words if they put John Wayne in a tu tu and
asked him to dance like a "girl" should he lose
because that is not his nature. It is one
thing to stretch the abilities of the dancers to
cross gender stereotypes to increase their range
of performance but quite another when that
requirement is used specifically in only one
direction. They apparently don't require
the straight acting dancers to fem it up a bit
or the ladies to butch it down. Its rather
like requiring street dancers to white it up.
People are who and what they are. Yes
some people are Tran gendered and a great many
males and females are in the area close to it.
Diversity occurs in nature. It should be
celebrated, accepted and showcased for what it
is. Dance, theater and movies are an art
form. The roles of the performance
should be selected to match the performer not
the other way around. The roles of these
dancers should showcase who they are not who the
so called judges want them to be. Is it
wrong to a a exquisite performance by a male or
a dramatic performance by a female?
Different words for fem and butch but it means
the same. Maybe it means less money
at the box office, but is the true nature of art
money or expression ?? To put the
more effeminate in butch roles and to force them
to dance exclusively with females is bashing in
a socially acceptable manor. It is asking
them to sit in the back of the bus. The
back of the bus is a acceptable as any other
seat, so why not. The so apparently
bigoted judges went so far earlier in the show,
as to require 2 of the female performers to
dance twice with the males as to avoid having to
male dances dance together. Some of the
judges actually said that the contestant was not
masculine enough as if that was a requirement to
dance in America. Yes men do dance with
men - get used to it.
For millions of Americans the damage is being
done. They now know that they can not be a
dancer because the are too fem or too butch.
The show must be taken off the air and a more
socially responsible show be put in its place to
try to undo the damage it has caused. The
judges must be shown their opinions are
un-acceptable and will not be tolerated.
We will not sit in the back of the bus because
thats the way you like it and think it should be
done.
Found on
my
space:
It is
often
said
that it
only
takes
one
person
to start
an idea.
History
is
filled
with
examples
of one
person
standing
up among
the
masses
and
inspiring
others
to
follow.
Well I
think
this
letter
is that
rally
cry.
This is
where
the
power of
the
internet
can be
used
effectively.
Read
this
letter
and see
how it
makes
you
feel.
Hopefully
it will
move you
as it
did me.
If so
then
take the
next
step.
Pass it
on and
let it
move
someone
else.
Post it
on your
blog if
you have
one.
Send it
out as a
mass
email.
Go on
MySpace
and get
your
friends
to read
it
there.
Send it
to your
local
paper as
a letter
to the
editor.
Let's
see how
many
people
we can
move!
Remember....it
start's
with
one!!
Many
letters
have
been
sent to
the
Valley
News
concerning
the
homosexual
menace
in
Vermont.
I am the
mother
of a gay
son and
I’ve
taken
enough
from you
good
people.
I’m
tired of
your
foolish
rhetoric
about
the
“homosexual
agenda”
and your
allegations
that
accepting
homosexuality
is the
same
thing as
advocating
sex with
children.
You are
cruel
and
ignorant.
You have
been
robbing
me of
the joys
of
motherhood
ever
since my
children
were
tiny.
My
firstborn
son
started
suffering
at the
hands of
the
moral
little
thugs
from
your
moral,
upright
families
from the
time he
was in
the
first
grade.
He was
physically
and
verbally
abused
from
first
grade
straight
through
high
school
because
he was
perceived
to be
gay.
He never
professed
to be
gay or
had any
association
with
anything
gay, but
he had
the
misfortune
not to
walk or
have
gestures
like the
other
boys. He
was
called
“fag”
incessantly,
starting
when he
was 6.
In high
school,
while
your
children
were
doing
what
kids
that age
should
be
doing,
mine
labored
over a
suicide
note,
drafting
and
redrafting
it to be
sure his
family
knew how
much he
loved
them. My
sobbing
17-year-old
tore the
heart
out of
me as he
choked
out that
he just
couldn’t
bear to
continue
living
any
longer,
that he
didn’t
want to
be gay
and that
he
couldn’t
face a
life
without
dignity.
You have
the
audacity
to talk
about
protecting
families
and
children
from the
homosexual
menace,
while
you
yourselves
tear
apart
families
and
drive
children
to
despair.
I don’t
know why
my son
is gay,
but I do
know
that God
didn’t
put him,
and
millions
like
him, on
this
Earth to
give you
someone
to
abuse.
God gave
you
brains
so that
you
could
think,
and it’s
about
time you
started
doing
that.
At the
core of
all your
misguided
beliefs
is the
belief
that
this
could
never
happen
to you,
that
there is
some
kind of
subculture
out
there
that
people
have
chosen
to join.
The fact
is that
if it
can
happen
to my
family,
it can
happen
to
yours,
and you
won’t
get to
choose.
Whether
it is
genetic
or
whether
something
occurs
during a
critical
time of
fetal
development,
I don’t
know. I
can only
tell you
with an
absolute
certainty
that it
is
inborn.
If you
want to
tout
your own
morality,
you’d
best
come up
with
something
more
substantive
than
your
heterosexuality.
You did
nothing
to earn
it; it
was
given to
you. If
you
disagree,
I would
be
interested
in
hearing
your
story,
because
my own
heterosexuality
was a
blessing
I
received
with no
effort
whatsoever
on my
part. It
is so
woven
into the
very
soul of
me that
nothing
could
ever
change
it. For
those of
you who
reduce
sexual
orientation
to a
simple
choice,
a
character
issue, a
bad
habit or
something
that can
be
changed
by a
10-step
program,
I’m
puzzled.
Are you
saying
that
your own
sexual
orientation
is
nothing
more
than
something
you have
chosen,
that you
could
change
it at
will? If
that’s
not the
case,
then why
would
you
suggest
that
someone
else
can?
A
popular
theme in
your
letters
is that
Vermont
has been
infiltrated
by
outsiders.
Both
sides of
my
family
have
lived in
Vermont
for
generations.
I am
heart
and soul
a
Vermonter,
so I’ll
thank
you to
stop
saying
that you
are
speaking
for
“true
Vermonters.”
You
invoke
the
memory
of the
brave
people
who have
fought
on the
battlefield
for this
great
country,
saying
that
they
didn’t
give
their
lives so
that the
“homosexual
agenda”
could
tear
down the
principles
they
died
defending.
My
83-year-old
father
fought
in some
of the
most
horrific
battles
of World
War II,
was
wounded
and
awarded
the
Purple
Heart.
He
shakes
his head
in
sadness
at the
life his
grandson
has had
to live.
He says
he
fought
alongside
homosexuals
in those
battles,
that
they did
their
part and
bothered
no one.
One of
his best
friends
in the
service
was gay,
and he
never
knew it
until
the end,
and when
he did
find
out, it
mattered
not at
all.
That
wasn’t
the
measure
of the
man.
You
religious
folk
just
can’t
bear the
thought
that as
my son
emerges
from the
hell
that was
his
childhood
he might
like to
find a
lifelong
companion
and have
a
measure
of
happiness.
It
offends
your
sensibilities
that he
should
request
the
right to
visit
that
companion
in the
hospital,
to make
medical
decisions
for him
or to
benefit
from tax
laws
governing
inheritance.
How dare
he? you
say.
These
outrageous
requests
would
threaten
the very
existence
of your
family,
would
undermine
the
sanctity
of
marriage.
You use
religion
to
abdicate
your
responsibility
to be
thinking
human
beings.
There
are vast
numbers
of
religious
people
who find
your
attitudes
repugnant.
God is
not for
the
privileged
majority,
and God
knows my
son has
committed
no sin.
The
deep-thinking
author
of a
letter
to the
April 12
‘05
Valley
News who
lectures
about
homosexual
sin and
tells us
about
“those
of us
who have
been
blessed
with the
benefits
of a
religious
upbringing”
asks:
“What
ever
happened
to the
idea of
striving
. . . to
be
better
human
beings
than we
are?”
Indeed,
sir,
what
ever
happened
to that?
Straight
Marriage rights
.In Washington they
are trying to make sure Marriage rights are only for
those who can and do have a baby within 3 years of
marriage. Since the courts there banned gay
marriage on the grounds of non procreation. to see
more check
here
Cured
Again
.'The
Rev. Ted Haggard emerged from three weeks of intensive
counseling convinced he is "completely heterosexual" and
told an oversight board that his sexual contact with men
was limited to his accuser.'
check
here
Bashed in
America
Buffalo
Bans Snickers, Uncle Ben's
That's funny too. The
commercial was funny - alot of people laughed - "lighten
up " The snickers superbowl
commercial. Next year Mars may be going for the step-n-fetchit
commercial. The apparently Homophobic
Mars Masterfoods brands include Uncle Ben's rice (
the step-n-fetchit commercial may be coming soon ) ,
Pedigree dog food and Whiskas cat food ( maybe a
commercial about a ethnic restaurant and a cat just
escaping with it's life) . It is part of
Mars Inc., a family-owned company.
Just like
the "Black Face" comics of years past, Alice Nathanson
spokeswoman said "Feedback from our target consumers has
been positive. In addition, many media and website
commentators of this year's Super Bowl commercial
line-up ranked the commercial among this year's top ten
best.
USA
Today ranked it .9 of its
top ten picks," So basically - when 2 guys kiss
they really should bash themselves. " quick do something
"Manly"". . read more
HERE Mars had a whole website set up
with 3 different endings One showed the colts and bears
reacting in total disgust at 2 guys kissing.
So why exactly did they add the
football players violent reaction - to try to sell candy
bars.???
The Mars
family, that produced the violently homophobic ads, is
one of the top billionaire Republican activist families
in the country.
More here.
The NFL gave its permission for its logo to be on this
Web site promoting violence against gays.
Outcome
Buffalo - a Local Buffalo newspaper - The What, Where, &
When of Gay Buffalo - has a very interesting article.
( read it here ) Again the Buffalo Mayor seems to
have no comment on a gay issue. John Little owner
of Cathode Ray and Landlord of Adonia and Q is being
slapped around about a noisy patio by a few neighbors.
these people actually do target just the gay bars and
the properties that Mr Little owns. If you
buy or rent property next to any bar or nightclub, one
can expect noise until 4:30 in the morning. Car
doors closing, people talking. What do these
people expect, at least within reason. Allen St is
zoned for bars and thereby zoned for some noise coming
out of those bars at night. Mr Little has owned
more than a few bars in the buffalo area and has always
kept them in good shape and has always been concerned
about the neighborhood. I personally have
been to his bars and clubs well over 500 times and have
never seen any disturbance to anyone. What is next
- Closing all the Chippewa Bars. They are so loud,
one can hear them 2 blocks away. One of the
straight bars broadcasts their music right off the roof
patio. If you are a registered member of the forum
- express your opinion
HERE
so others can see it
The
White Party Black OUT
The
White Party Black OUThe
investigation continues into the disruption
of Buffalo's Largest White Party. At 2:30
am, the main power switch at Buffalo's
largest gay Club, was switched off, causing
a temporary blackout. Only a person with a
key or lock pick could have unlocked the
power room. 2 other clubs in the same
building, "the Space" and The "tralf" were
open at the time and had keys to this area.
So far no one from the Mayors office or the
Buffalo Police are responding to buffalo
largest Gay hate crime. The White party has
become the actual Kick off to the Buffalo
Pride celebration, with crowds over 1,000.
all dressed in white, enjoying the best drag
show experience and dancing the night away
Canisius College
THE
SHOW WENT ONCanisius
College - The Drag Show BANNED
at Canisius as " an implicit challenge
to Catholic teaching on homosexuality "
was rescued by Marcella's show club. A
huge crowd of "
DISORDERED " students
cheered screamed and "behaviorally
disrupted" Marcella's as they took the
stage at last, along with the Marcella
Thursday Night Competitors. One of the
LOUDEST and best Drag performances ever
on a Thursday night.
Villa Maria Academy
GAY
BASHING
March 2006
- Villa Maria Academy A Senior
female student, wants to bring her
girlfriend to the prom. The school
considered the request, but decided
against it, according to authorities.
Genocide
The
Ultimate Gay Bash -
Genocide
is defined by the
Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
(CPPCG) article 2 as any of the
following acts committed with intent to
destroy, in whole or in part, a
national,
ethnic,
racial or
religious
group, as such: "Killing members of the
group; Causing serious bodily or mental
harm to members of the group;
Deliberately inflicting on the group
conditions of life calculated to bring
about its physical destruction in whole
or in part; Imposing measures intended
to prevent births within the group; and
forcibly transferring children of the
group to another group."
More
HERE
Choosing you baby's sex and then comes
their sexuality. Can One exclude their
family's Jewish, Black, White or
whatever heritage? Have a white or gay
great grand father - eliminate their
genes.
http://www.genselect.com
GAYS TORTURED - USA
GAYS TORTURED - USA
A report released Thursday by Amnesty
International details widespread
homophobia - including the use of
torture - by American police officers
against gays, lesbians and the
transgendered see it HERE
First Baptist Church in North Tonawanda
Gay
BashingFirst Baptist
Church in North Tonawanda "Homosexuality
destroyed a nation, spreads disease and
is an abomination to God," Pastor
Robert Quick met with the protesters
before Sunday night's church service. He
told them that the sign is simply truth
in love "It's not hateful because
there's no hate in our heart, there's no
hate in that sign. It just expresses
what the bible says,
Dr. Laura
The following is a letter
to Dr. Laura (a radio talk host who is known for her
anti-gay views)... I think it really speaks for itself =
)
Dear Dr. Laura,
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding
God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show,
and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as
I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual
lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him that
Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination.
End of debate.
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some
of the specific laws and how to best follow them.
a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I
know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev 1:9).
The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not
pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
b) I would like to sell
my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7.
In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair
price for her?
c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman
while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness
(Lev 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have
tried asking, but most women take offense.
d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves,
both male and female, provided they are purchased from
neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this
applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify?
Why can't I own Canadians?
e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the
Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to
death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?
f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating
shellfish is an Abomination (Lev 11:10), it is a lesser
abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you
settle this?
g) Lev 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of
God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that
I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20,
or is there some wiggle room here?
h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed,
including the hair around their temples, even though
this is expressly forbidden by Lev 19:27. How should
they die?
i) I know from Lev 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a
dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football
if I wear gloves?
j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev 19:19 by
planting two different crops in the same field, as does
his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds
of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to
curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that
we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town
together to stone them? (Lev 24:10-16) Couldn't we just
burn them to death at a private family affair like we do
with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)
I know you have studied these things extensively, so I
am confident you can help.
Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is
eternal and unchanging.
The
Pride parade people have seemed to disappeared.
Does any out there know what happened to them and their
website. Please 
