On Thanksgiving Eve, the Ali Forney Center received a grim letter from New York City’s Department of Youth and Community Development. Due to a combination of City and State budget reductions for FY11 and FY12, DYCD has made the difficult decision to reduce Runaway and Homeless Youth Services funds by $969,407 and $700,000, respectively, beginning this fiscal year. In order …
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Photo Of The Day
Gothamist reports: “To raise awareness for World AIDS Day, which is tomorrow, December 1, 2010, amfAR ambassadors Liza Minnelli and Cheyenne Jackson, amfAR chairman Kenneth Cole and fashion designer and Project Runway runner-up Mondo Guerra rang the opening bell this morning at the New York Stock Exchange.”
Read More »DADT Survey Reactions
Senators Gillibrand, Udall, and Liebermann “The Pentagon report makes it unambiguously clear that the risk of repeal on military effectiveness is minimal, that any risks can be addressed by implementing the report’s recommendations, and that a clear majority of active duty servicemen and women have no problem with repeal. The military has spoken and now is the time to repeal …
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The “Gays In The Showers” Question
DADT Survey Graph
You may have to embiggen the images to read the results. The red bars indicate responses which predict no impact should DADT be repealed.
Read More »Complete DADT Survey Results
I’ve uploaded the complete Department of Defense document to my Scribd account. Bloggers, feel free to grab the embed code. It’s quite a long piece, more than 160 pages, plus the appendices.
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WikiLeaks Gets Animated
HomoQuotable – Kevin Troughton
“For many gay men ‘straight-acting’ is highly attractive, but ‘straight’ is even more so. So if you’re looking for a description of yourself that will have the maximum appeal on your dating profile and can’t use ‘straight’, for obvious reasons, maybe ‘straight-acting’ isn’t so bad. It’s clear and descriptive, and it’s fit for purpose, providing that you can overlook the …
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