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Guest Post – Carl Siciliano

Dear Friends, When disaster strikes you really find out who your friends are. Sandy did not spare the Ali Forney Center. While fortunately our eight housing sites were unharmed, and all our kids and staff came through safely, our drop-in center was utterly devastated. Four feet of water flooded the entire space. The floors, walls, outlets, were destroyed; all the …

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PBS Covers “Occupy Sandy”

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Today In Hell’s Kitchen

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Real Bad Party Raises $200K For Charities

Real Bad, the annual volunteer-run closing party for Folsom Street Fair, raised a record $200,000 this year for its beneficiaries. Via press release, here’s where the money will go: AIDS Emergency Fund: A provider of financial resources to prevent homelessness and add stability to the lives of those disabled by HIV/AIDS. Alliance Health Project: An organization that brings the skills …

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Sunday In NYC: Ali Forney Center Fundraiser In Hell’s Kitchen

Tomorrow in Hell’s Kitchen: The Ali Forney Center (AFC) – the nation’s largest services and advocacy organization working on behalf of runaway and homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth – had its drop-in center destroyed by the Hudson River storm surge following Hurricane Sandy. The center served as the entry point for a number of AFC services, …

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Lady Gaga Gives $1M To Hurricane Relief

“Today I pledge 1 million dollars to New York & The American Red Cross for Hurricane Sandy Relief. If it wasn’t for NYC: the Lower East Side, Harlem, the Bronx and Brooklyn, I would not be the woman or artist that I am today. New York is relentless ambition, a drive to succeed, a place where there is a natural …

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Friday In New York City: Blowoff To Raise Money For Ali Forney Center

The favorite traveling party of dancing bears nationwide, Blowoff lumbers its sweaty, furry, beer-soaked self back to New York City this Friday at the Highline Ballroom. And this time, DJs Bob Mould and Rich Morel have a special message: For the last seven years, the Ali Forney Center has helped LGBT youth who have been displaced for many reasons. Unfortunately, …

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The Los Angeles Times Reports On The Response For The Ali Forney Center

As Hurricane Sandy unfolded, numerous unfounded rumors and some outright deliberate lies swirled across Twitter, ultimately costing one GOP operative his job. But in their cataloging of the abuses on Twitter, today the Los Angeles Times finds one shining light. And that light, my tender kittens, is YOU. But as the floodwaters receded along with the furor over @ComfortablySmug, another …

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NEW YORK CITY: Gay Runners To Pub Crawl For Hurricane Sandy Relief

Instead of taking part in the now-canceled Marathon, today some gay runners and their supporters will pub crawl for hurricane relief in Hell’s Kitchen, Chelsea, and the West Village. Beneficiaries will be the American Red Cross, the Ali Forney Center, and New York Care. More details are here and on the event’s Facebook page.

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Free Showers At NYSC

Here’s some great corporate citizenship from NYSC: No power or water? New York Sports Club announced today that it’s opening its doors free of charge to anyone who needs to shower, charge their cell phone, or blow off steam with a stress-relieving run on the treadmill. (We recommend all three.) The clubs will be open to the public (local residents …

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$100 Million Gift For Central Park

Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson has donated $100M to the Central Park Conservancy. His gift is believed to be the largest personal donation to any park in American history. John Paulson, 56, was set to meet with Mayor Bloomberg this morning to formally announce the mind-blowing contribution. Paulson was previously best known for making a killing in 2007, short-selling the …

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Vikings Punter Chris Kluwe Auctions Dinner Date To Benefit MN Marriage

Details here.

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NEW YORK CITY: Ali Forney Center To Hold Annual Gala On October 26th

Via press release: This October 26, the Ali Forney Center (AFC) – the nation’s largest services and advocacy organization working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) runaway and homeless youth – will hold its annual A Place at the Table benefit dinner at Capitale. This year’s event, hosted by MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts, will celebrate the tenth anniversary …

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SF’s Gold’s Gyms Keep Their Word

From an October 2010 JMG post: San Francisco’s four Gold’s Gyms announced on Facebook today that they will be ending their franchise agreement with the company in response to the news that CEO Robert Rowling had donated millions to Karl Rove’s anti-gay American Crossroads PAC. The locally-owned Gold’s still have almost two years on their contract, but have vowed to …

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New York City Anti-Violence Project Courage Awards: September 27th

Via press release: The New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) will hold its 16th Annual Courage Awards on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at Studio 450 at 6:00 p.m. AVP’s Courage Awards were created 16 years ago to honor outstanding individuals, organizations and corporations whose work on behalf of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and HIV-affected communities—particularly on behalf of …

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Young Journalists At The DNC

I met these aspiring journalists yesterday when they covered the first LGBT Caucus. They are twelve and fourteen years old. There’s our hope for the future, right there in their faces and minds.

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LGBT DNC Delegate Meghan Stabler

Meet Texas DNC delegate Meghan Stabler, who is here in Charlotte working on your behalf. More of these snapshots to come throughout the week.

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NEW YORK: Bullied Bus Monitor Karen Klein Launches Anti-Bullying Foundation

You may recall that over $700,000 flooded into an internet account set up as a “vacation fund” for New York bus monitor Karen Klein after she was seen being brutally bullied by students on a viral cell video. This is what she’s doing with some of the money: My story inspired more than 32,000 people to engage in their own …

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Patrick Schwarzenegger Joins Lady Gaga’s Anti-Bullying Born This Way Foundation

He’s the 18 year-old son of Arnold and his ex-wife Maria Shriver. Patrick sure looks like a Kennedy, doesn’t he? You may recall that last year he changed his Twitter name to Shriver following the revelation that he had a half-brother due to his father’s affair with the family housekeeper.(Via Boy Culture)

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SPLC Condemns Tony Perkins

Via press release and posted publicly to the Southern Poverty Law Center website. From SPLC Senior Fellow Mark Potak: Yesterday’s attack on the Family Research Council and the shooting of a security guard there was a tragedy. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) deplores all violence, and our thoughts are with the wounded victim, Leo Johnson, his family and others …

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