The LGBT community in New York state created a health and human services need assessment survey to better understand the barriers to health services, LGBT violence and discrimination, and rates of aggressive/violent homophobia.
 
The results of this survey are going to heavily influence the amount of non-heterosexual programming and services that New York state will receive, so th…

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If you are in the NY area this weekend … you have to check out this fundraiser to eliminate student debt!  COME JOIN THE FUN!

Join us for the Three Day Celebration at The AfterSputnik Art Project!

You can get your TIX ONLINE at http://aftersputnikartproject.eventbrite.com…they’re cheaper online than at the door!

ONLINE TIX SALES CLOSE THURSDAY, APRIL 9TH AT 11:55P…

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The following post was sent in by a guest writer.
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6pm: Beca and I meet up to watch some March Madness… and to drink some liquid courage so as to a…

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Since the My First Grace series went so well, we have decided to make Reader Submissions a regular feature on the site!

This time we are looking for stories about the most dysfunctional entourage. Give us the details. Are your friends generally just nuts? How so? Or is there a particular story that pops up in your mind? Please do not include real names … we don’t need our readers…

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This entry was sent in by our loyal reader “tuffdawg.”

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I guess you can say that I knew I was interested in women from a very early age. In junior high I always found myself concentrating very hard on not staring at the ass of the girl in front of me as we were walking up stairs. I knew s…

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Our hearts go out to all the fallen victims and their families that dreadful day – 7 years ago.

Over 90 countries were affected by the attacks. So even if you are not from New York; Washington, DC; Pennsylvania; or even from the States at all, please take a moment today to reflect and remember. Once we start thinking as one World, maybe then we can eliminate terrorism!

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This “My First Grace” submission was sent in anonymously. Enjoy!

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First, spend a few years developing parallel interests. Then, come out to someone on your rugby team who is also coming out. Have her and her quasi-girlfriend invite you to an entourage party. Eye the quiet, dark-haired girl i…

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This “My First Grace” submission was sent in by Bridget Schuil. (And just to let our readers know, the once-banned Absinthe is now legal in the U.S.)
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My first “Grace” was a friend of mine. We’d both hinted for about a year and a half that we were a little bit into each other, but I don’t think either of us…

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Here is the second reader submission in our “My First Grace” series. Sent in by freedomgirl, the first few paragraphs inspired me to mangle the lyrics to Journey:

“They’re just two small town girls… living in a lonely world…”

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We were young teenagers, 14 and 15, when we got to…

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Earlier, we asked our readers to submit articles relating their first experience with a woman. We’ve read through them, fanned ourselves, continued to read through them, fanned ourselves even more, and we will be posting one per week for five weeks.

Here is the first one, and it was submitted by Anna Pulley, which she describes as “a coming out story that involves unicorns,…

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