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Fight Back New York
A Look at #NY4M and Other Social Metrics
As we head into our final days of pushing for gay marriage in New York, I wanted to take a moment to look at some of the metrics. Social media has been crucial in driving awareness and conversation around the importance of legalizing gay marriage in New York. As noted in a previous post, New … Continue reading
5 LGBT Organizations to Give Thanks To
For my Thanksgiving post, I want to do something different. Instead of giving thanks to family and friends, which of course I do, I want to take a moment to give thanks to five pro-equality LGBT organizations that have been a help to many in the LGBT community this year. 1. The Trevor Project: Due … Continue reading
Alec Baldwin Teams Up with Fight Back New York
Today, a new video by Fight Back New York starring Alec Baldwin hit YouTube. Don’t know what Fight Back New York is? Fight Back New York is a political action committee working to unseat state senators who voted against equality for gay and lesbian New Yorkers. If Fight Back New York sounds familiar to you, … Continue reading
Interview with ‘Fight Back New York’ and How They Use Social Media Strategically to Deliver Their Message to Win LGBT Equality
Watching marriage equality fail in the state of New York in 2009 was hard. Myself, along with a number of my peers, had spent a majority of the year lobbying, phone-banking, hosting fundraisers, and doing everything we could to encourage our peers to get involved in our fight for equal rights. I, like others around … Continue reading
Straight Ally Defined: How to Move the Needle On LGBT Equality
I recently wrote a blog post entitled Year of the Straight Ally. I made a huge oversight when writing this post, which was that I didn’t take into consideration that not everyone knows what it means when I say “active and involved straight ally”. Because this is an important topic, I wanted to expand further … Continue reading
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