June 21st, 2011
TODAY’S AGENDA:
Rally for Love and Marriage: Albany, NY. The New York legislative session has been extended, and marriage is in play. Anti-gay forces are descending on the state capital, and LGBT advocates are calling on everyone who supports marriage equality to Rally for Love and Marriage in West Capitol Park at 12:00 noon. Whether you can be there in person, Empire Pride also wants all New Yorkers to call their senator’s office right now. Their simple click-to-call tool couldn’t be easier.
And especially, contact these Senators and register your support for marriage equality. Most of these Senators are being aggressively targeted by National Organization for Marriage and other anti-gay groups.
Senator Gregory R. Ball of Putnam County (845) 279-3773, gball@nysenate.gov
Senator Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. of Suffolk County (516) 882-0630, fuschill@senate.state.ny.us
Senator J. Kemp Hannon of Nassau County (516) 739-1700, hannon@nysenate.gov
Senator Andrew J. Lanza of Staten Island (718) 984-4073, lanza@senate.state.ny.us
Senator Betty Little of Glens Falls (518) 743-0968, little@nysenate.gov
Senator Mark Grisanti of Erie County (518) 455-3240, grisanti@nysenate.gov
Senator Stephen M. Saland of Poughkeepsie (845) 463-0840, saland@nysenate.gov
Senator John Flanagan of Long Island (518) 455-2071, flanagan@senate.state.ny.us
Senator Joseph Addabbo, Jr. of Howard Beach (518) 455-2322, addabbo@senate.state.ny.us
Senator Shirley Huntley of Jamaica (518) 455-3531, shuntley@nysenate.gov
Washington Nationals Night Out: Washington, D.C. Team D.C. will present Night Out at the Washington Nationals as they take on the Seattle Mariners. Daniel Hernandez, intern from Congresswoman Gabby Giffords’ office; John Berry, Director of Office of Personnel Management; Amanda Simpson, the first openly transgender Presidential appointee; the Gay Men’s Chorus and the D.C. Different Drummers will be at the park for the pre-game ceremonies. Information about tickets can be found here.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY:
Meredith Baxter: 1947. Her first big break on television was in 1972, when she stared as Bridget in the short-lived CBS sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie. After the series was cancelled, she married her co-star, David Birney, which made her Meridith Baxter-Birney. A few years later, she landed a part in the painfully earnest drama Family (the show is credited for inventing what has become the bane of too-serious television, the “very special episodes”) before lightening up again as Alex P. Keaton’s mom on Family Ties. In between and afterwards, she starred in a number of made-for-TV movies and various television episodes.
Baxter divorced Birney in 1989, and she went back to using Meredith Baxter professionally. She married again in 1995, but divorced five years later. The National Enquirer reported in 2009 that Baxter was spotted on a lesbian cruise with a female friend. The ensuing speculation finally led to her coming out as a lesbian during an interview with Matt Lauer on Today. “I got involved with someone I never expected to get involved with, and it was that kind of awakening,” she said. “I never fought it because it was like, oh, I understand why I had the issues I had early in life. I had a great deal of difficulty connecting with men in relationships.”Her memoir, Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering, came out last March in hardcover and Kindle editions.
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Stefan
June 21st, 2011
Why are Addabbo and Huntley listed? I thought they announced they’d be voting Yes?!
Jim Burroway
June 21st, 2011
As I said, they are being aggressively targeted by NOM and other anti-gay groups. Even though they are Yeses, they still need to hear from supporters.
Amicus
June 21st, 2011
Jim, if you haven’t see it:
http://gayfortoday.blogspot.com
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