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Source: New York Times , New York Daily News , Gay City News ALBANY -- Money from gay rights supporters poured in from across the country to several tight Senate races after a pledge from New York Democratic leaders that their party would legalize same-sex marriage if they won control of the State Senate...

Source: New York Times , New York Daily News The squabble for control of the New York State Senate continues, and with it, a battle over marriage equality in the state. Three Democrats  who have refused to back the rest of their party’s pick for Senate leader are calling for a referendum,...

Source: Gay City News , Associated Press via Newsday , New York Daily News   In a stunning realignment of the New York political status quo in Albany, Democrats have gained control of the state senate for the first time in 43 years. With all but one of the 62 senate races decided, Democrats now...

Source: Washington Square News via Politico , Huffington Post Drew Harper sits on the fence between what is stereotypical and what is not. He is a freshman at New York University's Tisch School of Arts who styles his hair in a faux-hawk. He is also a gay Republican. He supports the party's principles...

Source: New York Times , Buffalo News , New York Daily News , Gay City News Rochester and Buffalo may seem unlikely focal points for the national gay rights movement, but those are just two of the places throughout New York where state senate candidates have received infusions of cash from LGBT equality...

      ::    Ads that will soon appear on New York City subways and buses aim to give a face to New York's aging gay and lesbian population. The $350,000 campaign sponsored by SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders) features portraits of seniors along with the...

Source: Newsday , Long Island Catholic , NY1 , Catskill News NY marriage rulings Calling him "just plain wrong," Bishop William Murphy has blasted Gov. David A. Paterson for ordering state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, Newsday reports. In a column...

Source: Newsday , New York Times , Associated Press NY marriage rulings Jeffrey Friedman and Andrew Zwerin, together 23 years since meeting in a high school chemistry class, refer to each other as "husband." Newsday reports that the Rockville Centre couple is now planning to fly to California...

Source: Lower Hudson Journal News , AP via Newsday CARMEL, N.Y. -- Unmarried residents of New York's suburban Putnam County could soon have an opportunity to enroll in a domestic partner registry. A committee of county's legislature has voted to advance the proposal. The registry would allow...

Source: Staten Island Advance , New York Daily News , New York Times "Family values" Congressman Vito Fossella is embroiled in controversy that started with a DWI-arrest in Virginia last week. photo: Staten Island Advance On May 1, a five-term Staten Island congressman was arrested in Alexandria...