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FEATURES
Celebrate 45 Years as the Communitys
Center with a look back at the Pride Kickoff
Pride Kick-off Picnic 2015
pg. 6
Rainbow Cafe: Past, Present

and Future
pg. 8
Its More Than Just a Parade
by
Acey Mercer pg.12
Hudson Pride 2015
pg. 21
Schenectady Pride
pg. 22
Capital PRIDE Memories
pg.24
Strive to Develop
New Patterns
of Celebratory
Thinking Paraded
in True Pride
~Acey Mercer
June / July 2015

Volume 3, Issue 5
CONTENTS
COLUMNS
Gay Mans Musings
PRIDE...Im Proud to be...
by
Nyvek Moshier pg. 10
Trans View
Burning for Justice - For Everyone
by
Moonhawk Riverstone pg. 14
Ask the Lawyer
Universal Health Care is an LGBTQ Issue
by
Geri Pomerantz pg. 17
To Be a Blessing
Bridging the Bible and Sexuality
by
Aninna Van Riper pg. 26
Ask Mark Your Tax Questions
by
Mark D. Witecki pg. 28
Money Matters
Lower Foreign Currency and Travel
by
Thomas Walling
Out in the Garden
Instituto Terra
by
Judith Fetterley
pg. 29
pg. 31
The Fashionable and the Frivolous

How to Wear Pride
by
Alan Bennet Ilagan pg. 32
Michael Cooks and You Can Too
Strawberries
by
Michael Meade pg. 33
Heres Guffman
Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS
by
Patrick White pg. 35
NEWS,UPDATES & INFORMATION

Cover Photo:
Dawn Sylvester
This page & opposite:
Pilar Arthur-Snead /
Photographic Expressions
Farewell Note
From the Editors Desk
Quick Clips
pg. 7
pg. 7
pg. 9
Affiliates Calendar
Weekly Events Calendar
Our Programs
CommUNITY Calendar
pg. 34
pg. 36
pg. 37
pg. 38
Advertisers Index
pg. 30
Pride Kick-off
Kick-off Picnic 2015

presented by
In Our Own Voices and the Pride Center of the Capital Region
photographs: Pilar Arthur-Snead / Photographic Expressions
see more pictures at: http://pilararthursnead.zenfolio.com/pridebbq15
Pride Kickoff
with 3 of the Centers Executive Directors, from Keith

Hornbrook to Nora Yates to
Curran Streett, and I can only
hope that I can live up to the
legacy of these amazing people, even as interim.
in fundraising. She has been

a brilliant star, guiding the
Center as Executive Director
for 2 and years and raising
us to new heights. It has been
my privilege to have worked
with her these years and been
a part of our dynamic duo. I
will miss her terribly.
So stay tuned as we being a

new chapter in Pride Center
history and continue to celebrate our 45th anniversary
this year with more events
including our annual Gala
on October 16th and a special concert celebration in
November. But more on that
later!
F R O M T H E But the Pride Center is someE D I T O R S D E S K thing bigger than any one
by
Mi chael Wei d ric h person and we must press on
and continue our mission! We
havent existed for 45 years by
accident. It literally takes a
HAPPY PRIDE!!! Capital village to run a Pride Center!
PRIDE 2015 has arrived and And Curran has assembled
its big, beautiful and fabu- the best team in the world
lous! While we are celebrat- and I am honored to become
ing this amazing community, the caretaker of this amazing
we are also sad to see our organization as your Interim
fearless leader Curran Streett Executive Director. Over the
leave us for new adventures years of my affiliation with
the Center, I have worked
FA R E W E L L
NOTE

I am writing to let
you know of some new directions for both myself and
the Center. It is with mixed
feelings that I announce that
after 6 years at the Pride Center, I will be moving on. I have
Be well and be empowered!

Michael Weidrich
Interim Executive Director
accepted the position of Vice

President of Development for
Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood, and will be working
with the Pride Centers Board
of Directors on the transition plan. We are fortunate
that our incredibly talented
Deputy Director, Michael
Weidrich will be stepping in
to the role as the Interim Executive Director as the board
conducts a search to fill the
role permanently.
As a 45 year old organization, the Pride Center has an
amazing history of improving the Capital Region for
our LGBTQ community. I
am so proud that today, the
organization has never been
stronger and vibrant serving
more people than ever be-
fore. In leaving the Center,

I have an incredible amount
of confidence in our staff,
board, and community to
carry this tradition forward
and I am excited to see the
bright future of our communitys center.
It has been an incredible
pleasure to work with you,
and an honor to be a part of
the growth of the Center that
helped me as a young person.
With kind regards,
Curran Streett,
Former Executive Director
Thank You Curran,

from all of us! Well
Miss You.
~ Pride Center Staff
Rainbow Caf:
Past, Present and Future
Rosy Galvan, MSW (Program Director)
Rainbow Caf is the Pride Centers oldest

program. For over 40 years it served as the one of
the only safe spaces LGBTQ people had available to
congregate, be themselves, heal, organize, grow, and
build community seven days a week.
While we still have a long way to go to reach

true equality, we have made many strides. Our
community can now access safer spaces more
than ever before, and as a result, the Center
has evolved to address more current community needs. Staff are now
able to prioritize time to dig deeper, implement meaningful programs &
approaches to maximize positive impacts for LGBTQ people in our area.
The Pride Center will always be your
Community Center. Rainbow Caf is now
available on some Sundays for themed events.
If you have an idea for a reoccurring monthly
Caf event (craft nights, writing circles, etc.)
email rgalvan@capitalpridecenter.org for info.

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QUICK CLIPS
True Pride Parades from the Inside Out

(Help curb your shame on pg. 12)
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(see the schedule pg. 21)
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GAY MANS MUSINGS by NYVEK MOSHIER
PRIDE Im Proud to be
something happening this June that
gives me an even greater sense of
pride.
Every year when Pride comes
around I find myself thinking about
that word (Pride) and what it means
to me at that particular moment
in time. There was a time in my life
when I felt the word pride was one
that could never be associated with
me. Outside of my art work, there was
very little I took pride in throughout
much of my life before discovering
the community and ultimately myself.
Since coming out I have had many ask
me Why do you cling so fiercely to
your identity as a gay man? There is
more to you than the fact you are gay.
What these people fail to realize is
that it was through becoming a proud
gay man that I eventually learned how
to take pride in other aspects of my
life and my individual identity.
Since coming out I have learned to
take pride in who I am physically,
emotionally, intellectually, sexually
and even spiritually. Prior to coming
out I felt trapped in a prison where my
depression and self-hate had stripped
me of any sense of pride. Now Im
not saying that coming out fixed all
my problems and made me perfectly
happy, but I am saying that it most
certainly resulted in an awakening of
my spirit. I can honestly say that each
year, since coming out, I have learned
to love a different piece of myself a
little bit more.
So what am I taking pride in this year?
Well, this year I am proud to be turning 30 on June 12th. Ive never been
one to fear growing old. When
it comes to
aging, my
only wish
is that I
do it well.
With that
said,
I
have
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I am extremely proud be marrying

the love of my life on June 14th of
this year. I look forward to saying I
Do to an amazing man, one Jonathan
Aurthur Hammer. For those of you
who do not know already, Nyvek is
a nickname. My birth name is Kevin
Michael Moshier, but on June 14th I
will become Kevin M. Hammer. I cannot wait for Jonathan and
me to start this amazing journey together.
I only have two
regrets. My first
regret is that my
mother, God rest
her soul, will not
be there in body.
I would give anything to be able to
have her share this
day with us, although
I do know that she will
most assuredly be there in spirit. My second regret is that so many
from the community, those who have
helped me become the proud man I
am today, cannot be there to share in
our love and commitment. So with
those amazing people in mind, I have
decided to share my vows to Jonathan
with all of you.
Jonathan, my love, my soul, my everything. There was honestly a time
when I didnt think this was possible,
when I didnt think that I would ever
get to have this moment. It is in this
moment that I now realize that all the
moments of my life, both the good
and the bad, have been
coming out I have

learned to take pride in who
I am physically, emotionally,
intellectually, sexually and
even spiritually
leading me to you. In the three and a

half years that we have been together,
you have shown me just how much
love my heart is capable of. You have
both encouraged and inspired me.
I only hope that I can spend the rest
of my life thanking you for every moment that you have made me feel like
the most important, as well as the
luckiest, man in the world. I cannot
wait to start a family and build a home
with you. I cannot wait to grow old
with you. I love you Jonathan Hammer, and I look forward to that love
use this time to

discover
something new
within yourself
that makes you
proud to be you
only growing stronger with each
passing day and year that I am lucky
enough to call you my husband.
So now, with every bit of my heart and
soul, I wish you all an amazing Pride
and it is my sincerest wish that each
of you use this time to discover something new within yourself that makes
you proud to be you. May your journeys be inspiring and, more importantly, fulfilling.
Since
Nyvek is a local college student who has been

volunteering with the Pride Center since
2008. It was Nyveks passion for weddings
that first got him involved in the fight for
marriage equality and the community as a
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Burning for Justice-For Everyone

by

When I woke up this morning, May 4th, 2015, as I always do
when writing my June column and
its Kent State day, I hear the refrain in
my head, Four dead in Ohio from
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young pounding
the remembrance, and wonder who, if
anyone, will remember one of the most
terrible days in our American history
as it vanishes each year more intensely
into oblivion. This year that troubles
me more than most. Forty-five (45)
years later, what have we learned? Baltimore is burning, the National Guard
has taken back the streets. The good
news is they havent killed anyone--or
shot at and wounded anyone, as they
did to those innocent students 45 years
ago. Recently, I met someone who grew
up a neighbor to the man who gave the
order to fire on the students that day in
Kent State, and getting older, thought
how, if we live long enough, how incredibly and inextricably interconnected we all are. How small the world
truly is. But what do we learn being in
such close proximity to each other?
This year there was virtually no major
media the Kent State anniversary. But
Baltimore was burning. Ferguson, MI
had been burning, and black men and
women killed by the police in questionable circumstances were dominating our media. How easily, how conveniently, we forget, we look away from
those pictures seared into my young
adult mind of the student Mary Ann
Vecchio calling out, crouched over
the dead body of another student. In
my more saddened moments it seems
weve not learned anything and social
amnesia is a disease of epidemic and
pandemic proportions worldwide.
There was a new documentary film released on Kent State this year, but as a
country, we did not pause, and did not
remember, and contemplate, was it because Baltimore was burning?
What do Kent State and Baltimore
2015 have to do with each other? One
involves mostly white folks protesting
the war in Vietnam and other involves
mostly African-American people protesting police violence against innocent
black men--and women. Underneath
both events is the all the simmering,
frothing rage and anger about state
power and control, state misuse and
abuse of power, murder by the state for
the purposes of social control. Its also
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a good measure like the Occupy Movement of 2011 and the WW1 Bonus Veterans Occupation of Washington, Dc,
how those in power quickly eradicate
the social movements of those who
hold a mirror to us about the deeply
seeded problems of race and class and
the lack of social justice for the poor
and people of color.
What do Kent State

and Baltimore 2015
have to do with each

other?
Dylan Scholinski, a transgender man,

wrote a ground breaking book about
reparative therapy called, The Last
Time I Wore A Dress. I had the privilege of meeting him at Binghamton
University when the book first came
out where he gave a speech about his
artwork on display there. We met again
years later and spent a long couple of
hours discussing transgender related
psychiatric abuse and its aftereffects on
its victims, picking right up where wed
left off probably ten years earlier. Dylan
shared with me his then current project of photographing found objects-the detritus we overlook, or turn away
from looking at in the streets--the garbage, the dead animals, the uncomfortable (what is that object anyway) stuff
wed rather not comprehend-or embrace. We agreed its really important
to look deeply at what it is we throw
away, we cast off or cast out. What wed
rather not see. Rare is the person who
can look at that which is cast off, or
confront death in any form and stay
present to its grief and horror and not
turn away.
Just as we turned away from Kent State,
we turned away from the racial violence of the 1960s and 1970s, we, too,
turned away, from the Dylans of the
transgender community. They remind
us that when we look we have to accept
responsibility for the problem--for our
white part of the problem of maintaining a racist, classist transphobic
society--that and when we look away
we automatically become complicit
in maintaining it. How long will it be
before we look away in Baltimore (the
riots have ended after all)? How long
will it be before we hold law enforce-
ment officers fully accountable for the

choices they make in the work they
do? I was heartened that officers were
indicted in Baltimore, then, at least,
despite any verdict, there is a better
chance the fuller picture of what happened to Freddie Gray will be examined. Thats not true elsewhere.
Mya Hall is not getting that opportunity. Mya Hall was a black transgender
woman shot to death on March 30th for
making a wrong turn. No one is rioting
to protest what happened to her. While
it appears that she may have been on
a drug high and was driving a stolen
vehicle, it seems that the response to
her actions at the Ft. Meade gate of the
NSA were quicker and more intense
than might have been necessary. Here
it is not so much whether or not police action was unjustified or not--well
never really know--its what happened
afterward that is so brutal. So nauseatingly repetitive about violence against
black transgender women.
We all know the media has a choice
in how they report any story, the approach and slant to the story. Here in
Halls case over and over again, the
reporting seems consistently slanted
to make out Hall and her companion,
Brittany Fleming as more intentionally
violent than was actually true. Is that
because they are women of color? Because they are trans women of color?
Ive been passed that exit many times
in my travels, and I hear it is a very
common mistake for people to make
in taking the exit, yet, it seems, the police are not shooting at all those other
people making this wrong exit. There
has not been much attention at all to
getting to a more objective rendering
of what actually happened that morning. Its already been swept away, like
the detritus Dylan preserves and challenges us to look at.
More importantly, there has been no
movement in the larger press to correct or apologize for the incredibly
transphobic manner in which Hall and
Fleming were described as crossdressers and men in dresses implying that
these were the disguises of two terrorists rather than both women were
transgender women dressed as many
women might choose to dress. Mya
Hall is all but forgotten by the LGBT
community, a footnote somewhere,
killed by the police in Baltimore. But

Baltimore is not burning in outrage to
what happened to Hall, and I wonder
if there will ever be a day, Baltimore,
New York, Albany, Los Angeles, San
Francisco burn because yet again another transgender person of color has
lost their life in interactions with the
police. The burning is not the goal, the
outrage and the justice are.
This year as we celebrate Pride Month,
we need to take a moment to gaze as
Dylan does at that which we dont want
to see, our shame. Our shame that we
need to be doing a whole lot more to
see justice for everyone in our LGBT
community--not just the identities under the letters, but the actual people
living the letters--and fight for full
equality for our community members
who are so very marginalized because
they just happen to be poor, to be people of color, to have mental illness, to
have disability, to be different in some
way in which the larger society has institutionalized even harsher violence
against them, and to remember often,
Pride Month is not much of a celebration for them as just another month to
get through. Until next time...T
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by
Geri Pomerantz

As the nation waits for the US

Supreme Court to rule on the same sex
marriage cases, the headline from the
front page of the Wall Street Journal
read Firms Tell Gay Couples: Wed
or Lose Your Benefits (Wall Street
Journal May 12, 2015).
The issue addressed in the WSJ article
is the phasing out of health insurance
benefits for the unmarried same sex
partners of employees as marriage
equality becomes a reality, in at least
a majority of states to date. Some
employers recognize that offering
benefits to domestic partner or
employees, both gay and straight,
is an attractive employee benefit
and creates a more diverse pool of
employees.
For those employers
(state, municipal and private sector)
who have been providing health
benefits for both same sex and
oppose sex unmarried partners,
ideally there would be no basis for
phasing out the coverage because of
marriage equality. Other employers,
however, are warning their employees
that in order to keep their coverage
they must get married. Some argue
that, where same sex marriage is legal,
the playing field no longer needs to be
levelled by offering benefits to same
sex partners. For other employers, it
could simply be about saving money.
I have not polished my crystal ball
sufficiently to offer a prediction as to
how this Supreme Court will rule in
the marriage cases.
A decision in
Obergefell v. Hodges, and three other
cases, is expected by the end
Universal Health Care is an

LGBTQ Issue
of June. There are two questions for
the Supreme Court to answer: (1)
Does the US Constitution require
the states to issue marriage licenses
to same sex couples and (2) Does the
US Constitution require the states to
recognize same sex marriages validly
performed outside the state.
I can
only hope that both questions will be
answered affirmatively.
On the issue of health care, for this
writer, the more relevant question
is, should access to health care be
dependent upon marital status, or
employment status? Or for that
matter, upon age, income, wealth or
other status? There is no doubt that
access to health care is an LGBTQ
issue.
Every year since 1992, NYS Assembly
Health Committee Chair Richard
Gottfried has introduced a universal
single payer health plan bill.
It
passed the Assembly only in 1992,
and since then, has not been reported
out of committee. As reported in the
On the issue of health

care, the more relevant
question is, should
access to health care be
dependent upon marital
status, or employment
status? Or for that
matter, upon age, income,
wealth or other status?
There is no doubt that
access to health care is
an LGBTQ issue.
Legislative Gazette, 5/12/14 at page

13, Assembly speaker Heastie plans
to allow a vote on the bill before the
end of the session. The bill has been
introduced in the Senate by Senator
Perkins, and was referred to the health
committee in February.
The universal health care bill, if passed,
would provide a comprehensive
system of access to health care for all
NY residents, regardless of marital
or employment status, age, income,
wealth, diagnosis, or other status.
There would be no premiums, no
deductibles, and no co-pays. The
benefits would include comprehensive
care, as currently required by state
insurance law, or state public
employee plans, family health plus,
child health plus, Medicare and
Medicaid. Coverage would be publicly
funded. Health care providers would
be paid by NY Health, and not health
insurance companies.
The plan
would be paid for by a progressively
graduated payroll tax (paid for by
employers and employees), and by
federal funding already received
for Medicaid, Medicare, family
health plus and children health plus
programs.
Im in favor of a single payer plan
because, covering all people equally
regardless of their status, creates a
higher quality of care for everyone.
A single payer system eliminates the
concept of preexisting conditions
to deny access to care. Preventative
health care measures are emphasized
in a single payer system. People can
chose their providers, and can have
continuity of providers. By saving on
administrative waste, and
Ask the Lawyer continued on pg. 18
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Ask the Lawyer continued from pg. 17
The universal health

care bill would provide
a comprehensive
system of access to
health care for all NY
residents
utilizing a not for profit structure,
it makes health care affordable and
accessible to everyone. According
to an article in the Atlantic (June
28, 2012), the United States stands
almost entirely alone amongst
developed nations, along with a
few Balkan states and Belarus, that
do not have some form of universal
health care.
The legal rights of LGBTQ families

are an ever-changing landscape, to be
addressed monthly in this column.
The material in this article is provided
for informational purposes only and
is not intended to give legal advice,
and should not substitute for the
independent advice of counsel. The
views expressed in this column are
solely those of Ms. Pomerantz and do
not reflect the opinion of the Pride
Center.
The material in this article is provided
for informational purposes only and
is not intended to give legal advice,
and should not substitute for the
independent advice of counsel. The
views expressed in this column are
solely those of Ms. Pomerantz and do
not reflect the opinion of the Pride
Center.
Geri Pomerantz
is an attorney in
the capital district
with a practice
focused on family
and matrimonial
law, specifically
including LGBTQ
families. Geri
conducts
continuing legal education training
for other lawyers, and conducts
community education, on issues of
importance to the LGBTQ community.
She recently presented on parentage
issues at the LGBT law day at Albany
Law School. Geri is a member of the
Collaborative Divorce Association
of the Capital District. She can be
reached at GPEsq@pomerantzlaw.org.
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In May of 2010, at the first
Hudson Pride Foundation meeting,
it was unanimously agreed that the
name of the parade would be, simply,
Hudson Pride - no acronyms.
This little city of Hudson, once had a
population two to three times the current size, had been through a rough
patch - manufacturing factories shut
down, jobs were lost, and many storefronts on the main street, Warren
Street, boarded up.
Hudson is experiencing a re-birth!
Businesses and bed and breakfasts are
opening up alongside antique stores,
art galleries and restaurants. Hudson
is now a weekend destination, with
many downstaters looking for a sample of upstate New York life.
Hudson Pride, is not only the pride of
our LGBT
community,
but also the
Pride in a
little citys
rebound.
The Hudson
Pride Parade takes
over
the
entire city!
Everyone is
included!
The Festival by the
Waterfront
is a familyfriendly
event with
free carnival
games for
kids. When
we plan the
Hudson
Pride Weekend - the
weekend after Capital Pride - we make

sure to include the entire community.
During our first year, none of us knew
how to plan or organize a parade. At
the time, we did not even THINK of
asking the Fire Department to be part
of the parade. We had assumed that
they were an old boy network, and
wanted no interest in an LGBT event.
A local reporter asked if the Fire Department if they were going to be in
the parade. Their response was, We
would, but no one has asked us yet.
Here we were, parade organizers,
thinking that they wanted no part of
us, meanwhile, they were waiting to
be asked to participate.
The Fire Department is now always
invited to the Hudson Pride Parade,
and part of our growing community.
Come to Hudson
for our
SIXTH annual Pride!
Friday, June 19th
Boat Cruises
7-9pm Sunset
9-11pm Moonlight
Saturday, June 20th
Parade | Festival |
Cabaret | Dance
1pm - Line-up for Parade
2pm - Parade down
Warren Street
3-6pm - Festival at
Waterfront
8pm - Cabaret show
with Hedda Lettuce
at Club Helsinki
10pm - Dance Party
with Tedd Patterson
at the Half Moon
Sunday, June 21st
2-6pm Tea Dance at
the Red Dot
All information and ticket
purchases can be found at
www.HudsonPride.com
Thanks - and see you in Hudson!
- Trix
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Come to Schenectady
for our
FOURTH Pride!
Saturday, June 20th
Line up begins at 4:00pm
Performances by
The Schenectady
Pride Color Gaurd
RuPauls
LATRICE ROYAL
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Ms. Pride South Florida

Tanish Cassadine
The Empress of Schenectady
Champagne,
Jenna Taylor,
Sabryna Chanyl,
Calypso Breeze
and more
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DJ Nate the Great

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First things first on behalf of the

Schenectady Pride Committee, Happy Pride 2015!
Well if your reading this article chances are you live and/or work in the
Capital Region. Regardless of whether you call Troy, Albany, Saratoga or
Schenectady home, there is no doubt
these are exciting times for our region.
From the expansion of new industries
to the re-development of historic
downtowns, the Capital Region is
bursting at the seams.
Although not originally from the area,
the City of Schenectady has stolen my
heart and so much of what I do and
support has to do with aiding in the
renaissance taking place in city. I am
proud to call Schenectady home were
my husband and I have a house on
Kings Road in the Woodlawn Neighborhood. I am also honored and humbled to work at City Hall alongside
progressive leaders who recognize the
value of diversity.
This brings me to pride and the need

to celebrate the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender culture that we
know and cherish today. Just a few
short decades ago we hid in closets
and dreamed of freedom. After much
advocacy and effort we celebrated
marriage equality wins in New York
and in several states across the country in recent years. Today our greatest challenge and responsibility is to
ensure that our transgender brothers
and sisters secure basic human right
protections with the passage of GENDA in the New York State Senate.
As our work continues Pride festivals
are part of how we engage the hearts
and minds of our community, family, friends and colleagues. This June
as pride festivals take place around
the region, culminating in New York
City where the gay rights movement
was sparked let us look close to home
for pride festivals we can support and
enjoy with those we hold dear.
Schenectady Pride is in its fourth year

and was founded on the premise that
LGBT Schenectadians are making significant contributions to the redevelopment, life and culture of the city. We
are business owners, residents, artists,
professionals and community leaders
to name a few. Our families come in
all shapes and sizes and we are out and
proud in #Schenectady.
As such, please accept this article as a
personal invitation to #DiscoverSchenectadyPride. Our committee has
worked hard to put together an epic
event to take place among other great
Schenectady happenings.
First off, Saturday, June 20th will also
host the Tony award winning, Broadway hit, Kinky Boots at the historic
Proctors Theatre. In fact the Schenectady Pride festival will be sandwiched
in-between the matinee and evening
performances. In addition Upper
Union Street will be hosting its annual
Strawberry Festival which runs from
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Furthermore,
St. Anthonys will be in the middle of
a three day Italian Festival just blocks
from Pride on the corner of Seward
and Nott Street. In short, thousands
of people will be milling about many
great events taking place on June 20th
in the City of Schenectady.
The Schenectady Pride 2015 line-up
promises to impress with national talent flown in from Florida alongside
local artists and performers ready

to impress as well. The Pride performance schedule kicks off at 4:00
p.m. with the debut performance of
the Schenectady Pride Color Guard
team. This eclectic group of volunteers
range in age and talent, but promise
to get you moving. Then the one-andonly Latrice Royale from RuPauls
Drag Race and Drag Race All Stars
will own that stage. Performing with
her and alongside local drag talent is
Ms. Pride South Florida, Tanisha Cassadine. This hour-and-half drag-tastic
show will be non-stop, pump of the
volume performances that will leave
you begging for more.
Special thanks to the Duchess of Schenectady, Ms. Anistasia Lovless for organizing the local drag talent which
includes Champagne - The Empress
of Schenectady, Jenna Taylor, Sabryna
Chanyl, and Calypso Brezze.
Immediately following local soloist
Loreal Lavigna and Indi-Rock band
Desafinado will take the stage for a
special performance spot they won as
a result of participating in the Schenectady Prides Got Talent, Do You?
event held in May.
Then around 6:00 p.m. the Schenectady Pride Committee will take the
stage with local honorary guests for a
special proclamation and recognition
of the Schenectady Pride sponsors
and volunteers. DJ Nate the Great will
keep the tunes pumping and host a
special dance party before the 2nd act.

Local pop artist Beth Zaje will take the
stage at 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with
non-stop rockn melodies that will
certainly entertain. Plus throughout
the pride festival tasty eats and drinks
will be available courtesy of Mad Jacks
Beer, Caf Nola, Thai Thai Bistro,
Moveable Feast and Cuffs Cakes.
Plus our famous pride ambiance will
embrace you with more LGBT pride
than a Dorothy cabaret on Broadway
packed with your favorite show tunes.
In addition we cant forget our faithful local non-profits and commercial
vendors that will line the Jay Street
Marketplace in between the numerous
boutique shops and eateries that make
up the Marketplace. Still want more?
The official Schenectady Pride After
Party kicks off at 9:00 p.m. at Mexican
Radio on State Street in downtown
Schenectady, hosted by DJ Nate the
Great and Ms. Anistasia Lovless.
If youre looking for more pictures,
posts and love from the Schenectady
Pride crew related to the festival or
otherwise check out Schenectady
Pride on Facebook or visit www.SchenectadyPride.org
XO #SchenectadyPride,
Chad Putman,
Chair
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Welcoming Congregations
Join Us In Exploring Your Spiritual Side At One Of The Welcoming Congregations Below:
Capital PRIDE Memories

#MyCapitalPRIDE
I had a lot of fun during the parade
in 2014. All [of] the patrons were
so awesome! Two beautiful girls, all
dressed up, had a dance off. I dance
with them between working and had
a blast. Everyone was so nice and
fun! Cant wait till next parade day!
Im definately working again!
- Toni, Server at Cafe Hollywood
#MyCapitalPRIDE
[2014] was my first experience with
the Capital PRIDE, after moving
here from Kansas. I am certainly a
long way from home. The festival was
amazing and incredibly welcoming.
As a single mother who knows not a
soul in the area, I certainly felt a part
of the community right away. My
children had the greatest time and
are still talking about how wonderful of a time they had at the festival.
Thank you for everything!
- Sarah
#MyCapitalPRIDE
It was less than two weeks after my
gender confirmation surgery and I
had been recuperating at my parents house in Glens Falls, but there
was no way I was going to miss
Pride! I hadnt seen my friends for
almost three weeks, so when I told
them I was determined to come
down with my folks they threw me
a celebratory brunch. We all ate,
caught up, watched the parade, then
(slowly) made our way to the park. I
was hobbled, tired, and in pain, but I
smiled all day long.
- Drew Cordes
#MyCapitalPRIDE
Racing down to the corner of Lark
and Madison in a golf cart to pick up
Congressman Paul Tonko and New
York Assemblyman John McDonald.
Then FLOORING THE CART to
get them to the Parade staging area
just before the start of the Parade.
Now for the rest of the story...the
golf cart was a 2 seater
-Ed Davis, Capital PRIDE Parade Chair
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Church (UCC)
221 Columbia Tpke,
Rensselaer
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Church of Colonie
701 Sand Creek Road,
Colonie
www.coloniereformed.org
(518)869-5589
Congregation Agudat Achim
(Conservative)
2117 Union Street,
Schenectady
www.agudatachim.org (518)
393-9211
Congregation Bnai Shalom
(Reform)
420 Whitehall Road, Albany
www.bnaishalom.albany.
ny.us
(518) 482-5283
Congregation Berith Sholom
(Reform)
167 Third Street, Troy
www.berithsholom.org
(518)272-8872
Congregation Beth Emeth
(Reform)
100 Academy Road, Albany
www.bethemethalbany.org
(518)436-9761
Congregation Gates of
Heaven (Reform)
842 Ashmore Avenue,
Schenectady
www.cgoh.org
(518)374-8173
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(Conservative)
113 New Krumkill Road,
Albany
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Congregation Temple Sinai
(Reform)
509 Broadway, Saratoga
Springs
www.templesinai-saratogasprings.org
(518) 584-8730
Eastern Parkway United
Methodist Church
943 Palmer Avenue,
Schenectady
www.easternparkway.weebly.
com
(518)374-4306
St. Georges Episcopal
Church
30 North Ferry St.,
Schenectady
www.stgeorgesschenectady.
org
Emmanuel Baptist Church
275 State Street, Albany, NY
www.emmanuelalbany.net
(518)465-5161
First Church in Albany
110 North Pearl Street,
Albany
www.firstchurchinalbany.org
(518)463-4449
First Congregational Church
of Albany
UCC & NACCC
405 Quail Street, Albany
www.firstcongregationalalbany.org
(518)482-4580
First Lutheran Church
181 Western Avenue, Albany
www.FirstLutheranAlbany.
org
(518)463-1326
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362 State Street, Albany
www.firstpresalbany.org
(518)449-7332
First Reformed Church
8 North Church Street,
Schenectady
www.1streformed.com
First Unitarian Society of
Schenectady
1221 Wendell Avenue,
Schenectady
www.fussonline.org
(518)374-4446
First Unitarian Universalist
Society of Albany
405 Washington Avenue,
Albany
www.albanyuu.org
(518)463-7135
First United Methodist
Church
603 State Street, Schenectady,
www.gbgm-umc.org/schenectady
(518)374-4403
First United Methodist
Church, East Greenbush
www.fumceg.org
First United Presbyterian
Church
1915 Fifth Avenue, Troy
www.unitedprestroy.org
(518)272-2771
Friends Meeting (Quaker)
727 Madison Avenue,
Albany
(518) 436-8812
Presbyterian New England
Congregational Church,
Saratoga
http://pnecchurch.org/
Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church
501 Albany Shaker Road,
Loudonville
www.goodshepherdchurchloudonville.org
(518)458-1562
Holy Trinity National
Catholic Church
405 Washington Avenue,
Albany
www.NCCofA.org/holytrin.
html
(518)434-8861
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Church of Christ
500 Kenwood Blvd, Delmar
www.journeyucc.com
Saratoga Springs United
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175 Fifth Avenue,
Saratoga Springs
www.saratogaspringsumc.
org (518)584-3720
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Retreat House
(National Catholic)
670 Bunker Hill Road,
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Church
Main at Madison Avenue,
Albany
www.standrewsalbany.org
(518)489-4747
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160 Central Avenue, Albany
www.stjohnsalbany.org
(518)465-7545
Temple Israel
600 New Scotland Avenue,
Albany
www.tialbany.org
(518) 438-7858
Unitarian Universalist
Congregation of Saratoga
624 North Broadway,
Saratoga Springs
www.saratoga-uu.org
(518)584-1555
Unity Church in Albany
21 King Avenue, Albany
www.unitychurchinalbany.
org (518)453-3603
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(Reconstructionist)
1682 Glasco Turnpike,
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(845)246-1671
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T O
B E
B L E S S I N G
Bridging the Bible and Sexuality by Annina Van Riper

It is my final semester as a high
school student and the program I
have been in since my freshmen year
does not take this semester lightly. As
an example, I have to write a seven to
10 page thesis paper (which is not that
bad), give a 30-minute, thesis-based
presentation, defend my position in
front of a board of examiners and
complete at 175 hour internship. No
completion of any of these meant no
graduation.
Like many of my classmates, my first
thought was not appropriate to publish in a magazine. At the time, the
internship was the most pressing requirement and to combat my impending stress, I began to search for one
throughout the fall terms. It quickly
became apparent that I was lucky my
birthday falls in the beginning of January as many fields I was looking into
required interns to be at least 18. Fast
forward to the middle of January and
I had found my internship -- working
in the Pastoral Care Department at
Albany Medical Center.
At the start of my internship, I had
only a slight idea of what pastoral care
really was and I dont think I really
grasped the idea of it all until I went
on patient visits. My initial thoughts
were something along the lines of a
religious figure going to preach to patients about how Jesus will save you
and Everything will be okay if you
just believe in G-d; it was refreshing
to see how wrong I was.
Upon further examination, I connected the dots and believe that my
nave ideas regarding pastoral care
largely stemmed from the fact that I
tried desperately to fight my sexuality
by using conservative Christian theology to demonize myself. When I was

struggling with my sexuality, for whatever reason, I turned to the Bible and
ended up wielding it as a tool against
myself. I was aware that the Bible was
all about how you interpret its words
so I simply made a choice to read the
holy text using a lens that would remind myself as it has many others
that I was a disgrace to mankind, that
my existence was pitiful and I that was
a blemish on society all because of my
sexuality.
The irony in my thoughts was that I
saw nothing wrong with being gay. In
fact, I grew up in a Unitarian Universalist household which has views of
being LGBTQA friendly. Additionally, one of my best friends at the time
identified as a gay male. Despite this,
I could not come to terms with myself
and accept that I may be a lesbian. I
was absolutely convinced I was going to hell and yet I did not mind. Im
not sure what about hell it was, but
the whole burning flames thing didnt
scare me. I was much more concerned
with the hell I thought I was putting
others through by not aligning to the
social expectations of finding a nice
husband, settling down and having
kids. The last thing I wanted to do was
disappoint everyone by being gay.
I was apprehensive about working in
and around religion for the very reason mentioned above. It was not that I
assumed all people who were religious
saw homosexuality as sinful; on the
contrary, I was hyper-aware how false
my assumptions were. In truth, the
discomfort I once felt for myself still
trickled into my ideas about religion.
The irony in my thoughts was that I saw nothing wrong

with being gay
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(To be completely and utterly clear, I

have nothing against those who practice religion. In fact, I have an immense amount of respect for those
who stand by their faith as it is something that I have yet to develop fully
and therefore lack the understanding
of such a strong will towards a certain
set of beliefs.)
Expansion of the mind is something I
value and do my best to maintain by
trying new things like reading new
literature, listening to new music and
being an intern in pastoral care. Being around religion at my internship
has helped me create a metaphorical
bridge between myself and my sexual
identity. It has helped me address my
own discomfort with the Bible and I
sincerely feel like I have made peace
concerning the two subjects.
I was apprehensive about working

in and around religion
Annina Van Riper is a senior attending Bethlehem Central High School

and has been working with the Pastoral Care Department at Albany Medical Center since late January. She has
been president of her high school GSA
and proudly came out during her freshman year. She has been a member of
the Center Youth Action team since her
sophomore year
and aims to continue LGBTQ activism in college.
Annina will be
sharing her musical skills at the
Interfaith Pride
Service on June
8 at First Presbyterian Church of
Albany.
This article is one of a series provided by Advocates for Welcoming Congregations, a Capital Region group that encourages the
welcoming of LGBT persons into the full life and leadership of communities of faith. The group also works to make visible for
members of the LGBT community opportunities for practicing their faith traditions.
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it. the other problem is that my income
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Signed,
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of the Euro, cities like Paris, Berlin,

Amsterdam and Brussels are now on
sale at a 25% to 30% discount. April
30th of 2014 showed an exchange rate
of $1.39 down to around $1.10/ Eurodollar (Euro) at the time of the writLower Foreign ing of this column. A loaf of bread in
costs approximately 1.61 Euros.
Currency Paris
If you figure in the cost in dollars over
and Travel the past year, bread has dropped from
$2.23 down to $1.77. If a hotel room is
150 Euros it has dropped in true price
from $208.50 to $165.
Foreign money can be very confusing. Most countries use their own
currency which is usually tied to that The United Kingdom uses British
countrys economic strength. The Pounds (GBPs). In July of 2014, the
worth of their money to us is depen- exchange rate was as high as $1.71/
dent on how the American economy GBP. It now hovers around $1.50/
stacks up against theirs. It seems the GBP. With bread costing approxiUS is recovering faster from the re- mately 1.03GBP, the cost in dollars
cession than most of its international has dropped from $1.76 to $1.54.
counterparts. What this means is that In less than one year, the exchange
international travel may be the most rate has dropped over 12%. A hoaffordable it has been in years. Our tel room in London that costs 150
dollars strength presents negatives as GBP has dropped from $264 to $231.
well as positives. The things we make This is not as huge a difference as with
here are more expensive overseas and the Euro, however a room upgrade is
this affects our trade and economy.
probably possible at last years prices.
Mexicos peso has had a similar deIs your dream holiday exploring Eu- cline as the GBP. A year ago, $1 would
ropes history and culture or to spend buy 13 pesos. May 1st, the rate was
some time on a beach in Mexico? 15.5 pesos/$1. With bread costing
These dreams may not have been an average of 23 pesos, the cost has
possible a few years ago due to the declined from $1.76 down to $1.48.
exchange rate to the US dollar. These Tortillas are more common which
rates change daily. In order to gauge explains bread seeming more expenthe differences and give them all a sive there. Similarly, a hotel costing
point of reference, we will be looking 1000pesos/night has dropped from
at the cost of a loaf of bread in many $77 to $64.50.
places over the last year.
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J.
Walling
The Eurodollar is a currency used in

a large part of the Europe. We have all
heard of the economic woes the EU is
having with certain countries, mainly Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain.
Due to these issues and the deflation
Certain things have not changed

when traveling overseas. Airfares are
not reflecting the lower oil prices and
airport and hotel taxes can be astronomical. Passports still take some
time to get so it is advised to start this
process long before needed. Also a
universal electric converter is necessary. Check with your mobile phone

plan to see what will and will not
work overseas (and the cost). Try to
get a hotel with wifi.
If possible, try to learn a few words of
their native language. When they hear
your sad understanding of their language, they will usually switch over to
English. Do not take for granted that
they speak English, however. This will
make you seem like an ethnocentric
American tourist. This is usually not
preferable and ruins it for the rest of
us. Happy travels!
Is your dream holiday

exploring Europes
history and culture

or to spend some
time on a beach in
Mexico?
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In Brazil, the photographer Sebastiao Salgado and his wife Lelia

have created the Instituto Terra, an
extraordinary project designed to restore a ravaged ecosystem. The site of
this project is land that was once part
of the Salgado family farm, Sebastiaos childhood home. The scope of
this garden staggers my imagination
over 17,000 acres, and more than 4
million seedlings planted! I calculated how many seedlings I could plant
in an hour by hand as they did (10,
the earth is hard packed and not easy
to plant in), then I multiplied that by
8 for the work day hours. Based on
these figures, it would take me 50,000
planting days to accomplish this reforestation.
in
the
garden
Instituto Terra
Judith Fetterley
forming a degraded cattle ranch into

a fertile woodland where water flows
once again and flora and fauna thrive.
Through restoring the earth he restored himself but the plants did it.
Should we not then call plants the
salt of the earth, though they certainly dont want salty soil or water?
I think only a project the size of the
Sebastiao could no longer

believe in the fundamental
decency of human beings
He retreated to his garden

Through restoring the
earth he restored himself
Salt of the Earth is an extraordinary documentary made about the

lives of the Salgados. The title, according to the director of the film,
evokes Sebastiaos profound love for
people, a love that provided the driving force behind his photography. Yet
in many ways the title is misleading.
After photographing the genocide in
Rwanda, the civil wars in the Congo
and the former Yugoslavia and the
famine in Ethiopa, Sebastiao could
no longer believe in the fundamental decency of human beings or bear
witness to their violence toward each
other. He retreated to his garden,
and reforested a piece of Brazil trans-
only working with plants

could manage the healing
To see that barren, eroded,

bitter land returned to
green and wet gives one
hope
Instituto Terra could heal Salgado

from the violence he witnessed during his years as a photographer, and
only working with plants could manage the healing.
I too take refuge from the seemingly

ceaseless violence of the world, and
particularly as a feminist from the
violence of men against women. The
recent UN report on the status of
women is devastating in its statistics:
one in three women experience sexual or physical violence at some time; it
is legal for men to beat their wives in
over 30 countries in the world; forced
sexual acts are rampant; honor killings and corrective rape twist the
meaning of words in ways that are
violent in themselves, to say nothing
of the acts they refer to. From such
news, I retreat to my garden, and to
the healing power of plants. Though
on a far smaller scale, the restoration
of a degraded suburban landscape
has social value. And, given that over
50% of the world now lives in cities,
if we do not find a way to green our
urban environments we are in even
deeper trouble than we think. Could
we not at once restore our urban environments and find work for teenagers at risk by creating green spaces
throughout our cities? Respecting
our need for plants and respecting
the plants we need are at the heart of
the work of remaking our relation to
the planet of the garden. The Instituto
Terra is a model of what can be done
and I urge you to visit their website.
To see that barren, eroded, bitter land
returned to green and wet gives one
hope. Perhaps people working with
plants will turn out to be the salt, not
the scourge, of the earth after all.
Judith Fetterley lives and
gardens in Glenmont,
New York. She also runs
Perennial Wisdom, a
garden design business
for new and
existing gardens.
Reach Judith at
f etterleyj@gmail.com
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THE FASHIONABLE AND THE FRIVOLOUS by ALAN BENNET ILAGAN
It turns out that true pride is not

something that you can buy and
wear on your back. It doesnt come in
a cologne bottle or the hand-stitched
finery of the most gorgeous haute
couture piece. It cannot be conjured by
fashion or looks or beauty, and its more
than just an attitude or frame of mind. (I
used to think that was enough.)
HOW TO
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EVENTS THINGS TO DO CONTESTS
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homoradio.blogspot.com
There
was
a time when I
thought that pride
was something I
could carry in a
Louis Vuitton bag
or sprinkle out of a
Tom Ford Private
Blend decanter. I
believed that pride
could be found in
the paisley lining
of a Versace coat or
the shiny surface
of a Gucci loafer. If
I could locate the
elusive purple croc
Hermes tote bag or
Jeffrey Scotts golden
winged sneakers then
surely I would find
it. I thought pride
could be bought, like
so many baubles and
trinkets,
wrapped
around my head
like a pair of trendy
sunglasses, encasing
my heart like the
richest and mostfinely embroidered
corset. Yet like all
tempting ruses, the
idea that pride was
something that could
be appropriated from
anywhere other than
within was too good
to be true.
My pride was something I had to work

to uncover, and it didnt always come
easily. There was no set of instructions
on how to access pride, no easy-tofollow list of the steps necessary to bring
it into being. Even acting the part and
proudly flying my rainbow flag and pink
triangle werent an authentic rendering
of it. It proved elusive, even when I
paraded around in Prada and thought I
had it all.
My pride was sometimes latent and
quiet and covered in shame, but it was
always there. The realization of it took
some time, and even as I write this I
am coming to understand that its never
really over. Like the best parts of the
human condition, it continues to be
an ongoing process of acceptance and
love and evolution. The difference now
is that Im aware of it. I sense it and it
empowers me. You may strip me of
my cashmere socks and fancy designer
underwear, but you can never strip me
of my pride.
It comes from a belief in the dignity
of oneself, in the very trust that you
are worthy, you are equal, you are all
the wonderful things that comprise a
human being. When you realize that,
the fashionable and the frivolous can be
seen and appreciated as aspects of beauty
admirable and noble to a certain
extent, but only as an accentuation of
what you already are.
Alan Bennett Ilagan is a freelance
writer and amateur photographer
who resides in upstate New
York with his husband Andy.
He created the website www.
ALANILAGAN.com, which
contains a repository of his
work, as well as a daily blog; the
website recently celebrated its
tenth anniversary online. He was the manager
of the Romaine Brooks Gallery from 2008 to
2012. His writing has appeared in Instinct, xy
magazine, Capitalmen, Q Northeast, the Windy
City Times, and the Boston Phoenix. Notable
artistic collaborations have been created with
the likes of Steven Underhill, Paul Richmond,
Dennis Dean, and Michael Breyette.
MICHAEL COOKS AND YOU CAN TOO by MICHAEL MEADE

Who can resist the aroma
and flavor of a perfectly ripe, freshly
picked strawberry on a hot June day?
The fragrantly sweet juiciness and
deep red color of strawberries can
brighten up both the taste and aesthetics of any meal; it is no wonder
they are the most popular berry fruit
in the world. Although strawberries have become increasingly available year-round, they are at the peak
of their season from April through
July, although June is usually when
they are the most delicious and most
abundant. Look for them at farmers
markets, roadside stands or farms
where you can pick them yourself.
Unlike other fruits, strawberries dont
ripen further once theyre picked,
so look for berries that are already
fragrant and deeply colored. Avoid
bruised, wrinkled or moldy fruit.
Spicy Strawberry Salsa

Strawberries are mixed with peppers and onions, with a touch of citrus. Serve with grilled fish, shrimp, or
chicken or as an appetizer with toasted baguette slices.
1/2 medium red onion, thinly sliced
1 jalapeno pepper, minced
1/2 red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded,
and julienned
1/2 yellow bell pepper, stemmed,
seeded, and julienned
1/2 green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded,
and julienned
1/4 cup finely shredded
fresh cilantro leaves
1/2 pint (1 cup) fresh strawberries,
washed hulled and sliced
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
While fresh strawberries should be

eaten right away, they can be stored in
the refrigerator for up to three days.
Dont wash the berries until right before youre ready to use them. Wash
them with the hull on, then hull and
slice them. You can freeze the berries
by arranging them in a single layer on
a baking sheet. Once frozen, transfer
them to a plastic freezer bag or container to enjoy year round.
Place red onions, jalapeno pepper,

bell peppers, cilantro, strawberries,
orange juice, lime juice, olive oil, salt
and pepper in a large mixing bowl
and toss to combine. Cover and refrigerate for two to four hours. Remove the salsa from the refrigerator
fifteen minutes before serving, so that
it loses some of its chill.
One of the best ways to eat fresh

strawberries is right out of your hand
or served in a bowl with a dollop of
whipped cream or a splash of balsamic vinegar. But there are also hundreds of recipes utilizing strawberries, ranging from soups and salads to
desserts, available in cookbooks and
on the Internet. Here are a few good
ones to get you started.
This strawberry freezer jam is quick,

easy and delicious on toast, ice cream
or even in milkshakes! Keep jars of
this in the freezer and take them out
when you are ready to use them. Once
thawed, they will last approximately
1 month in the refrigerator. At least,
thats what they tell me; Ive never had
it last long enough to find out.
Strawberry Freezer Jam
1 quart (4 cups) crushed

fresh strawberries
4 cups sugar
1 package (1.75 ounce) dry pectin
3/4 cup water
Mix crushed strawberries with sugar

and let stand for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, stir the pectin into the water in
a small saucepan and bring to a boil

over medium-high heat. Boil for one
minute. Stir the boiling water into the
strawberries. Allow to stand for three
minutes before pouring into small
glass jars or plastic containers. Place
lids on the containers and let them sit
for 24 hours. Place into freezer and
store frozen until ready to use.
Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp
Strawberries and rhubarb are a perfect combination, blending sweet and
sour. If you cant find fresh rhubarb,
you can use frozen.
1 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons flour
3 cups sliced fresh strawberries
3 cups diced rhubarb
1 & 1/2 cups flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup rolled oats
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a

large bowl, mix white sugar, 3 tablespoons flour, strawberries and rhubarb. Place the mixture in a 9x13
baking dish. Mix 1 & 1/2 cups flour,
brown sugar, butter and oats until
crumbly. You may want to use a pastry cutter for this. Crumble on top
of the strawberry-rhubarb mixture.
Bake 45 minutes or until crisp and
lightly-browned. Serve warm with ice
cream or whipped cream.
Michael Meade graduated

from the Culinary Institute
of America in Hyde Park,
New York, worked at Jacks
Oyster House in Albany
and is currently sous-chef at
Thunder Mountain Curry
in Troy.
Questions and comments are
welcome at
Michaelmeade1215@yahoo.com
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Chorus Rehearsal
The Albany Gay Mens Chorus rehearses on Tuesday evenings
from 6:45 to 9:00pm at the First Lutheran Church.
For more information: www.albanygmc.org, E-mail: albanygmc@yahoo.com, Voice-mail: (518) 459-7563 or join us
on Facebook at: Albany Gay Mens Chorus - AGMC.
Movie Night-Second Tuesday of each month

We will begin at 5PM at Harveys Pub, 14 Phila Street Saratoga
Springs,. From there, we can decide who wants to see what movies and leave accordingly for Bowtie Cinemas.
Lesbian Networking Breakfast
We meet on the third Thursday of each month, at the Country
Corner Caf on Church Street in the upstairs dining room at 7:30
am. Latecomers are welcome.
Monthly GLBTQ Support Group
Second Sunday of the Month
Fallstaff Building, Skidmore College
3-4:30pm.
Contact Caroline with questions:
518.857.9361
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HERES GUFFMAN by PATRICK WHITE
BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS
I would like to celebrate Pride

month by combining my passion for theatre with gay mens
causes and no one better exemplifies that then one of my
oldest friends Joe Norton. A
celebrated and accomplished
playwright, he turned his love for
theatre into a career with one of
the worlds leading philanthropic causes:
Broadway Cares/Equity
Fights Aids.
Could you give a brief

history of BCEFA and
how you became affiliated with it? BC/EFA
grew out of a community response to the AIDS epidemic in the
80s. Equity Fights AIDS was founded by
the Council of Actors Equity, under thenpres Colleen Dewhurst in 1987, with the
mission to raise money to care for entertainment professionals through The
Actors Funds AIDS Initiative; Broadway
Cares was founded in 1988 by The Producers Group, with the mission to raise
funds for AIDS service organizations nationwide. The two organizations officially
merged in 1992 to form the 501 (c) 3 nonprofit charity that we have today. We still
stay as close to the original mission of the
two organizations as possible: we raise
money in the theatre community, which
we use to make grants to support direct
care services for people living with HIV/
AIDS and other illnesses. Every year, half
of the money we raise goes to six health
programs of the Actors Fund, the other
half goes out to over 450 AIDS and family
services nationwide, and even to some organizations in other countries. Of course,
weve expanded our mission just enough
to include grants for meals services for
the homebound, and when the community requests it and the board approves,
for emergency relief efforts, things like
that. But were still very much focused on
HIV/AIDS. We have a lot of fun affecting
change. Theatre people are inexhaustible.
After my own HIV diagnosis in 1992, I
started working with AIDS orgs to stay
healthy, and to join the fight. It took me
away from theatre for a while, but I came
back by working for BC/EFA, first as a
producer, then as head of our Outreach
dept. Its the perfect storm of passion for
me: making theatre, building communities, and fighting AIDS.
What is BCEFAs role in the publicized
End Aids campaign? Is that NYS
BOH? Thats the Governors campaign
(with the NYS DOH), to which hes assigned a task force consisting of many BC/
EFA grantees and individual supporters.
As an organization, we support the effort
in theory, but we dont pay for it. We do
grant annually to at least a dozen major
service organizations represented on that
task force, though. And I know some of
those individuals personally. Theyre doing good work.
But for those of us who have been living

with HIV for a long time (Ill be 23 years
poz this June), fighting AIDS means surviving towards normalcy, managing side
effects of medication, dealing with finances and insurance issues, bodily changes
and breakdowns, dentists, etc. But even
in our own age group, there is still the issue of stigma. That hasnt changed all that
much.
What does fighting AIDS look like

theses days? Very different than it did
in the 80s and 90s and early 2000s, but
then again, some the same. AIDS is not
in the news much anymore, because
people are living and not dying. But
stigma still exists, especially in some of
the places we fund, people still need services to stay healthy and alive. Marriage
is the gay hot issue now (my husband
and I support it, obviously), so in some
sense, the fight against AIDS is folded
into the fight for human rights, whereas
it used to be at the top of the gay fight.
Thats why Im grateful for the Campaign
to End AIDS. They are addressing the
current state of the disease by including
discussions on PreP and PEP prevention
toward our youth (especially important
in the age of social media hookups). Personally, I was on the fence at first about
PreP and PEP; you know, use condoms,
safe sex, what we learned in my time.
Now, though, I see real value in offering
up some options that young adults will
really go for; health safety must include
realistic options for a new generation, including the ones that I heard about when
I was their age. This in itself is a political
issue, too, which is another thing about
fighting AIDS that has changed and yet
remains exactly the same politics is a
very big deal. Discrimination is back (it
never really went away), just under a different cause marriage. Again, when
someone speaks out against gay marriage,
HIV is always under there, and many
anti-gay politicians still use HIV/AIDS
as a scare tactic to create a moral judgement. What horrifies me is a whole new
group of young voters who follow them
and support these views. Luckily, all our
hard work has not been for nothing, and
there is indeed a very articulate, organized and impassioned group of pro-gay
young voters to fight them back. Violence
towards gay people still exists, yet we have
our own social media campaigns to battle
it, the field is a little more even now. It
Gets Better, GSAs in schools and queers
on TV. This is progress, sure. A large part
of fighting AIDS now happens on-line.
Technology can and does work for us.
How does BCEFA celebrate Pride

month? How about you? Before Broadway Bares (our annual fundraiser) got so
big, BC/EFA used to organize a Broadway
contingency for the NYC Pride parade.
Now we just dont have time. But many of
us on staff and in the community march
with other groups. As it stands, Im usually working out of town that week. But
when Im here, my husband and I march
with Assemblyman Daniel ODonnell,
whos an old friend and one of the best
guys in Albany and in NYC, really one
of the best. After the parade, he buys us
lunch, and then we go home and put on
the A/C and watch TV. Im too old for the
bars and parties, but its nice to see.
Why do you think theatre is especially
powerful and vocal in gay rights issues?
Because weve always been powerful and
vocal on anything to do with stories about
people. And weve always been an inclusive and a protective community. Many
of us found ourselves in theatre, a place
where we can be ourselves and be like
each other, a place where we can tell our
stories without fear of prejudice, at least at
first. We pay that foreward. Many of the
big players now on Broadway are openly
gay, have been for decades. Gay people
are so awesome, and now we run the
show, literally. But also, because of our
craft and our field, we know how to work
together, how to organize, how to market
and produce, and how to perform. Want
to throw a rally? Call your local theatre.
What is the play that changed your life?
I only get to pick one? Oh, jeez. As a gay
man, Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein. As a poz man, The Normal Heart
by Larry Kramer. As an artist, True West
by Sam Shepard. I can give you more if
you want.
Patrick White is a Capital Region actor, director and teacher who is currently directing Clever Little Lies by Joe DiPietro opening July 10th
at Curtain Call Theatre in Latham.
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Your Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Com m unity Center since 1970
OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE

Center Support: Offering low-cost counseling, and peer
support groups such as Mens Group, Womens Group,
and Family and Friends of LGBTQ people. Also
providing comprehensive and culturally specific referrals
for LGBTQ individuals. Our Rainbow Caf has been
offering peer support opportunities and vital referrals
since 1971 and is an open community space for
recurring events such as Game Nights & Supper
Sundays.
Center Youth: Providing support, outreach & advocacy
for LGBTQ youth ages 18 and under. Programs include
3 regional youth groups, Albany Youth Organizing!
(AYO!) Drop in Space through a partnership with St.
Anne Institute, HIV testing, civic engagement, the
Center Youth Action Team, opportunities with state and
local legislators, and annual events like the Alternative
Prom and Youth in Power! Camp. Pride Center staff
also support schools in 11 counties by providing
training for staff and students on how to support
LGBTQ youth.
Training & Education Services: Creating safer spaces
and services for LGBTQ people in the Capital Region by
offering comprehensive trainings for mental health and
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and governmental agencies. Our nationally-known
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individualized trainings for entities seeking to improve
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Center Arts: Our Romaine Brooks Gallery is a creative

space and outlet for LGBTQ artists and themed work. The
gallery is located on the first floor of the Pride Center. The
LGBTQ Book Club also meets monthly to discuss works
written by LGBTQ authors.
Trans Pride: Promoting the wellbeing of transgender
and gender non-conforming communities in a safe,
empowering space through social opportunities,
community building, peer support, resource sharing
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Vintage Pride: Connecting LGBTQ older adults to each
other and to the broader community with monthly social
gatherings, special events, educational and leadership
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Business Alliance: Business Alliance members gain

exclusive visibility, ways to leverage customer allegiance
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Mixers to meet up with friends, distribute business
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Capital PRIDE: As the producer of the largest annual
Capital Pride celebration in Upstate NY, the Pride Center
brings a record breaking 30,000 festival and parade
attendees, and 35,000 people celebrating throughout
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CommUNITY Magazine: The Pride Centers monthly
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Voices of Unity (for Transgender
people of color): 2nd & 4th Wednesday
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Groups listed above meet at
In Our Own Voices
245 Lark St., Albany
(518) 432-4188
YouthPride! A student led meeting that
centers around helping LGBTQ students
and allied students discuss matters in our
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The Fashionable and the Frivolous

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with 3 of the Centers Executive Directors, from Keith

in fundraising. She has been

So stay tuned as we being a

Be well and be empowered!

accepted the position of Vice

fore. In leaving the Center,

Thank You Curran,

Rosy Galvan, MSW (Program Director)

Rainbow Caf is the Pride Centers oldest

While we still have a long way to go to reach

email rgalvan@capitalpridecenter.org for info.

True Pride Parades from the Inside Out

PRIDE MONTH continues in Hudson

PRIDE MONTH comes to Schenectady

We Love to Hear What Made PRIDE

Wear your PRIDE No Accessory Needed

(Alan dresses up from the inside on pg. 32)

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