Posts Tagged ‘Gay-rights’

Two Local Students Attend Presidential Inauguration

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on . Posted in News Our Town, Our Town

Two lucky Upper East Side high school students recently had the experience of a lifetime: attending the second inauguration of President Obama. Lucy Featherston, 14, and Sidney Roubin, 15, are both ninth-graders at Hewitt, an all-girls’ private school on East 75th Street. “The moment my mom told me we had tickets, I said, ‘We have
[ read more... ]

Be the first to comment on this post

No Fire and Brimstone Ending

Written by NY Press on . Posted in Opinion and Column, Opinion Our Town, Opinion West Side Spirit, Our Town, West Side Spirit

alan by Alan Chartock Conservative predictions about gay marriage haven’t come true What was all the fuss about? Gays and lesbians wanted to marry. You’d have thought the world was going to explode. Nothing made for better news copy. Some evangelicals literally raised hell; we were Sodom and Gomorrah. God would punish us. Leviticus in the
[ read more... ]

Be the first to comment on this post

Senator Tom Duane Opens Up on Leaving Albany

Written by Alan Krawitz on . Posted in News OTDT, Our Town Downtown, Politics

Supported tenant’s rights, LGBT issues for more than 20 years New York State Sen. Tom Duane surprised both political insiders and constituents alike last month when he announced he would not be running for re-election after representing a district that stretched from the Upper West Side to Greenwich Village to the East Village for the
[ read more... ]

Be the first to comment on this post

..