Camille is a twentysomething working in the LGBT nonprofit industry. She runs an LGBT news blog at gaywrites.org.
Though Hurricane Sandy is long gone, every day we learn more about the devastating damage the storm caused along the East Coast, especially in New York and New Jersey. On Monday, officials from the Ali Forney Center, a shelter for homeless LGBT youth in New York City, announced one of their locations suffered serious damages as well. According to executive director Carl Siciliano, the organization’s drop-in center located in Chelsea, half a block from the Hudson River, was struck badly by the superstorm: Read more
It’s time! In this historical election, four states are voting on the rights of same-sex couples to marry. We’ll have more extensive coverage of the results in each state later tonight on this site. The terms are slightly different in each state, so if you’re voting in one of these four states, here’s a quick breakdown of what each marriage measure means: Read more