Latest Updates

15 June, 2009 - Add One in 10 Screenplay Contest
02 July, 2009 - Fix outdated information on Oasis Dance Club and add The Dallas Principles
24 Oct, 2009 - Add Philip Spooner video (below)
24 Oct, 2009 - Add Lt. Dan Choi to links and home page
30 Nov, 2009 - Add news links (below)
17 Dec, 2009 - Add Diane Savino video (below)

NYS Senator Diane Savino speaks on the Marriage Equality bill

Senator Savino speaks on Marriage Equality Albany, NY December 2, 2009.

News Links - Stuff You Should Read

Pastor Rick Warren won’t condemn law punishing homosexuality with death

Author: ‘The Family’ behind proposed Ugandan law that would execute HIV+ men

If these made you at all curious about "The Family", check out the next link.

Jeff Sharlet, The Family, 2008

Philip Spooner

Testimony given for and against Maine's marriage equality bill on April 22, 2009. Nearly 4,000 people attended the hearing, with marriage equality supporters out-numbering the opposition 4 to 1.

Lt. Daniel Choi Visits Syracuse

On Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 the Syracuse University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center sponsored a lecture by Lt. Daniel Choi at the Hendricks Chapel on the Syracuse University Campus.  Choi’s lecture, “Truth and Consequences: One Man’s Fight to Openly Serve His Country,” detailed his story as a West Point graduate, an Iraq War veteran, and an openly gay Korean American.

On Mar. 19, 2009, Lt. Dan Choi announced that he was gay on The Rachel Maddow Show. Because of three words – “I am gay” – Lt. Choi’s life changed forever. Despite his value as a fluent Arabic speaker, one month after his announcement, Lt. Dan Choi was notified that the Army had begun discharge proceedings against him. He was one of only eight soldiers from his graduating class who majored in Arabic.  Lt. Dan Choi was born in Orange County, California. A first generation American, his parents emigrated from Korea.

One of BARA's friends in Binghamton attended and sent along the following photos taken at the event.

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