Poughkeepsie, New York Gay Bars Lbian Clubs - Maps, Lks, Drivg Directns
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- NEW YORK LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS POUGHKEEPSIE
NEW YORK LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
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The Hudson Valley is a great place to be gay—the annual LGBTQ pri paras draws crowds the thoands every year. But the queer muny needs more than one day per year to celebrate their pri and sometim you want to go where everybody knows you’re gay. So if you’re on the hunt for ol, clive, and safe spac to live your bt gay life, try this curated list of queer spac and events to enjoy some good gay pany all year long.
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But there has long been a vibrant gay life the Valley, and is fally g out om unr the “gaydar.
” Here, we prent snapshots of some of the regn’s diverse LGBTQ members, take a look at var aspects of gay life (om socializg to school), and lve to some of the most prsg issu — cludg bullyg — facg this growg muny.
It’s a problem for many fay typ, not jt gay upl, bee some children are raised by their grandparents, by multiple parents, and so on. Dan, who is 42 and works for the state Supreme Court system, was about 19 when he fally admted to himself that he was gay, and then he me out to his parents.
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She never specifilly said anythg about beg a gay uple, ” says Stt. We’ve not had very many ments about beg gay dads to our fac, ” says Stt.
Now 81, Hay says that beg gay 2012 is much different than was the ’70s. When Hay me out, sger Ana Bryant was a vol opponent of homosexualy. “They loved him as much as I did, ” says Hay, who not that the attu of the untry towards gays is creasgly more favorable.
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When the uple moved to Kgston after Wae’s retirement, Hay joed the group Parents, Fai, and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG). “In 2005, a lbian uple who had moved to the area iated plans for a gay pri march and ftival, ” he says. “They did that jt bee gay people were makg plans.
In 2009, Hay — along wh hundreds of others — ma the trip to Albany to lobby for gay marriage. It not only helps gay people but also the muny at large, by helpg them to unrstand what’s gog on and buildg muny relatns. Spreadg the word: Patrick Decker (left) and hband Stephan Hengst are the bras behd the Web se Big Gay Hudson Valley.
“What we see now is a lot of queri g about gay tourism, ” says Decker. Photograph urty of Big Gay Hudson Valley.
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Spreadg the word Patrick Decker (left) and hband Stephan Hengst are the bras behd the Web se Big Gay Hudson Valley.
He’s never left the regn, partly bee — as a gay man — he’s found the Hudson Valley to be very welg. So, four years ago, he and his hband Stephan Hengst (the duo wed Amsterdam 2009) lnched the Big Gay Hudson Valley (BGHV) Web se.
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’ But we said, ‘No, let’s ll what is — this is gay. Whether anizg large events or offerg remendatns of gay-iendly bs, nnectg people and helpg the muny are the ultimate goals of Big Gay Hudson Valley. Today, Big Gay Hudson Valley is a growg muny rource.
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The Web se provis an extensive list of gay-iendly thgs to do, plac to eat and stay, and other lol servic.
“We’re movg very much the tourism directn right now, ” says Decker, notg that they’ve recently lnched a partnership wh Hudson Valley Tourism and will be holdg a gay-centered tourism nference November.