Fancial problems have thst Out Alliance, a proment voice Rochter's gay muny, to upheaval and put s future qutn.
Contents:
- THE GAY ALLIANCE OF THE GENEE VALLEY
- ROCHTER, NY GAY CY GUI
- GAY ALLIANCE OPENS NEW LGBTQ ROURCE CENTER
- OUT ALLIANCE / GAY ALLIANCE
- ROCHTER GAY ALLIANCE
THE GAY ALLIANCE OF THE GENEE VALLEY
* rochester gay alliance *
The Gay Alliance of the Genee Valley is the primary advote for the lol LGBTQ Communi. Out Alliance, which was known for s by s rporate name of the Gay Alliance of the Genee Valley, was formed 1973.
Like so many gay advocy groups, was born out of the Stonewall rts of 1969 and subsequent grassroots activism. In the se of Out Alliance, s roots took hold at the Universy of Rochter, where a group of stunts 1970 formed the Rochter Gay Liberatn Front.
ROCHTER, NY GAY CY GUI
As the group’s membership grew to clu people unaffiliated wh the universy, renamed self the Gay Alliance of the Genee Valley and rporated 1973.
GAY ALLIANCE OPENS NEW LGBTQ ROURCE CENTER
The agency has fought for equal rights, om solidifyg domtic partnership laws to gay marriage, nducted social work, and lnched tn programs for schools and workplac lolly and natnwi. Bs Watts, a longtime gay rights activist and print of Pri at Work AFL-CIO Rochter Fger Lak Regn, an anizatn for LGBTQ and allied unn members, said was cril for the muny that Out Alliance work out s problems. Communy Outreach/EdutnGeneral PublicMediaInformatn/EdutnAdult EdutnBs and Profsnal NetworksIn-Hoe LibraryNewspapers/PublitnsReferrals to Lol LGBT-Friendly BsLegalNotary Public at no chargePhysil HealthLGBT Friendly ReferralsThe Gay Alliance works closely wh regnal Lears such as AIDS Care and the Rochter Victory Alliance to provi t, screeng, enuragg participatn HIV vacce trials, etc.
Some trace this back to Gee Eastman, who never married or had any known girliends and was subsequently believed by some to have been gay. ) By the 1950s Eastman Kodak was said to have a populatn of gay male employe who may not have been "out" the way we thk of , but didn't entirely keep a secret eher. A pot of pri for the Rochter GLBTQ muny is The Empty Closet, found 1971 at the Universy of Rochter by a stunt group lled the Gay Liberatn Front.
OUT ALLIANCE / GAY ALLIANCE
3 All back issu of The Empty Closet may be viewed onle urty of the Gay Alliance and UR's Rh Rhe Library. In 1973 the Gay Liberatn Front voted to spl to two anizatns: a UR stunt group (known as the Pri Network sce 2002) and a muny group lled The Gay Alliance of the Genee Valley. The Gay Alliance remas active today as the regn's premier GLBTQ anizatn.
The Gay Alliance is also rponsible for Rochter's annual Pri Week, kicked off by the unfurlg of an enormo rabow flag (some three stori long) the Cy Hall atrium. Another historil note is the 1986 electn of Tim Mas to the Rochter Cy Council, makg him New York State’s first openly-gay elected official. Prr thereto he had been active the Gay Liberatn Front and had wrten for The Empty Closet.
ROCHTER GAY ALLIANCE
Bronson is the only openly gay polician reprentg Rochter and the surroundg regn. 5 Communy profile se ePodunk giv Rochter a "gay x" of 161, wh the natnal average beg 100.