posted by Seymour Blue, on March 31, 2010, at 2:33 pm
By Seymour Blue & Michael
Buffalo’s first same-sex couple took advantage of the domestic partnership registry this morning. It was none other than the infamous Kitty Lambert and her long time partner Cheryle Rudd. Congratulations to them both.
Despite expectations, and city officials hesitations to pass the registry and domestic partnership benefits due to cost, there were [...]
posted by Seymour Blue, on March 30, 2010, at 3:54 pm
(Updated 3/30/10, 5:36PM)
Council Member David Rivera Center Left, Council Member Mike LoCurto Center Right
A coalition lead by Council Members David Rivera and Mike LoCurto successfully convinced the Buffalo Common Council to pass domestic partnership benefits by a vote of 8-1. Several weeks ago the Council passed a domestic partnership registry where committed couples can [...]
posted by Seymour Blue, on March 29, 2010, at 1:54 pm
Corey Mohr/pinkBFLO.com
Domestic partnership benefits are once again coming before the Buffalo Common Council this Tuesday, March 30. As you’ll recall, several weeks ago they were tabled so that the Common Council could study the financial impact of such a program. This was despite overwhelming evidence that there would be next to no financial impact.
Councilman [...]
posted by Michael Edward, on March 29, 2010, at 11:56 am
A quick followup to my prior post on Wendy Williams (and more proof as to why I love her).
The Advocate reports that gay activist Tony Haze was watching The Wendy Williams Show, and when discussing the season premier of Dancing With the Stars, she said “No homo, but I thought Pam Anderson looked great.” (I [...]
posted by Seymour Blue, on March 29, 2010, at 11:18 am
Forgive me for digressing from my usual rant of homo-centric politics, but rumor has it that the University at Buffalo is scouting for a car-share company. If you’re unfamiliar with a car-share, it’s basically just as it sounds, people sharing vehicles. Car-share programs have seen varying degrees of success throughout the country, with the most [...]