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2011 (END of the YEAR)
-- STONEWALL VETERANS ASSOCIATION'S
POWERFUL + POPULAR WEBSITE HITS OVER 6 MILLION VERIFIED VISITS in
2011
SVA's popular, educational and powerful website had another banner
year! The total amount of verified visits to the S.V.A. website
were 6,194,161. The most popular webfiles include the "Songs
Of The Stonewall" (ten different files), the 1969 "Stonewall Car",
"Stonewall: The Era, The People, The Club and The Rebellion" and
"S.V.A. Business & Political Advertisers". To view the
informative and interesting statistics, see: http://www.STONEWALLvets.org/stats/2011_12.html.
December 31st, 2011 -- NEW
YEAR'S EVE
Saturday,
December 31 -- NO
S.V.A. MEETING THIS
DECEMBER on NEW YEAR'S EVE
The SVA's "Bi-Laws"
dictate that: "The S.V.A. shall not meet on the last
Saturday of any month when said day is a national holiday such as
Christmas or a semi-holiday such as New Year's Eve".
Further, the S.V.A. polls its members and, this year,
meeting on New Year's Eve had replies: "No way!" "It's not
necessary!" I don't want to travel on New Year's Eve!"
"Definitely not!" "I won't be in town!" "On New
Year's Eve, all day, eve and night, I stay in and never go out!"
"Of
course... not!" "I'll be home for New Year's Eve!" "Count me out!"
Upcoming: The
next regular monthly meeting of the S.V.A. shall be on
Saturday, January 28th, 2012 @ 4:15 p.m. with guest speakers "Mr.
January" NYC Councilman Steve Levin
of Brooklyn and "Miss January" Community Board #1 President Julie Menin of Manhattan @ 5
p.m. at the New York City GLBT Center.
Friday, December 30 -- BIRTHDAY: SHARI CLEMONS,
2nd VICE-PRESIDENT of PRIDE DEMOCRATS
Friday,
December 30 -- BIRTHDAY:
STEVEN GRADMAN, 1st VICE-PRESIDENT of PRIDE DEMOCRATS
Thursday, December 29 -- SVA'S
OFFICE MANAGER ANDRE CHRISTIE'S BIRTHDAY
Wednesday, December 28 -- BIRTHDAY: MARY "LEADER OF THE PACK" WEISS,
LEAD SINGER of THE SHANGRI-LAS and LEADER of "THE SWEETHEARTS
of THE STONEWALL"
Monday, December 26 -- GRAMMY AWARDS
ANNOUNCED THAT SUPREME DIANA ROSS SHALL (FINALLY) RECEIVE the
"GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD"
Sunday, December 25th -- CHRITMAS DAY_
(NATIONAL HOLIDAY)
* MERRY CHRISTMAS
"A Christmas Gift To
You": #1 popular Stonewall Christmas album
with Stonewall Jukebox singles namely "Christmas Baby" by
Darlene Love,
"Sleigh Ride" by Ronnie Spector & The Ronettes,
"Parade Of The Wooden
Soldiers" by The Crystals and "Here Comes Santa Claus" by
Bob B. Soxx
& The Blue Jeans. They were on a two songs per side
promotional record
and "Christmas" by Darlene was released as its own
hit single (many years).
Note: Over 40 years later, this
classic album is still available... on C/D!
Saturday, Christmas Eve -- "CHRISTMAS
SONGS OF THE STONEWALL" on WCBS-FM RADIO IN NEW YORK
For the
entire Christmas 3-day weekend in the Tri-State area (NY/CT/NJ),
you can hear most of the holiday songs from the original Stonewall
Club jukebox! Listen to the Christmas songs of Darlene Love,
Frank Sinatra, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Beach Boys, Barbra
Streisand, Stevie Wonder, The Ronettes, Frankie Valli & The
Four Seasons, Julie Andrews, Bobby 'Boris' Pickett, The Crystals, The
Temptations and so many other wonderful artists and songs.
WCBS-FM is at 101.1 on the radio!
Saturday, December 24 --
STONEWALL
BIRTHDAY: STORME DeLARVERIE, AMBASSADOR of the S.V.A., 91!
Friday, December 23 -- DARLENE
LOVE SINGING "CHRISTMAS" on "THE LATE SHOW"
This yearly television tradition for a
quarter-of-a-century has 1960s to the present songstress Darlene Love performing her
famous rock 'n' roll 'n' soul holiday song "Christmas, Baby Please Come
Home". It was the #1 Christmas song at The Stonewall Club
year after year. The song was remarkably written by by
Ellie Greenwich and outstandingly produced by Phil Spector, both former
supporters of the S.V.A. Darlene still is!
"CBPCH" was great to dance to and act out
at Stonewall! Tonight's performance is
replete with a big girl group chorus, full-string orchestra and
stage effects. It airs on CBS-TV @ 11:35 p.m. (EST). Once you see this wonderful
holiday outing, you'll know that Christmas is thisclose!
Thursday, December 22 -- S.V.A.
WEBSITE HITS 6+ MILLION 'VERIFIED' VISITS for 2011
Congratulations to the STONEWALL
Veterans' Association for its continued educational, powerful
and entertaining website! The most frequented files, numbering in
hundreds of thousands of visits per webfile yearly, include: "The
Stonewall Car", "Songs of The Stonewall Club" and "Stonewall: The
Era, The Club, The People, The Rebellion" and "Broadway Cares / Equity
Fights AIDS". To see the impresssive, interesting and revealing
S.V.A. web statistics and which webfiles are the most popular,
visit:
http://www.STONEWALLvets.org/stats and
simply scroll down to "2011".
Wednesday,
December 21 --
ASSEMBLYMAN
KEITH WRIGHT'S
"HOLIDAY HOUSE PARTY"
The debonair NYS
Assemblyman and lively New
York County Democratic Leader Keith
L. Wright hosts his
annual "Holiday House Party". There is always plenty of drinks,
foods and music, including "Christmas Songs of The Stonewall"!
The S.V.A. is represented by Williamson;
the IQKNY by Jenni Egan
and PRIDE Dems by Steven Gradman.
It happens in the landmark Harlem State Office
Building at 163 West 125 Street near Lenox Avenue in
Manhattan, N.Y. Look for the holiday-lighted 30-foot Christmas
tree out on the plaza! Trains: 1, 2, 3, "A" and "C".
For more 411, phone (212) 866-5809.
Festivities shine @ 4 p.m. til 7 p.m.
Tuesday, December 20 -- HAPPY CHANUKAH -- the First of Eight Nights
Monday, December 19 -- HOLIDAY PARTY of DOWNTOWN
INDEPEDENT DEMOCRATS
The
Downtown Independent
Democrats ("D.I.D.") host their annual "DID Holiday
Party". The D.I.D. invites you to join colleagues, politicos
and friends for delicious Italian appetizers, soft drinks, wine
and beer. Confirmed guests include City Council Speaker
Christine Quinn and Manhattan
Community Board #1 President
Julie
Menin. Special invite sent to the S.V.A. from D.I.D.
president and hostess
Jeanne Wilcke.
The happy holiday happening is at Il Piccolo Bufalo
Restaurant at 141 Mulberry Street, between Grand Street and Canal
Street, in Little Italy, Manhattan. Via subway, take the "N", "R"
"Q" or #6 to the Canal Street Station. Party lights up @ 6 p.m.
until 8 p.m.
Sunday,
December 18, 2011 -- WILLIAMSON
on WCBS-FM RADIO in NEW YORK
For the #1 radio station in the Tri-State area, their
kick-off of Christmas Holiday Week featured the greatest holiday hits
of the 1960s. The SVA's Williamson
was on 'live' with a request of the #1 holiday song at the original
Stonewall Club in Greenwich Village: "Christmas, Baby Pleaae Come
Home". Radio D.J. commented that it was a favorite of
his and a great choice!
Saturday, December 17 -- SVA'S
"STONEWALL CHRISTMAS CORDIALS + HOLIDAY BANQUET"
The actual
S.V.A. "Christmas Tree" invitation card is shown above! (It opens up with the 411.)
The SVA's
"
Stonewall Holiday Banquet"
is a cherished yearly event for
actual SW-Vetz and core supporters. It honors the original
Christmas gatherings at the original Stonewall Club.
To the young Stonewall
patrons then, it was the holiday with their second, if not
first, family! Now, the red or green cordials, and
incredible banquet, are at the grand-new, elegant
Onegin Restaurant at 391 Avenue of the Americas at Greenwich
Avenue in Greenwich Village. Informatively hosted by S.V.A.
Director
Williamson.
Keynote speaker is an Xmas surprise!
Babsala Lynne presents S.V.A.
website plans for new year.
Mendi
Seltzer distributes Gay Pride gifts. Original "Christmas
Songs of The Stonewall Club" are played by D.J.
AnDre. Photography by
Ro-Ro. Wear something red!
$100 per guest.
Glasses
cling clang @ 5 p.m. Banquet starts @ 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, December 13 -- CONGRESSMEMBER
CAROLYN MALONEY'S HOLIDAY PARTY
New York Congressmember, and former S.V.A. Co-Chair,
Carolyn Maloney hosts this "
East Side Holiday Party".
The venue returns to the Marymount Manhattan College in the
rustic Peruggi Room. City
Councilman
Dan Garodnick co-hosts.
Canned goods are collected for the Jon Hus Presbyterian
Church food pantry. MMC is at 221 East 71 Street
between Second and Third Avenues on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
Festivities start @ 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Monday, December 12
-- STONEWALL SINGER DARLENE
LOVE at B.B. KING'S NIGHTCLUB
Miss Darlene Love,
the ultimate voice of rock 'n' roll 'n' soul Christmas makes her
yearly pilgrimage to perform in New York City year for the
holidays! Darlene is best known for her #1 hit "He's A
Rebel" with The Crystals and also for her knock-out holiday song,
"Christmas, Baby Please Come Home". She will sing her pop
hits especially the Stonewall Club Gay Marriage theme
song "Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry"! This year,
Darlene is again at B.B. King's Nightclub off Times Square
on West 42 Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues @ 8 p.m.
For more 411, call (212) 997-4144.
Monday, December 12 ---
N.Y.C.
MAYOR-4-LIFE ED KOCH'S INCREDIBLE 87TH BIRTHDAY
Sunday, December 11 -- CONGRESSMAN
JOE CROWLEY'S HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
Congressman Joe Crowley's
"Holiday Celebration" is the premier Christmas party in
Queens, New York City. This holiday event is at the
famous World's Fair original building New York Hall of Science in
Flushing Meadows Crotona Park. The exact address is 47-01 111th
Street, Corona, N.Y. Via train, take the #7 to the 111th Street
Station and walk three blocks. For more location
411 and direx, visit www.NYSci.org.
Evening festivities begin @ 6 p.m.until
9 p.m.
Friday, December 9 -- BIRTHDAY:
ROGERS HUNT, S.V.A. COMPUTER CONSULTANT
Wednesday, December 7 -- DIED: STONEWALL
JUKEBOX SINGER DOBIE GRAY with GAY THEME SONG "THE IN-CROWD" @ 69
Saturday, December 3 --
CONGRESSWOMAN YVETTE CLARKE'S BIRTHDAY
PARTY
U.S. Congresswoman
Yvette
Clarke's fun- and fund-raiser birthday party blasts off @ 8 p.m.
Special guests include NYC Public Advocate
Bill De Blasio, NYS Assemblymember
Hakeem Jeffries and, of course,
legendary former NYC Councilmember (aka Yvette's mother)
Una T. Clarke. The S.V.A. is
represented by
Williamson, who
brings some "Songs Of The Stonewall"! [SVA-Ed's note: They were
played!] This year the event is at scenic and spacious Kai
Studio, known for its art exhibitions, at 1011 Dean Street, between
Franklin and Classon Avenues, in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn,
New York. Closest subways are the "A" and "C" to Franklin Avenue
Station. General admission: $100. Please RSVP to
Maritza Myers at (718)
940-2008 at Clarke for Congress! For more venue 411, visit:
www.KaiStudioBK.com/about.about.html.
Thursday, December 1, 2011 -- WORLD AIDS DAY: REMEMBRANCE
Saturday, November 26 -- STONEWALL
VETERANS' ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING
Every November the S.V.A.
reviews its current year happenings and outlines plans for
the next year. Meeting starts at the New York GLBT
Community Center @ 4:15 p.m. Williamson
presides! Guest speaker, "Mr.
November", is NYS Assemblyman and Brooklyn congressional candidate
(10th District) Hakeem S. Jeffries. The
S.V.A. soon expects which event will the guest be NYS Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. For your 411,
AMC knows S.V.A. since the Summer of 1977, likely longer than you.
After the meeting is the "Stonewall Thanksgiving Turkey
Treat" for Stonewallers only!
Guests may attend on their own. For Thanksgiving, S.V.A. is
grateful for every Stonewall veteran who has survived the past
four decades, particularly with the "Stonewall Steelers", the AIDS War
and the Gay self-haters, and continues to support the
historical, educational and social importance of the STONEWALL V. A.!
Thursday, November 24 -- HAPPY
& HEALTHY THANKSGIVING from S.V.A. to U
SVA's Ruthybird as USA's Turkeybird!
Wednesday, November 23 -- SVA
TRIBUTE: MARTHA REEEVES & THE VANDELLAS
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas ("MRV")
were one of the most popular, consistent singing stars enjoyed by
Stonewall people in the jukebox and on the dance floor of The
Stonewall Club! The S.V.A. has added more album covers
of MRV, including "Come And Get These Memories", "Dance Party 2",
"Watchout!", "Live!", "Natural Resources", "Black Magic" and "Martha
Reeves & The Vandellas: The Definitive Collection", to the
S.V.A. website. Great pix! Folks, when you want to know
about music at The Stonewall Club, don't ask Motown (they were in
Detroit). When you wanna know about Stonewall people, don't
ask Dork McCall (he was in diapers in the backwoods of
Georgia!) Visit:
www.STONEWALLvets.org/songsofStonewall-7.htm
Tuesday, November 22 -- REMEMBRANCE: U.S. PRESIDENT
JOHN F. KENNEDY
President Kennedy was the ultimate favorite president for
his humanitarianism, leadership, civil rights and great looks by
virtually every Gay person, especially during the late 1960s Stonewall
Era. JFK's inspiration was greatly needed. Although he was
physically gone after November 22, 1963, due to a cowardly assassin,
President Kennedy's presence loomed large and continues with
so many. His great personna and glamorous wife Jacqueline
Kennedy, also a tremendous favorite of Gay people, helped keep his
history and image alive worldwide!
Monday, November 21 -- WEST
SIDE TOWN HALL MEETING in MANHATTAN
The STONEWALL Veterans' Association is now worldwide; however,
it has been citywide since 1969. The S.V.A. still
gets around, when invited, attending events in New York City.
Next up: Upper West Side. Six public officials will
attend. The political hootenanny is at JCC of Manhattan, 344
Amsterdam Avenue (between West 75 and 76 Street), Manhattan, NY @
7 p.m. For more 411: (212) 873-0282.
Monday, November 21 -- CONGRESSMEMBER
YVETTE CLARKE: S.V.A. FEMALE CHAIRPERSON'S BIRTHDAY
Sunday, November 20 --
TRANSGENDER
DAY of REMEMBRANCE
Sunday, November 13 -- INDUCTION
of NYC's NEWEST CONGRESSMEMBER: BOB TURNER
This is the
historical induction of the new (as a result of a special election)
Congressman, Bob Turner, from
the NY 9th District in Eastern Queens and Southeast Brooklyn.
Special guest of honor is legendary NYC mayor Ed Koch who "got the ball rolling"!
Hosted by Congressman Peter King
of Long Island. The only GLBT organization represented is
the STONEWALL Veterans' Association.
When they want something, some of the other Gay groups will
do a press release about "Our good friend, Bob"! The ceremony and
reception is at the brand-new Queens Metropolitan High School ("QMHS")
at 91-30 Metropolitan Avenue near 69th Avenue in Forest Hills, N.Y.
Take the "E" or "F" train to Forest Hills Station. Taxi or
bus Q-23 to entrance of the QMHS campus. The program
commences @ 1 p.m.
Wednesday, November 9 -- DEMOCRATIC
LEADERSHIP 21st CENTURY PRESENTS S.V.A. SUPPORTER ASSEMBLYMAN
HAKEEM JEFFRIES
Hakeem S. Jeffries has been a New
York State Assemblymember from Central Brooklyn since his election in
2006. The S.V.A. (unlike any other Gay group) has been with
him from the start when he ran in 2000 and 2002 against the
then- (now-jailed, maybe released) corrupt Brooklyn machine, i.e.,
Clarence Norman and Roger Green. In contrast, honorable and
appealing Hakeem is now an excellent candidate for
Brooklyn's 9th Congressional District next year. This
forum is at the Belmont Lounge in Manhattan on East 15 Street
between Park Avenue SAouth and irving Place off Union Square @ 7 p.m.
Tuesday, November 8 -- SVA-ER BIRTHDAY:
JITTERZ GREENFIELD of NEW JERSEY
Monday, November 7 -- REMEMBERING MICHAEL JACKSON
Michael Jackson's killer
x-doctor was justifyingly found g-u-i-l-t-y of the negligent
manslaughter of the world's greatest entertainer
! Michael only wanted to sleep to
get needed rest so that he could rehearse for sold-out concerts
for his world fans. The paralyzing knock-out drug that Doctor
Death repeatedly injected into MJJ was not for home use!
It requires monitoring and is only for use by
anesthesiologists in hospitals! The conviction of
the unrepetent
and now
former doctor does not bring back MJJ but it does
serve cold justice! To quote a Michael Jackson & J-5 song:
"Forever Came Today"!
Monday, November 7, 2011 -- JOE FRAZIER, HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING
CHAMPION, DIES
"Stonewall" connection? Smokin'
Joe Frazier magnanimously served as
bisexual
Emile Griffith's
'Best Man' in upstate New York even with the wedding billed as a
publicity stunt to attempt to dissuade longtime Gay rumors about Emile.
Indeed, Emile's current Gay boyfriend was front and center as
were many of Emile's Gay friends. Joe met several Stonewall
veterans namely
Williamson,
Sonia Attlkiss,
Leigh McManus,
Adrienne Seiden and, of course,
Emile! Mr. Frazier, a
welcoming and accepting person, was in the wedding party the
same year that he beat Cassius Clay, now Muhammed Ali, in the
big-billed heavyweight boxing bout at Madison Square Garden
. Joe won! Born in South
Carolina; Joe Frazier, survived by 11 children and 33
grandchildren (that's 44 right there), died at 67 in Philadelphia.
Joe Frazier with SVA
Founder Williamson and his mother Mrs. Henderson
[1971 photo by Stonewall
vet Adrienne Seiden at boxer Emile Griffith's wedding]
Monday, Shocktober 31 -- 39th ANNUAL GREENWICH
VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE up AVENUE of the AMERICAS @ 7
p.m. to 10 p.m.
The greatest city in the World -- New York City -- hosts the greatest
Halloween Parade in the World! Highlights spooktacularly include:
Over 50,000 costumes, 50+ bands, the Gigantic Puppets, Michael
Jackson's "Thriller" Dancers dressed as zombies (150 choreographed
dancers), Mae West, the Village People, the Imperial Queens of New
York, Gay Super-man, the "Monster Mash" Dancers, Bar-bra Strei-sand,
the Sound of New York, Gay Batman & Gay Robin, "Glee" Cheerleaders,
Marie Antoinette(s), Pirates of the Caribbean, Pan Am Stewardesses, Gay
Spider-man, Diana Gloss, Project Jagger, Gay Wonder Woman, ET,
Desperate Househusbands, the Painted Ladies, Gay Iron Man, Eye Kandy,
Liza Min-u-li (singing "New York, New York"), Gay Hulk, the
Dancin' Statue of Liberty, Gay Sailors, Spice Girlz, Rio de Janiero
Dancers, Sonni & Cherr, The Brooklyn Bridge, Gay Popeye and, of
course, Dorothy & Friends (Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion) --
plus skeletons, drag queens, pets and ghosts galore
and many more! This year's parade has a 'Gay Marriage
in New York' happening!! Bridesmaids will be witches!
Parade line-up is Avenue of the Americas north of Canal
Street off Dominick and Broome streets near SoHo Square from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. Spectate the parade route (trick-ily shortened
by NYC) from Spring Street through Greenwich Village to West
16th Street in Chelsea. For exciting videos, thrilling pix
and haunting 411, see:
www.Halloween-NYC.com.
Saturday, October 29 -- S.V.A. MONTHLY MEETING on
HALLOWEEN WEEKEND at NEW YORK CITY G.L.B.T. CENTER in MANHATTAN, N.Y.
With "Gay History Month", the SVA's October meeting has
extra poignancy and history! October is also SVA's
yearly Halloween meeting. It is always fun as some
members and guests dress-up or at least wear some face paint!
Don't be a 'trick'; be a 'treat'! Contribute to the
S.V.A. in some way! The spooky 'n' spicey meeting is at the
New York City GLBT Center @ 4:15 p.m. until 6 p.m. Free broom
parking!
Wednesday, October 26 -- YOUTH-4-SVA BIRTHDAY: DURAN
WILSON of THE BRONX, N.Y.
Tuesday, October 25 -- S.V.A. FRIEND BIRTHDAY:
DR. DYANE KARRON of LONG BEACH, L.I.
Wednesday, October 12 -- FRIEND-of-SVA BIRTHDAY:
TOMMY OAKLEY of CLEVELAND, OHIO
Monday, October 10 -- JOIN NYS GOVERNOR
ANDREW CUOMO plus STONEWALLERS in NYC'S 67th ANNUAL COLUMBUS /
ITALIAN-AMERICAN DAY PARADE
Friday, October 7 -- S.V.A. CONFERENCE at the NYS
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE @ 4 p.m.
Wednesday, October 5
-- STONEWALL BIRTHDAY:
S.V.A. FOUNDER WILLIAMSON HENDERSON
Monday, October 3, 2011 -- NYC FIRE
DEP'T HIRES FIRST TRANSGENDER FIREFIGHTER
September -- S.V.A. BUSINESS + POLITICAL
ADS WEBFILE {just
that file} SCORES over 7,000 VISITS for
SEPTEMBER
Wednesday, September 28 -- ANNUAL
REUNION: STONEWALL COPZ + STONEWALL VETZ
The rendezvous location is Sheridan Triangle at
Stonewall Place where it all ignited! There was a stop-in by
the chief reps at the place where it all started. The Stonewall
Copz were represented by
Frank
Toscano and the Stonewall Vetz
were rep'd by
Williamson Henderson.
Afterwards, the Boys-in-Blue and the Gay Boyz had
Indian Summer drinks and pizza at Arturo's landmark restaurant on
East Houston Street in Greenwich Village. Reunion chimes @ 5 p.m.
Sunday, September 25 -- BROADWAY
CARES: 25th ANNUAL AUCTION & FLEA MARKET
BROADWAY CARES / EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS
(BC/EFA)'s annual Flea Market & Grand Auction is a benefit
with incredible and simple Broadway and off-Broadway memorabilia and
artifacts. There are autograph tables and photo
booths. Over two dozen celebrities partake. It all happens
near Times Square at famous Shubert Alley at Broadway and West 44
Street and onto Broadway Pedestrian Plaza to West 43 Street. The
unique outdoor event starts @ 11 a.m. with curtains down @ 6 p.m.
Saturday, September 24, 2011 -- STONEWALL
VETERANS STREETFAIR & MEETING
The SVA's annual "Stonewall
Streetfair" is on Greenwich Avenue from Seventh Avenue to
Avenue of the Americas spanning five blocks in the heart of Greenwich
Village from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The S.V.A.
has exhibit areas. PRIDE
Democrats and IQKNY
have info tables. Several public officials stop by to chat
up the SW-Vetz. Fred J. Berg testifies
as to legal updates. Ruthybird
reads cream of the crop letters. Mendy
Seltzer gives the political report. The September
S.V.A. meeting happens at the S.V.A. streetfair. The
meeting gusts up @ 4:15 p.m. However, the location is the
middle of (closed for the streetfair) Greenwich Avenue at Charles
Street in front of the Greenwich Village School playground.
The Rubinstein Gallery presents an
exhibition of unique art-designer boxes in all sizes for sale!
They are great for gifts or as gifts! Original water-color
prints by Denis Poncot are
available. One of his framed prints is raffled
for $5 per ticket with the drawing @ 6 p.m. You do not
have to be present to win! The gallery's
chief artist, Ruth Rubinstein, is
present for the event. The S.V.A. provides tables,
chairs and treats for members! On display and
guarded by AnDre Christie is
the 1969 "Stonewall Car"!
Friday, September 23 -- TRIBUTE to PINE VALLEY: END of
"ALL MY CHILDREN"
Williamson Henderson of SVA, Susan
Lucci of AMC and Tom Viola of BC/EFA
Susan Lucci,
the venerable and Emmy-award
winning superstar of "
All My Children"
(AMC), playing the unpredictable and notorious
Erica Kane for over four
decades, has been a favorite, and, in some cases, role model, for many
in the Gay community. The glamorous, ambitious and exciting
character Erica -- she was married ten times -- is the most
famous personna in television soap opera history!
"AMC" was ironically created by
Agnes Nixon during the Stonewall
Era. Miss Lucci auditioned for and was cast as Erica
Kane in 1969! "AMC" debuted on t.v. in January of 1970, just six
months after the Stonewall Rebellion. The show
flashbacks and surprising finale episode is today on CBS-TV @
1 p.m.
Tuesday, September 20 -- GAY
VICTORY: END of the SHAMEFUL and STUPID ANTI-GAY U.S. MILITARY
POLICY "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL" thus ALLOWING U.S. SERVICE
PERSONNEL to BE "ALL THAT THEY CAN BE" and "TO BE WHO
THEY ARE"
Sunday, September 11th, 2011 --
NATIONAL DAY of MOURNING:
TENTH ANNIVERSARY of AMERICAN CIVILIAN AIRPLANES HIJACKED,
AMERICAN CITIZENS VICTIMIZED and AMERICA'S WORLD TRADE CENTER ICONIC
TWIN TOWERS DESTROYED by EXTREMIST TERRORIST ATTACKS!!!!
Remembering all of
the Innocent Victims and Selfless Heroes,
deceased and alive, including all of the First Responders,
of the four terrorist Attacks in New York City twice at the
international World Trade Center's magnificent Twin Towers;
The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia (near Wasington DC);
and United Flight 93 in Shanksville (Somerset County),
Pennsylvania
and the other three hijacked Airliners -- American Airlines
Flight 11,
United Airlines Flight 175 and American Airlines Flight 77 --
on Tuesday the 11th of September 2001!!!!
Saturday, September 9 -- NYC COMMUNITY COMMEMORATION of
SEPTEMBER 11th
On the tragic tenth anniversary of "September 11th, 2001",
millions of people are reflecting on that day of infamy
and the decade that has passed since the terrorist attacks!!
We knew that our lives would never be the same; they're
not!! We believe that bringing people together is the
strongest and most effective way to help heal and forward. In
that spirit, the City of New York is honored to invite you to
join us on Saturday, September 10th, at Hand-in-Hand "9/11",
an event bringing people together from around the World to Lower
Manhattan to commemorate and reflect. This huge undertaking has
been tremendously organized by Julie Menin, Downtown
Manhattan's Community Board One President. (For future
reference, Miss Menin is the SVA's monthly meeting guest speaker
for October.)
On Saturday, September 10th, 2011 starting at 8:46 a.m., thousands
of people will grasp hands to form a human chain along the waterfront
from the tip of Lower Manhattan heading north. There will be
a Wall of Remembrance in historic Battery Park where you can post a
message or memento. The "9/11" Memorial Museum will keep a
portion of this wall for display for years to come. Downtown
non-profits will be hosting special community service projects
throughout the neighborhood. We invite you to get involved
and volunteer in the community. Participation
in the event is open to all; however, you must register
through the Hand-in-Hand website. We encourage you to visit
the site and register to ensure that you can
participate. We hope that you will join the tribute as
we stand hand-in-hand to remember, reflect and unite!! For all of
the event information, please visit: www.HandInHand911.org.
Tuesday, September 6
-- S.V.A. HONORARY MEMBER
and NYC MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG IS FIRST GUEST on the NEW SEASON of
"THE VIEW" DISCUSSING RECENT EVENTS of the EARTHQUAKE, the
HURRICANE and GAY MARRIAGE
Monday, September 5 -- LABOR DAY
HOLIDAY
Friday, September 2, 2011 -- S.V.A. MEETING with NYS
ASSEMBLYMAN KEITH WRIGHT at HIS OFFICE in the STATE LEGISLATIVE
BUILDING @ 5 p.m.
Monday, August 29
-- "RELOCATION"
COCKTAIL RECEPTION for S.V.A. SUPPORTER THE KURLAND GROUP at
350 Broadway at Leonard Street, Tribeca, NYC @ 7 pm to 9 pm
August 27th: DUE to that "STORMY WEATHER"
BEATCH IRENE, S.V.A. MUST CANCEL ITS FIRST MEETING in 42 YEARS --
ESPECIALLY since NYC SHUT DOWN ALL of the AIRPORTS, SUBWAYS, TRAINS and
BUSES plus the GLBT CENTER CLOSED for HURRICANE "I"; EVEN the
"GREAT WHITE WAY" (aka BROADWAY SHOWS) is CANCELLED for the WEEKEND
Saturday, August 27 --
HURRICANE
MEETING of the STONEWALL VETERANS' ASSOCIATION IS STORMED ON-LINE
plus VIA PHONE, E-MAIL and FAX
Williamson Henderson presides. S.V.A. guest speaker(s)
shall be announced soon! Liaison
Gil Horowitz reports on community
communications.
Steven Gradman delivers the public
officials' report.
Ruthybird
Campbell reads
select correspondence to the S.V.A. plus a "Dum-Dum O'Ditty" from
a Gay polly-tician!
AnDre
Christie handles the sign-ins and dues.
Except for "Hurricane Irene", meeting
would have happened @ 4:15 p.m. at New York City GLBT
Center in Greenwich Village, N.Y.
Update: Since New
York City took the hurricane action to turn off the
trains and subways and stop the buses as of 12 noon on Saturday
and, therefore, the GLBT Center decided to close, it left the S.V.A.
with no place to meet and no way to get there!! As
the Stonewall song goes, "See U In September"!
Thursday, August 25 -- LUNCHEON
MEETING at NYC CONGRESSMEMBER'S OFFICE @ 1 p.m.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 --
AMERICAN EAST COAST EARTHQUAKE in
VIRGINIA with TREMORS to 21 OTHER STATES and DC including NEW YORK
CITY and AFFECTING TENS of MILLIONS of PEOPLE
Tuesday, August 23 -- FRIEND-of-SVA
BIRTHDAY: SHELESTE WILSON of THE BRONX
Tuesday, August 23 -- ONE-YEAR REMEMBRANCE: SW-VET
IRWIN "IRV" KANE (aka "IRMA" when she did drag!)
Monday, August 22 -- SONGWRITER/SINGER NICK ASHFORD
DIES in NYC @ 69
Nickolas Ashford (born in Manhattan), along with his
four-plus decade
music
writing partner and wife,
Valerie Simpson (born in The
Bronx), composed some of the favorite Motown songs popular at
The Stonewall Club. They especially include
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's
hit duets "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Your Precious Love",
"Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing", "You're All I Need To Get By",
"Keep On Loving Me, Honey" and "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By".
There was also
Diana Ross &
The Supremes' "Some Things You Never Get
Used To",
The Fifth Dimension's
"California Soul" and
The Marvelettes'
"Destination Anywhere". Nick and Valerie not only wrote and
usually arranged these songs but produced them! As a singing duo
Ashford & Simpson had their own
hits in the 1970s and 1980s such as "Solid As A Rock". As a
lifetime smoker, throat cancer succumbed Nick.
Saturday, August 20 -- STONEWALL BIRTHDAY: BOB
ISADORE, SPOUSE of SW-VET DAVE BERMUDEZ in MASSACHUSETTS
Thursday, August 18 -- SW-VET REMEMBRANCE: MICHAEL
D. TONEY (1952-1992)
Tuesday, August 16 -- DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP of 21st CENTURY
"SUMMER SOIREE"
The DL-21C's "Summer
Soiree" is a lot of fun! Public officials confirmed
are U.S. Congressmember Carolyn
Maloney,
NYS Assemblymember Hakeem
Jeffries, NYS Senator Liz
Kruger, NYC Councilmembers Dan Garodnick and Gale Brewer and Manhattan Community
Board presidents Julie Menin (CB
#1) and Brad Hoylman. (CB #2).
S.V.A. represented by Williamson.
PRIDE Dems rep'd by Steven
Gradman. Happily hosted by Elizabeth Caputo.
Party is at Chelsea Manor on West 25th Street between
Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, N.Y.
Soiree starts @ 7 p.m.
Tuesday, August 16 -- SVA-ER
BIRTHDAY: RITA "RUSTI" ROSE of AMITYVILLE, LI
Sunday, August 14 -- FRIEND-of-SVA
BIRTHDAY - FARRELL JEANTY ARMSTRONG
Thursday, August 11 -- STONEWALL
V.A. and NEW YORK CIVIC LUNCHEON (Part 2) with COMMISSIONER
HENRY STERN and HOSTED by SVA's ANDRE CHRISTIE on the East Side of
mid-Manhattan @ 2 p.m.
Tuesday, August 9 -- NYC MAYOR
BLOOMBERG'S ANNUAL COMMEMORATION of the AMERICANS with DISABILITIES ACT
New York
City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
pulls out all the stops to commemorate the Americans with Disabilities
Act ("ADA") and accommodate all of the attendees. The S.V.A. regularly
organizes, helps and advises members and friends with various
physical, emotional and mental disabilities. Special disabilities
achievement award presented to Jean
Kennedy Smith, the surviving sister of President John Kennedy
and Senators Robert and Edward Kennedy. Mrs. Smith founded
Very Special Artists ("VSA") for disabled persons in the arts.
Representing the S.V.A. is Williamson
accompanied by AnDre Christie
plus Maria Estevez reping
for Friends-of-SVA and Beyon Jarju
stands up for Youth-4-SVA. The invitation event happens from 5:30
p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Gracie Mansion. Event: shine or rain!
Sunday, August 7 -- REMEMBERING FORMER NEW YORK
GOVERNOR HUGH L. CAREY
The 51st New York State Governor Hugh L. Carey died peacefully
in his Long Island estate at 92! The S.V.A. is happy that the
good governor enjoyed a long and full life. In the mid- and late-1970s, along
with Mayor Ed Koch, he
saved NYC from financial ruin. Governor Carey was always
respectful and supportive of the STONEWALL Veterans' Association.
You cannot get Gay community related 411 about this governor from
Gay groups like the HRC and ESPA because they did not exist!
After two terms, Hugh Carey left the NYS governorship.
He became a partner with a major Manhattan law firm
and the bond continued. Mr. Carey brought business to Williamson Henderson's new business,
Proofreaders Unlimited. The firm Finley Kumble, et al. became one
of Williamson's biggest clients. Governor Carey also maintained
his communications with the S.V.A. long after his
governorship. Indeed, in 2000, former Governor Carey proudly rode
atop the back seat of the SVA's famous convertible "Stonewall Car" in
the Yankees World Championship Parade through the canyon of heroes!
The governor notably declared: "After supporting the
Stonewall car for years, I finally get to ride in it"!
Saturday, August 6 -- S.V.A. COMMUNITY COMMITTEE SUPPER
at FIDDLESTIX @ 5 p.m.
For more 411 on the restaurant location, see their new business
advertisement at the S.V.A. website at:
www.STONEWALLvets.org/businessadvertisers.htm.
Friday, August 5 -- AMERICAN
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (APA) ENDORSES GAY MARRIAGE
Thursday, August 4 -- STONEWALL
QUEEN OF SOUL: ARETHA FRANKLIN CONCERT
Queen Aretha
sings several Stonewall Club (and
everywhere else) hit songs such as "Respect", "Baby I Love You",
"A Natural Woman", "Chain Of Fools", "Since You've Been Gone", "Think",
"The House That Jack Built" and "Share Your Love With Me" plus her
ultimate fave flipside song "Dr. Feelgood" and many other big
hits! The great outdoor stage venue is the Brooklyn Summer
Concert Series!
Monday, August 1, 2011 -- SECOND
MONTH of HISTORIC NEW YORK GAY MARRIAGE
Saturday, July 30 -- S.V.A.
POST-GAY PRIDE MONTHLY MEETING & DISCUSSION
The STONEWALL Veterans'
Association kicks-off the new Gay season: July 1, 2011 to June 30,
2012! There is a rectangular-tables discussion about Gay Pride
Month and Gay Marriage 2011 involving the S.V.A. including events,
media coverage and interviews. Representatives
of Marriage Equality New York present reports on the tremendous
victory of legalized Gay Marriage in large New York (20
million people) after a forty-plus year fight since
Stonewall! Some guest speakers who missed the
"S.V.A. 42nd Conference" have confirmed speaking today.
One public official will be making his debut at the S.V.A. Mendy Seltzer reveals the latest NYC
mayoral candidate to be eliminated by the S.V.A. voters! If
you're keeping count, that's three down! Of Counsel Fred J. Berg, Esq. reports on
pending legal action against a political deadbeat and loser! The
S.V.A. presiding officer is Williamson.
Greeting folks at the door for S.V.A. sign-in and dues is AnDre Christie. Youth-4-SVA
recruiting handled by Beyon Jarju.
Summer snacks by Sheleste are served! The
SVA's monthly meeting is held at the GLBT
Community Center on West 13th Street between Seventh and
Greenwich Avenues in Manhattan, N.Y. @ 4:15 p.m. until 6 p.m.
Thursday, July 28 -- STONEWALL SUPREME: MARY WILSON
at BROOKLYN-by-the-SEA CONCERTS
Mary Wilson is another longtime
favorite singer of the Gay community from her seventeen years with the
entire duration of The Supremes.
Listen for Mary to sing several Stonewall Club
favorites that she performed as a member of the superstar girl
group such as "U Can't Hurry Love", "In And Out Of Love", "I'm Gonna
Make U Love Me" and "Someday We'll Be Together". Also on the show
is the legendary Motown group The
Spinners peforming several million-selling
hits including "One Of A Kind Love Affair" and a guy not at The
Stonewall: "The Rubberband Man"! The outdoor event is
at Surf Avenue and 21st Street. Via train, take the "B", "D", "F"
or "Q" to the last stop, Coney Island/Stillwell Avenue. For
more concert 411, call (718) 222-0600 and/or visit:
www.BrooklynConcerts.com.
Wednesday, July 27 -- STONEWALL V.A. and NEW YORK CIVIC
SUPPER HOSTED by SVA'S ANDRE CHRISTIE at DA CIRO'S CAFE on
Lexington Avenue in Manhattan @ 5 p.m.
Monday, July 25 --
GAY
HISTORY FRONT-PAGE NEWS: OVER 1,000 (and COUNTING) GAY
MARRIAGES PERFORMED in NEW YORK STATE within FIRST TWO DAYS
GAY MARRIAGE/NY WEEKEND (Sun. eve) --
MARRIAGE
EQUALITY NEW YORK (MENY) SPONSORS GAY MARRIAGE CELEBRATORY "SEA TEA"
BOAT RIDE on the "QUEEN of HEARTS" in MANHATTAN BOARDING @ 6 p.m.
and SHIPPING 'OUT' @ 7 p.m. at West Houston St. at Pier 40 on the
Hudson River
GAY MARRIAGE/NY WEEKEND
(Sunday) -- MASSIVE
TOP-STORY TELEVISION NEWS COVERAGE plus CBS-TV (NY) the ONE
NETWORK to CONNECT the HISTORY DOTS to the GAY MARRIAGE
MOVEMENT STARTING with the STONEWALL REBELLION
Sunday, July 24 -- GAY
MARRIAGES PERFORMED in NEW YORK as of TODAY!
New York
City has made the magnanimous gesture in opening the marriage
bureaus, i.e., clerks offices specially for the first legal day
that Gay marriages can be performed in NY! Over 800 Gay couples
were married in the five boroughs of NYC! Thank you, again,
"New York, New York". So nice, they named it twice!! "Song of The
Original Stonewall Club" #1 wedding theme song: "Chapel Of
Love", written by S.V.A. friend Ellie Greenwich and sung by
The Dixie Cups!
Saturday, July 23 -- IN MEMORIAM: TRAGIC
ANNIVERSARY of NYC COUNCILMAN JAMES E. "JED" DAVIS MURDERED inside
CITY HALL 8 YEARS AGO by an OBSESSED and CRAZED GAY MAN
GAY MARRIAGE/NY WEEKEND (Sat.) -- SVA's
WILLIAMSON IS CONTACTED by TV and PRESS from ACROSS
AMERICA including NEWSWEEK for I/Vs about NY GAY MARRIAGE
Saturday, July 23 -- S.V.A.
BIRTHDAY: WEBMISTRESS BABSALA R. LYNNE
GAY MARRIAGE/NY WEEEKEND
(Fri.) -- NEW YORK CITY DECIDES
on INCLUSIVITY of ALL GAY MARRIAGE 'CONTESTANTS' and END the
LOTTERY to ACCOMMODATE ALL GAY COUPLES
Friday, July 22 -- MAYOR-4-LIFE
ED KOCH (the 1st to do so) CONGRATULATES WILLIAMSON & HIS
PARTNER via TELEPHONE on THEIR PENDING MARRIAGE and SENDS a CONGRATULATORY E-MAIL
GAY MARRIAGE /NY WEEKEND (Friday) --
MAYOR
MICHAEL'S OFFICE CALLS S.V.A. WILLIAMSON & HIS PARTNER with
HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS that THEY ARE CONFIRMED as GAY MARRIAGE LOTTERY
WINNERS!!
Thursday, July 21 (eve)
-- WILLIAMSON'S PARTNER DOES RARE I/V
with KNOWN to the COUPLE PRESS PERSON about THEIR
LONGTIME yet DOWN-LOW RELATIONSHIP
Thursday, July 21 --
STONEWALL
VETERAN WILLIAMSON & HIS PARTNER *WIN* NYC GAY MARRIAGE LOTTERY
to be MARRIED on FIRST LEGAL DAY!
Wednesday, July 20 -- PRESIDENT
BARACK ENDORSES RESPECT FOR (ALL) MARRIAGE ACT (RFMA), A STEP
CLOSER for FEDERAL GAY MARRIAGE
Tuesday, July 19 --
S.V.A.
DIRECTOR WILLIAMSON & HIS PARTNER ENTER NEW YORK CITY GAY MARRIAGE
LOTTERY due to OVERWHELMING REQUESTS for CEREMONIES
"Monday, Monday" --
MORE
GREAT NEW GAY HISTORY: J. PAUL OETKEN IS APPOINTED and CONFIRMED
as FIRST OPENLY-GAY FEDERAL JUDGE
J. Paul Oetkenfrom Iowa
has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate, incredibly without any
objection, in a lopsided vote of 80 to 13 to be the first Federal
Gay judge! Have there been Gay judges on the Federal level prior?
Of course! However, none that signed on the Gay polka
dot line! Judge Oetken introduced his male partner to the
Senate Judiciary Committee. Congratulations to them and
the worldwide Gay community for this tremendous victory!
Learn more:
www.WashingtonPost.com/Gay-Judge-Makes-History.html.
Monday, July 18 -- MARTHA
REEVES: MOTOWN LEGEND and STONEWALL SONGSTRESS BIRTHDAY
Ironically, one of Martha Reeves & Her Vandellas' #1
songs in the jukebox at The Stonewall Club in Greenwich Village, New
York, and everywhere else, was "Heat Wave"! What do we have right
now through most of America? A 'yearnin' burnin' heat wave'!
Martha's classic dance hit "Heat Wave", reissued yearly in the
1960s on the Motown Collectors Series, was a perennial fave at The
Stonewall. "Heat Wave" was wildly featured in the 1968
Gay play "The Boys In The Band" and, notoriously in
1970, with the house dance party scene in the break-through
Gay movie "The Boys In The Band"!
"Heat Wave" song and
dance was featured in the Gay movie "The Boys In The Band"
Observe the
double misspelling of "My Boyfriend's Back" on album cover!
Thursday, July 14 --
S.V.A. SPONSOR
SUPPER MEETING at ONEGIN RESTAURANT in GREENWICH VILLAGE @ 5
p.m. and COMMUNITY BOARD #2 HEARING @ 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 13 -- IF
YOU DON'T BELIEVE in the CIVIL RIGHTS of GAY AMERICAN
COUPLES, GET OUT of AMERICA, LAND-of-the-FREE!
Gay Marriage 411 Poster:
"If you don't like Gay Marriage, blame Straight People!
They're the ones who keep having Gay babies!"
Monday, July 11 -- BROOKLYN,
Part 3: COMMUNITY ACTIVIST KEN DIAMONDSTONE & HIS SPOUSE JOE
KOPITZ REUNITE with SVA's WILLIAMSON, MENDY SELTZER, FRED BERG, et
al. at T.O.U.C.H COMMUNITY DINNER for AIDS + HIV CLIENTS on
Schermerhorn Street @ 6:30 p.m.
Monday, July 11 -- BROOKLYN,
Part 2: NYS ASSEMBLYMEMBER HAKEEM JEFFRIES RENDEZVOUS with S.V.A.
at HIS OFFICE on Hanson Place off Flatbush Avenue @ 5 p.m.
Monday, July 11 -- BROOKLYN,
Part 1: NYC COUNCILMAN STEVE LEVIN MEETING with the SVA-4 at his
DISTRICT OFFICE in BOERUM HILL on Atlantic Avenue @ 3:30 p.m.
July 11th -- 42nd
ANNIVERSARY: STONEWALL VETERANS' ASSOCIATION a.k.a. S.V.A.
FOUNDED in GREENWICH VILLAGE, N.Y. and CONTINUES in GREENWICH VILLAGE
Saturday, July 9 --
BROADWAY
CARES PRESENTS "BC/EFA 13th ANNUAL BROADWAY BARKS + MEOWS"
"Broadway Barks &
Meows" Co-Hosts of this celebrity Pet Adopt-a-thon are film and
television's
Mary Tyler Moore
and Broadway's
Bernadette Peters.
Attending on behalf of the S.V.A. is
Williamson and others and
representing the Imperial QUEENS of New York is Dr.
Dyane Karron. Located
at the famed Shubert Alley at Broadway and West 44/45th Streets
and with big, air-conditioned, walk-through pet vans on both
crossstreets, it starts barking and meowing @ 3 p.m. Produced by
BC/EFA Executive Director
Tom A. Viola.
Early supper outdoors at adjacent Junior's
Restaurant. For more bow-wow and meow-yow 411,
visit:
www.BroadwayCares.org.
Saturday, July 9 -- THE BRONX
GAY PRIDE CELEBRATION, FESTIVAL & SHOW
Gay Pride in The Bronx is
publicly and joyously cellebrated in scenic Crotona Park adjacent to
Indian Lake! The Gay Party starts @ 2 p.m. For much more
event "411" visit:
www.BronxPride.org
Tuesday, July 5 --
STONEWALL VETERANS'
ASSOCIATION FOUNDER WILLIAMSON HENDERSON & HIS PARTNER REGISTER on
FIRST DAY for NEW YORK STATE GAY MARRIAGE LICENSE!
Tuesday, July 5 -- GAY
COUPLES in N.Y. CAN REGISTER for a MARRIAGE LICENSE
"Song of The Original
Stonewall Club" marriage theme song: "Wedding Bell Blues (When
Are U Gonna Marry Me, Boy)" by Marilyn McCoo & The Fifth Dimension
(1969).
Monday, July 4 -- AMERICAN
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Sunday, July 3 -- 42 YEARS since the END of the
STONEWALL REBELLION
July 2011 -- TRIBUTE to GAY MARRIAGE LAW in the
BIG STATE of NEW YORK
Gay
Marriage Equality in the State of New York
[Original acrylic painting by Rick Chris of Colorado]
Special arrangements with the artist
to reproduce painting at the S.V.A.
For more of Rick Chris's expressive, eye-catching and unique Gay
paintings,
visit: www.RickChris.com.
June 2011 -- S.V.A. WEBSITE RECEIVES 1/2
MILLION WEBSITE VISITS and over 5,600 VISITS to SVA'S BUSINESS
& POLITICAL ADS in JUNE {...and still counting!}
Thursday, June 30 -- S.V.A.
OFFICE MANAGER ANDRE CHRISTIE HOSTS YOUTH-4-SVA END-of-GAY-PRIDE MONTH
SUPPER at MAN-A-TUS in MAN-HAT-TAN, N.Y. @ 6 p.m.
Wednesday, June 29 -- U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK PRAISES
MARRIAGE EQUALITY in NY!
Tuesday, June 28 -- STONEWALL
VETS RECEIVE a STONEWALL REBELLION ANNIVERSARY PROCLAMATION from
NYC MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG
Monday, June 27th -- 42nd
ANNIVERSARY of the G*A*Y STONEWALL R-E-B-E-L-L-I-O-N
Sunday, June 26
(afternoon) -- NEW YORK
CITY 42nd ANNUAL GAY PRIDE PARADE in Manhattan @ 12 noon
Sunday,
June 26 -- SVA on TV: STONEWALL
VETERANS CONFERENCE on NY-1 NEWS
New York One News T.V. broadcast a Gay
Pride Special segment which started showing early Saturday evening
after they attended the S.V.A. conference. The feature continued
through the night of Gay Pride weekend airing on their half-hour
repeated news show about sixteen times into Sunday afternoon! The
Gay Pride piece showed interviews with Williamson Henderson, the director
of the STONEWALL Veterans' Association, Cathy
Marino-Thomas, the founder of Marriage Equality New York, and Robert Spiegel,
S.V.A. Executive Committee. To
see S.V.A. television clip, see: www.NY1News.com.
Saturday, June 25, 2011 * STONEWALL VETERANS'
ASSOCIATION PRESENTS: "S.V.A. 42nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE &
STONEWALL VETERANS REUNION + PARTY" from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
featuring SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS and "SONGS OF THE STONEWALL CLUB"
This STONEWALL Veterans' Association ("S.V.A.") annual conference
produced by the S.V.A. commemorates the anniversary of the June
27th through July 3rd, 1969 Stonewall Rebellion. It is a
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
("GLBT") forum highlighting forty-two years of vastly
improved Gay civil rights since Stonewall -- when there was none!
"The Happening" (as in the #1 DRS song at the original
Stonewall Club) is also a reunion of Stonewall Vetz.
Most Stonewallers attend traveling from other states such
as Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California, Florida and New
Jersey plus the District of Columbia! The symposium
highlights 'testimonials' from actual patrons of the original
landmark Stonewall Club and veterans of the historic Stonewall Rebellion. Prominent public officials
and GLBT organization heads are among the Stonewall Pride
speakers. This year there is also a special segment on "Gay
Marriage"!
Stonewall Host:
Williamson Henderson,
Director of the STONEWALL Veterans' Association
Political
Host:
Morgan Pehme, Executive
Director of New York Civic
Special Stonewall Speakers:
* New York City Public
Advocate Bill De Blasio
* NYS Assemblymember and Manhattan
Democratic Leader Keith L. Wright
* Former NYC Parks
Commissioner and NYC Councilman Henry J. Stern
* NYC Councilmember #1
(Manhattan)
* NYS
Assemblymember (Brooklyn) Hakeem
Jeffries
* Imperial QUEENS of
New York (IQNY) Social Chairperson Mary S. Twist
* Stonewall
Democratic Club of NYC President Joe
G. Hagelmann
* NYC
Councilmember #2 (Brooklyn)
* Marriage
Equality New York (MENY) Board Chairperson Cathy Marino-Thomas
* Legendary Civil Rights Attorney Hal M. Weiner
* Stonewall Veteran
(of L.I.) Leigh McManus
* NYC Councilmember #3 (Manhattan)
* PRIDE Democrats President Marlon
W. Hunter
* NYS Assemblymember Jonathan
L. Bing
* GLBT Political Coalition Chairman Paul A. Lucre
* NYC Councilmember #4 (Queens)
* Computer-Aided Surgery for Informatics (CASI) T/G Founder Dr. Dyane Karron
* Stonewall Veteran (now of Massachusetts) David Bermudez
* American
Equality Bill Project Coordinator Todd
"Tif" Fernandez
* NYC
Councilmember #5 (Manhattan)
* Volunteers-for-Peace Organizer Andrew T. Bell
* First Gay High School Harvey Milk H.S.
Principal Bill Salzman
* STONEWALL Vets Assn.
Of-Counsel Fred J. Berg, Esq.
* NYC Councilmember #6
(Brooklyn)
* S.V.A.
Webmistress
Babsala R. Lynne
* Stonewall Veteran (of
D.C.) Robert A. Spiegel
* Gay
Immigration Attorney
Sean E. Kalba, Esq.
* NYC
Councilmember #7 (Manhattan)
* Bronx Gay
Pride Center Deputy Director Demetrius
McCord
* Stonewall Veteran Ruthybird Campbell
* Youth-4-SVA
Coordinator Beyon Jarju
*
Proclamations:
Reading of the S.V.A.'s Proclamations of commendation
and appreciation from NYS
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plus
Manhattan Democratic Leader Keith
L. Wright
Political Segment:
PRIDE Democrats co-sponsors this annual political
presentation of what public officials and candidates have done and
plan to do for the general Gay community and the S.V.A. in particular.
"Preview: 2013 Mayoral Candidates" and who would really be best for both New York
City ("NYC") and the GLBT community? To clarify, the S.V.A. is
not a political organization, as some assume. Former Mayor Ed
Koch has publicly stated that the S.V.A. is much bigger than
that! Nonetheless, the Gay Rights movement, by necessity, is
entwined with politics. That's ultimately how laws get
signed. The S.V.A. has been promoting Gay rights longer
than any GLBT group! To paraphrase a Barbra Streisand song,
"We're still here"! As is fairly known, since the
Stonewall Rebellion, no one has been elected mayor of NYC without the
S.V.A. 'blessing' (and alllll that it entails) and the SVA-ers'
support (and alllll
that it includes). Will that four-decades-plus tradition be
crack'd in '13? We seriously doubt it, folks!
Tribute:
A memorial tribute is presented for a legendary
public official and longtime S.V.A. supporter, former U.S.
Vice-President Nominee and N.Y.C. Congresswoman from Queens Geraldine A. Ferraro.
Indoor Displays:
There are display tables with literature and 411 from the S.V.A.
and other GLBT organizations. There is local business
information such as New York Connect,
the complete Internet Service Provider that you can count on, and the
soon-to-open restauarnt, Onegin,
in Greenwich Village near The Stonewall!
Landmark Decision:
Several Gay attorneys will separately read excerpts throughout
today's program from the decade anniversary of the New York City
landmark 7-page Court decision -- the only one with the subject of the
Stonewall Uprising -- declaring Williamson
Henderson as the "Gay Rosa Parks" and the Stonewall Veterans analagous to
the women's rights movement "The Suffragettes"! They are the
symbols of the Stonewall Rebellion! The Court's definitive
and final sentence: "The Stonewall Rebellion advanced a (Gay)
movement. Mr. Henderson works tirelessly to keep that
history alive!"
Special Appearance:
Legendary entertainer and Stonewall veteran King Storme DeLarverie now in his blessed
90th year!
Outdoor Display:
The classic blue 1969 Cadillac DeVille convertible
popularly known as the famous "Stonewall Car".
Stonewall Music Traditions:
Sandy Rapp, acclaimed Gay
singer/activist/songwriter/author/guitar-player, performs pop and folk.
Today, for the Stonewall Rebellion anniversary,
Sandy performs a self-penned, quintessential
"Stonewall" song!
"Songs of The Stonewall Club", authentic jukebox
songs from the original Stonewall Club in the late 1960s, are
played @ 4:15 p.m. prior to the event opening, during intermission @
5:30 p.m. and before the closing @ 6:45 p.m. This
year's jukebox deejay is Melique
Rainbow. Enjoy great songs of the original Stonewall Club
from the late '60s by Diana Ross & The Supremes, Frankie Valli
& The Four Seasons, Shirley Bassey, Frank Sinatra, The Shangri-Las,
The Four Tops, Barbra Streisand, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves & The
Vandellas, The Spiral Starecase, Dusty Springfield, Smokey Robinson,
The Marvelettes, The Young Rascals, Dionne Warwick, Len "Dovell" Barry,
Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Temptations, Connie Francis, Herb
Alpert, Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles, Sly & The Family Stone,
Mary Wells, Edwin Starr, The Ronettes, The Turtles, Cilla Black, Tom
Jones, The Angels, The Jackson 5, Vikki Carr and Chris Montez ('is
it a boy or a girl')! The last song will be the same
song as the last song played every
night at the original 1960s Stonewall Club! Guess which
song? You won't find the answer in any doc-u-men-tar-y!
Stonewall Song Recreations:
Williamson Henderson
performing Len Barry's "1-2-3" (1966)!
AnDre Christie performing
Michael Jackson's "I Want U Back" (1969)!
Brooke Lynn performing
Shirley Bassey's "This Is My Life" (1968)!
Televison Media:
Confirmed television media are New
York 1 News (Channel 1 in NYC) and Fox News T.V. (Channel 5 in the
Tri-State area).
Location:
New York City Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender
Community Center at 212 West 13 Street between Seventh Avenue
and Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich Village, New York City. The
S.V.A. event is in the grand Auditorium! The Center
is located a stone's throw from these subways:
"A", "C" and "E" (West 14th St. station at Eighth Av.); "1",
"2" and "3" (W. 14th St. station at Seventh Av.); "D", "F" and "Q" W.
14 St. and Av. of the Americas station); and "L" (Eighth Av.
station at W. 14 St.). It is on bus routes
of #M-14 and #M-20. Visit: www.GayCenter.org.
=Guest
Speaker Requests and S.V.A. Event Format=
Potential guest speakers
must contact the S.V.A. Office Manager AnDre Christie. Please do
so by telephone at (212) 6-27-1969 to be considered and scheduled
in the S.V.A. line-up of guest speakers! In that way, the
event will be best accommodating of all the speakers and most orderly
for the attendees. Main topics should be Gay Rights, the 42nd
anniversary of the historic Stonewall Rebellion, Gay Marriage, the
STONEWALL Veterans Association and/or how the person has or will help
the Gay Community and/or the S.V.A. At S.V.A. symposiums and
forums, we are not interested in subjects of subway construction
projects, death penalty, parking meters, prison complaints, senior
services or pre-K -- do those at their events. Public
officials may contact the political host Morgan Pehme at (917) 496-4565.
After each guest speaks from the podium, there will be
a "question and answer" session. Audience members must stand
to ask a question and give their full name and any organization
affiliation. (If you reach the S.V.A. voice mail, feel free
to leave a detailed message.)
=Listing
at New York City Up & OUT!=
www.NYCupAndOUT.com/calendar/20110625
Post-Gay Pride "S.V.A. Conference", you may attend informative
S.V.A. monthly meetings and pridely participate every month throughout
the year:
www.GayCenter.org/groups/regulargroups#S
Saturday,
June 25 -- SVA-ER
BIRTHDAY: JOHN R. WATTS, JR. of BROOKLYN now CALLY
"Last Friday
in June" (night) -- EXACTLY... 42 YEARS AGO TONIGHT: THE STONEWALL REBELLION
Friday,
June 24 (evening) -- From STONEWALL
to STATEHOUSE: NEW YORK STATE VOTES in FAVOR of GAY MARRIAGE in
the STATE of NEW YORK by 33 to 29!!
"Gay Marriage" in New York ignited at The Stonewall Rebellion in
1969 on the second through fifth nights! In the jukebox
were marriage songs like "Wedding Bell Blues" and "The
Wedding Cake". At the rebellion, protest signs read "Gay Power",
"Gay Rights" and, yes, "Gay Marriage"! The S.V.A. has carried
that torch to this victorious moment! So, first thanks go to the
Stonewall Veterans! Greatest thanks now to NYS Governor Andrew M.
Cuomo, a longtime supporter of the S.V.A. He truly is for all of
the people! Big thanks to the NYS Republican Senators who made
this equal rights achievement possible. Proudly, every New
York State Democrat -- except the bigotted and ignorant Ruben Diaz
Sr. of The Bronx (always with the whacky hats and shades) -- voted in
favor of marriage equality! Hats off to them; shame on him!
Next election, Diaz Sr. needs to be voted OUT! In the
diverse Gay community, our heartfelt appreciation to the
determination, inclusiveness, diligence and pleasantries of
Marriage Equality New York (MENY). This evening hundreds of
people converged where? The streets had to be closed! Where
else? The Stonewall!
Friday, June 24
(Gay Pride Weekend) -- "THANK
GOD IT'S FRIDAY": WE WILL KNOW IF GAY MARRIAGE WILL BE LAW
IN NEW YORK STATE.... one way or another!
Stay tuned!
Thursday,
June 23 -- S.V.A. ROUND-UP
& PROMOTION in front of GLBT CENTER
YOUTH-4-SVA is heading up a leafleting for the STONEWALL V.A.
during Gay Pride Week and a promotional for the "S.V.A. Conference
& Reunion" in two days. Coordinators are AnDre Christie, Elton Johnson and Beyon Jarju. With many special
visitors, the blitz lites-up appropriately out front of the GLBT
Community Center @ 5 p.m.
Wednesday,
June 22 -- NYC
MAYOR'S GLBT PRIDE CELEBRATION at GRACIE MANSION
The mayor is appropriately
substituted by Deputy Mayor Patti
Harris, originally hired by Mayor Koch in 1978! NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is grieving the
very recent loss of his mother and cannot attend. The
only councilmember confirmed is the Gay
Council Speaker. The
S.V.A. is represented by Williamson
Henderson, Robert Spiegel,
Leigh McManus, Keith Lonesome and
Gil Horowitz. Youth-4 SVA
is covered by AnDre Christie
and Gina Wright. S.V.A.
associates include Web Host Andrew
Coren, Webmistress Babsala
and Webmaster Petie Levi.
The only councilmember confirmed is the Gay Council Speaker. Event
commences @ 5:30 p.m. with plenty of food and gaiety! {By US-mailed invitation only.}
Tuesday, June 21
-- GAY MARRIAGE
EQUALITY in NYC SUPPER with S.V.A.
This new eatery venue for the
S.V.A. is Olio Italian Restaurant on Greenwich Avenue off
Christopher Street, just a couple of blocks from the old Stonewall
site. Williamson hosts
the outdoor event @ 5 p.m.
Monday,
June 20 (eve) -- NEW YORK CITY GLBT CENTER'S "29th
ANNUAL GARDEN PARTY"
The "Garden Party"
fund-raising event for the New York City GLBT Center has evolved into
fabulous tasty food treats from over forty quality
restaurants! There are featured speakers throughout the
evening. Location is at the West Side Highway at West 14
Street in Manhattan, N.Y. at Pier 58 at the Hudson River.
Festivities start @ 6 p.m. and continue until 10 p.m.
General admission (including endless excellent food): $85.
For more 411 on the "Garden Party" and worthwhile
(tax-exempt) donating to the Gay Center, visit: http://www.GayCenter.org/specialevents/GardenParty28.
Monday, June 20 -- FRIEND-of-SVA BIRTHDAY: RICHARD
J. 'RICHIE' DOCTOR of LONG BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NY, now LEMOORE, CA
"Monday,
Monday", June 20 -- "CHAPEL
of LOVE" COUNTDOWN: GAY MARRIAGE in NEW YORK?
As of presstime, the New York State
Senate has not decided on whether to vote on "Marriage
Equality" much less actually vote. Yet, the legislative
session has been extended three days. That's poz! The
Gay Marriage bill is finally expected to be voted on and narrowly
passed -- 42 long years after the Stonewall Rebellion, where the "Gay
Marriage" movement ignited! For updated 411, visit: www.MENY.us.
Sunday, June 19 (evening) -- MARRIAGE
EQUALITY NEW YORK BENEFIT with GAY PLAY "THE DECLARATION"
This production "The Declaration" is
a benefit for Marriage Equality New York ("MENY") and the STONEWALL
Veterans' Association. The Gay-themed play is about a NYC
high school teacher who comes out of the Gay closet and
declares his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in New York
as an open-Gay! Production director is Rick Leidenfrost. Special
introduced guest: Williamson
Henderson of the S.V.A. Venue is the Robert Moss Theatre
at 440 Lafayette Street near Astor Place in Manhattan, N.Y.
Curtains up @ 6 p.m. After the performance, there is a
"Q&A" session with Cathy Marino,
Director of MENY. For more 411, visit Marriage Equality
NY's website at: www.MENY.us.
Post-event dinner is at
Fiddlestix Restaurant on Avenue of Greenwich @ 9 p.m.
Sunday,
June 19 (afternoon)
-- GAY MARRIAGE
RALLY in UNION SQUARE, NYC
Let this be the last day of
'Marriage Inequality' in the State of New York -- the state that made
history thanks to the Gay 'veterans' of the historic Stonewall
Rebellion a remarkable 42 years ago this month! Stop the
bigotry from the outside, particularly by undemocratic politicians
who were elected to be democratic! No one in America should
have to be told that Gay Americans expect equality! And,
Stop the hate from within the Gay community; it has served
us badly! GLBT speakers today include Leigh McManus ("G"),
Rusti Rose ("L"), Janine Hakim ("B") and Mary Twist ("T") all from
the STONEWALL Veterans Association. The rally blasts off @
3 p.m.
Friday, June 17
-- UNITED
NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ORDERS an END to GAY
DISCRIMINATION WORLDWIDE
Thursday,
June 16 -- NEW YORK CITY
COUNCIL GAY, LESBIAN, BI & TRANSGENDER (GLBT) PRIDE EVENT
at COOPER UNION HALL
Wednesday, June
15 -- NYS
ASSEMBLY PASSES GAY MARRIAGE EQUALITY BILL
Tuesday,
June 14 -- NYS
GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO SUBMITS GAY MARRIAGE BILL to the NYS
LEGISLATURE -- BOTH HOUSES -- for a VOTE!
Tuesday,
June 14 -- S.V.A.
SOCIAL COMMITTEE BRUNCHEON
This get2gether is a strategizing bruncheon with several
group reps in preparation for the "S.V.A. 42nd Annual Conference
& Stonewall Reunion" on June 25th).
Reports including from Leigh
McManus (S.V.A.), Dr. Dyane
Karron (IQKNY), Steven Gradman (PRIDE Dems), Shari Clemons (GLBT Political
Coalition), Rik Kingston
(JFLAG) and Elton Johnson (Youth-4-SVA). Hosted by the
dredded S.V.A. Office Manager AnDre
Christie. "What are you having for brunch" orders at the
Varick Diner at 201 Varick Street (one block south of West Houston
Street and on the #1 subway) in Manhattan, N.Y. start @ 2 p.m.
Monday, June 13 -- STONEWALL NEWZ
REPORTER B-DAY: VITO ABZUZZOLUCCIONE
Sunday,
June 12 -- LONG ISLAND
18th ANNUAL GAY PRIDE PARADE & SHOW at Hecksher State
Park @ 12 noon
Saturday, June 11 (evening) -- BROOKLYN
15th ANNUAL GLBT PRIDE PARADE with line-up
along Prospect Park West and from 10th to 15th Streets in Park
Slope, Brooklyn @ 7:30 p.m.
Friday,
June 10 -- SVA-ER BIRTHDAY:
BILL SALZMAN of and in BROOKLYN
Thursday,
June 9 -- BROOKLYN GAY
DIVERSITY CELEBRATION
This annual event
is sponsored by the Brooklyn Borough President every year for Gay
Pride. The S.V.A. is repesented by Brooklynite Keith Lonesome.
Event is held at the Brooklyn Municipal Building at 209
Joralemon Street in Brooklyn, N.Y. Toast-off time is @ 6 p.m.
Monday, June 6 -- S.V.A. IS
a GROUP MEMBER of NEW YORKERS UNITED for MARRIAGE
Sunday,
June 5 -- QUEENS
(COUNTY) 19th ANNUAL GAY & LESBIAN PRIDE PARADE on
37th Avenue at 85th Street {shortened route} in Jackson Heights, N.Y. @ 12
noon {earlier time}
Saturday, June 4
-- STATEN
ISLAND, N.Y. 7th ANNUAL GAY PRIDE PARADE from Central Avenue up Hyatt Street to
Tompkinsville Park at Victory Boulevard and Bay Street, S.I. @ 1 p.m.
Friday,
June 3 (afternoon) --
MARRIAGE RALLY & PRESS
CONFERENCE in THE BRONX
As part of the urgent push for Marriage Equality in the state of
New York, this is a strategic place in NYC which needs emphasis.
Gay group speakers feature Williamson
of the STONEWALL Veterans' Association (SVA), Cathy Marino of Marriage Equality
New York (MENY) and Ross Levi of
Empire State Pride Agenda.
Confirmed public officials include Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., NYS Senators Jeff Klein and Gustavo Rivera and NYS
Assemblymembers Jeffrey Dinowitz,
Jose Rivera and Carmen Arroyo. Event is hosted
by openly-Gay Bronx District Leader Kenny
Agosto. Location is on the grand steps of the Supreme
Court of The Bronx at the Grand Concourse and 161 Street -- just
three blocks from visible Yankee Stadium! The outdoor press
conference speaks up @ 2 p.m.
Friday, June 3
-- SVA-ER
BIRTHDAY: MICHAEL I. SWERDLOW of LONG ISLAND
Wednesday,
June 1 -- GAY TOWN HALL FORUM: MARRIAGE
EQUALITY in NEW YORK
Statement from the United for Gay
Marriage New York Coalition including Marriage Equality NY and the
STONEWALL V.A.: "The end of this New York State legislative
session is June 20 (unless it is extended) -- and time is running
out to get a win for Marriage Equality in New York! No
Marriage Equality vote has been scheduled or announced. No
Marriage Equality bill has been filed in the New York State Senate.
The time to act is now! We need the help of
everyone to push this Marriage Equality bill forward! In the
past few weeks, we've seen focus on gathering signatures, writing
letters, making calls and visiting public official offices to urge our
elected State Senators to stand on the right side of history and vote
for Marriage Equality! In the past few days, we've seen NYC Mayor
Michael Bloomberg and NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo, among other
prominent officials, make strong public statements supporting Marriage
Equality, we've seen polls now showing an increased majority of
Americans supporting Gay Marriage as an American right and equality and
we've seen many of our Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
(GLBT) organizations directly involved in this process. Now,
we need the entire community and friends to rally together, to
demonstrate our dignity and to stand up for what is rightly ours by the
United States Constitution: Equality! During the
community-wide meeting is discussed the status of legislative votes,
assess where things are in the legislative process and offer a range of
options to join the push for Marriage Equality. We offer
many choices for engagement:
* Collecting Gay Marriage petition signatures
* Writing letters and making calls to public officials
* Visiting your representatives
* Planning and attending a rally in New York City and/or Albany
* Joining in direct action in NYC or Albany, N.Y.
* Organizing a vigil at the Capitol in Albany
The time to take equality action as we commence Gay Pride Month is
now! Speaking for the S.V.A. is Williamson, representing PRIDE
Dems is Steven Gradman and
rep'ing Youth-4-SVA is Beyon Jarju.
The Marriage Equality Forum is at New York
LGBT Center @ 7 p.m. For more 411, visit: www.MENY.us
June 2011 -- GAY PRIDE MONTH
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May 2011 -- S.V.A. WEBSITE REGISTERS over
1/2 MILLION VISITS in MONTH of MAY
Tuesday,
May 31 -- NYC
"WEINERGATE": HOT-DOG in the DOG-HOUSE
Monday,
May 30 -- MEMORIAL
DAY (U.S. HOLIDAY)
In case you are new to
the United States, "Memorial Day" is a national holiday intended to
remember the past Veterans, both living and deceased, of wars and
military conflicts critical to our ultimate American
democracy, and to honor the current troops crucial to the
continuance of our great American freedoms!
Saturday,
May 28 -- STONEWALL
VETERANS' ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING on MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
appropriately in GREENWICH VILLAGE, NEW YORK CITY
This pre-Gay Pride Month gathering is presided over by
S.V.A. Director Williamson.
This year, the S.V.A. is observing the 42nd anniversary of the
hate-busting Stonewall Uprising! Personally, WLH is
observing the tenth anniversary of his being declared the "Gay
Rosa Parks" by the City of New York! There will be Gay Pride
Month strategizing for the S.V.A., the Gay Pride parades (which to
do, witch to avoid) and, chiefly, the planning of the "S.V.A. Annual
Conference & Stonewall Veterans Reunion" (6/25) event. Guest
speakers include New York City Councilmembers. Meeting
sparks @ 4:15 p.m.
Politix: S.V.A.
members and the audience vote via ballot on which NYC mayoral
candidate for 2013 to eliminate! This segment happens
each quarter-of-the-year to expunge four candidates by year's
end. There will still be a choice of two or
more. S.V.A. plans ahead on the next mayor
of our Gay Capital: New York City! Nobody has
won the mayoral election in over four decades since the
Stonewall Rebellion without SVA's 'blessing'!
In 1969, candidate John Lindsay had
SVA-ers at City Hall. He
earned our support. S.V.A. will not support
any hypocrite, excluder or hater candidates! We want nice!
A "Stonewall
Supper" happens at an SVA-supportive restaurant (TBA) in Greenwich Village @ 6:15
p.m.
Sunday, May 22 -- "STONEWALL NEWZLETTA"
BRUNCHEON COMMITTEE MEETING
The "Stonewall
Newzletta" committee gets updates from Editor-in-Chief Leigh McManus, in-put from
Webmistress Babsala Lynn
and ideas from Web Consultant Petie
Goye plus committee reports from members.
The meeting is at Lyric Diner on Third Avenue at East 22
Street in Manhattan @ 2 p.m.
Friday, May 20 -- BIRTHDAY: YOUTH-4-SVA'S
COORDINATOR ELTON JOHNSON of and in THE BRONX
Thursday,
May 19 (mid-eve) -- MARRIAGE EQUALITY NEW YORK:
MENY GAYLA PARTY
This annual Marriage Equality New
York Gayla produced by MENY is the lucky thirteenth! Can Gay
Marriage in the State of New York be far behind this year? MENY
is the first Gay Marriage group for New Yorkers. They did it and
continue to do it sincerely without being funded by outside millions of
dollars. Cathy Marino is
the executive director. Tonight's significant, timely and fun
event happens at the scenic Ogilvy Roof Garden at 636 Eleventh Avenue
at West 47th Street in the Clinton section of Manhattan, NYC.
Official party says "We Do" @ 8 p.m. until 10 p.m.
For more 411, including awards and the host committee,
including the S.V.A., visit: www.MENY.us/Gayla.
Thursday,
May 19 (early eve) -- STONEWALL DEMOCRATIC CLUB of NYC'S
SILVER JUBILEE PARTY
The Stonewall
Democratic Club ("SDC") is celebrating its 25th anniversary
in NYC! Many in S.V.A. recall when SDC started in 1986 -- and why
(to re-elect Mayor Ed Koch)! Confirmed guests include US
Congressmembers Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler, NYC Public
Advocate Bill De Blassio,
NYS Senators openly-Gay Tom Duane and Daniel Squadron, Bronx District
Attorney Robert Johnson, NYS
Assemblymembers openly-Gay Deborah
Glick and Linda Rosenthal, NYC
Councilmembers Dan Garodnick, Gale Brewer, Letitia James and openly-Gay Danny Dromm plus former Member
and now Judge Kathryn E. Freed.
NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo is represented by Erik
Bottcher.
The S.V.A. is symbolized by Williamson, Rev. Gerardo Ramirez and Fred J. Berg, Esq. PRIDE
Democrats is rep'd by Steven Gradman. Event is gayly
hosted by SDC Prez Joe Hagelmann.
Venue is at the Woolworth Building (once the
tallest in Manhattan) in their Woolworth Tower Kitchen
Restaurant at 233 Broadway at Barclay Street from 6 to 9
p.m.
For more 411, visit: www.SDNYC.org.
Monday,
May 16 -- SVA'S WILLIAMSON
HENDERSON in the NEW YORK POST
One of the New York Post's grand dames Andrea Peyser, who has written many
thorough stories relating to Gay life,
Gay relationships, Gay marriage, Gay issues and Gay topics,
produced her new entry today: "Chaz Bono a real Drag for the
Gay Community"! Referring
to the newly-transgendered Chaz Bono, S.V.A. founder Williamson is cleverly quoted
with: "Paraphrasing a popular Britney Spears song about
Chaz: 'He's more than a woman but not quite a man'"!
The popular columnist Andrea takes time to educate the
readers that: "The STONEWALL Veterans Association that
started the modern Gay Rights movement in 1969 when they
stood up to cops raiding a Greenwich Village Gay bar!" Williamson was last in
Andrea's full-page New York Post article a few months ago about
the timely topic "Are Oprah & Gayle King lovers"! See
this "Drag King Chaz Bono" story link at:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/chaz_real_drag_for_gay_community_vivuNOwoSYrOLUPd6NZhhJ
Sunday, May 15 -- NEW YORK CITY 26th ANNUAL
AIDS WALK in CENTRAL PARK
For much more AIDS Walk 411 including registration and
route, visit: www.AIDSwalk.net
Thursday, May 12
-- 40th ANNUAL BRONX WEEK in
NEW YORK CITY with GAYS GALORE
"Bronx Week" is actually by
Bronx count, thus ten days! It is from Thursday, May 12 to
Sunday, May 22. For all the exciting geographic, cultural,
business, arts, banking, entertainment, sports and
tourism events plus the yearly Bronx Parade and interesting
details on all the aforementioned, visit: www.ILoveTheBronx.com
Monday, May 9 (all day) -- From STONEWALL to STATEHOUSE:
GAY MARRIAGE EQUALITY DAY at the STATE CAPITOL in ALBANY, NEW YORK
Thursday, May 5
-- FLORIDA REUNION of
STONEWALL VETERANS in MIAMI and TAMPA
Wednesday,
May 4 -- VILLAGE DEMOCRATS
PRESENT "GET OUT THE VOTE" FORUM with ASSEMBLYMAN KEITH WRIGHT, et al.
at NEW YORK CITY GLBT CENTER @ 7 p.m.
Tuesday,
May 3 -- GLBT FORUM:
"GAY MARRIAGE in NEW YORK STATE"
Information and discussion about "Marriage Equality"
in New York State. Most people, including Gays, do not
realize that the "Gay Marriage" movement actually started
visibly and in print at the historic 1969 Stonewall Rebellion not with
decades-later, bureaucratic, million-dollar Gay
organizations. Prior to Stonewall, the concept of Gay Marriage
was unthinkable. After the first night of the Stonewall Uprising,
signs were created. Besides "Gay Power" and "Gay Rights",
a theme sign was "Gay Marriage"! Gay
panelists are Richard
Socarides of Equality Matters, Cathy Marino of Marriage Equality New York
("MENY") and Ross D. Levi of
Empire State Pride Agenda ("ESPA"). This forum is sponsored
by the Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century ("DL-21C") and
hosted by Elizabeth
Caputo.
Venue is the Katra Lounge at 217
Bowery at Rivington Street near Spring Street in Lower
East Side, NYC @ 7 p.m.
Monday, May 2,
2011 -- STONEWALLER
BIRTHDAY: JACKIE BARRETT of GREENWICH VILLAGE, N.Y. and in SOUTH
MIAMI, FLORIDA
Sunday,
May 1 -- DOWNTOWN
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS "SPRING-FLING" PARTY
The Downtown Independent Democrats ("DID") mainly encompass Lower
Manhattan, Battery Park, the WTC area, Chinatown, Tribeca and
SoHo. Confirmed speakers include U.S. Congressman Jerrold D. Nadler, standing tall New York City Public
Advocate Bill De Blasio, New York State Senators Daniel Squadron and Tom "Duanda" Duane, NYS Assemblymembers Keith Wright, Sheldon Silver and Brian Kavanagh, NYC Councilmember Margaret Chin, former Councilmember
(now Judge) Kathryn Freed, NYC
Community Board #1 Chairperson Julie
Menin, District Leaders Jean
Grillo and Paul Newell,
among other NYC political luminaries. Introductions handled
by pretty DID President Jeanne Wilcke.
She also presents the DID awards! Representing the S.V.A.
is Williamson. Ticketed
event is at Sweeney's Inn at 125 Greene Street off East Houston
Street in Tribeca, N.Y. Party starts @ 3 p.m.
Sunday,
May 1, 2011 -- FRIEND
of STONEWALL BIRTHDAY: FORMER NYC PARKS COMMISSIONER HENRY J.
STERN
Saturday,
April 30 -- S.V.A. MONTHLY
MEETING
S.V.A. meets the last Saturday of every month! "Miss
April" guest is NYC Councilwoman Elizabeth
Crowley (Queens).
Stonewallers continue planning for "Stonewall 42" in June.
This gathering includes a tribute to American political
legend and S.V.A. Honorary Member Geraldine Anne Ferraro.
Stopping by after hosting the outdoor "We Need A Real
Hospital Again Rally" in Greenwich Village is Yetta Kurland and also former
Council candidate Pete Gleason.
The meeting is chaired by Williamson
at the New York City GLBT Community Center on West 13th Street off
Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Meeting opens @
4:15 p.m. and closes @ 6 p.m. Feel free to bring foods or drinks.
See: www.STONEWALLvets.org/upcomingevents.htm.
Saturday, April 30 -- COMMUNITY RALLY to
REGAIN GREENWICH VILLAGE HOSPITAL
The rally with speakers happens in front of the
abandoned, yet still majestic, St. Vincent's Hospital on Seventh Avenue
at West 12 Street. A full-service hospital is greatly needed for
the Gay mecca of Greenwich Village, Chelsea and East Village.
Rally starts @ 2 p.m. Conveniently, the S.V.A. monthly
meeting up the block and around the corner on West 13 Street
begins after the rally... and lunch!
Thursday, April 28 -- S.V.A. SPONSORS the DAVID R.
ALI YOUTH-4-SVA YEARLY DINNER
Monday, April 25 -- BROADWAY
CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS PRESENTS ITS 25th ANNUAL "EASTER BONNET"
A spectacular event of Broadway, off-Broadway and
American touring shows competing for the most artististic
and unique (and usually huge) Easter bonnet! It is
presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ("BCEFA") as a benefit.
Every entry is accompanied with an eye-catching skit, song
and dance production. Curtains up @ 4:30 p.m. at the Minskoff
Theater at 200 West 45 Street in Manhattan, N.Y. There is a
second performance and the awards on Tuesday, April 26th @ 2
p.m. For this and many other entertaining BC/EFA
benefit events, please visit: www.BroadwayCares.org.
Sunday, April 24 -- EASTER SUNDAY and the "EASTER
PARADE" on FIFTH AVENUE, NYC
Thursday, April 21 -- MANHATTAN COMMUNITY BOARD #2
PUBLIC MEETING
This month's general community board meeting features members of
the S.V.A. speaking from the podium. The public meeting
is held at P.S. 41 School Auditorium on West 11th Street between Avenue
of the Americas and Seventh Avenue in Greenwich Village. The
gavel hits @ 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 16 -- S.V.A. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
"STONEWALL SUPPER" at SVA's #1 CAFE in GREENWICH VILLAGE @ 5:15
p.m.
Friday, April 15 -- STONEWALLER BIRD-DAY:
RUTHYBIRD CAMPBELL of PENNSYLVANIA and NOW (3 decades) BROOKLYN,
NYC
Thursday, April 14 -- STONEWALLER
BIRTHDAY: AUBREY LEES of PHILADELPHIA, PA and in MANHATTAN,
NYC
Thursday, April 7 -- SVA-ER MEMORIAL 5-YEAR
REMEMBRANCE: DAVE WEST
Tuesday, April 5 -- STONEWALLER BIRTHDAY: QUEEN
ALLYSON ALLANTE of L.I.
Friday, April 1st! -- S.V.A.
BIRTHDAY: HE'S NO FOOL - SVA-of-COUNSEL FRED J. BERG
Friday, April 1,
2011 -- STONEWALLER
BIRTHDAY: ROBERT A. SPIEGEL of QUEENS and in DC
Tuesday,
March 29 -- FORUM: NEW
YORK CITY YOUNG REPORTERS DISCUSS POLITICS
New York Civic in association
with Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century and the New York Young
Republican Club invites you to attend a thoroughly non-partisan
event "Behind The By-Lines: An Evening with NYC's
Top Young Political Reporters". The panel is as
follows: Celeste Katz of
the New York Daily News, Azi Paybarah of the New York
Observer, Edward-Isaac
Dovere of City Hall News and Katharine Jose of Capital New
York. Forum is moderated by New York Civic's director
(Mr.) Morgan Pehme.
Venue is Iguana Lounge at 240 West 54th Street between
Broadway and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan. Talk is @ 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 27 -- "MILDRED PIERCE" IS BACK!
The return of a fictional Gay icon: Mildred Pierce!
We're not plugging HBO-TV but if you want to see this dramatic
and sexual take on Mildred and Veda, you must tune in for the
three-part television mini-series starting tonight @ 9 p.m. (EST).
Instead of microwaving popcorn, bake a pie! Or, at
least get Sara Lee. What does Mildred Pierce have to do with the
famous Stonewall Club? Plenty! Since Gay bars (they
were not called GLBT much
less LGBTQ bars) with same-gender dancing were shamefully
'illegal', the Mafia-run clubs were required to be a "private
club". As such, every patron had to 'sign-in'. Never a
night went by without someone signing the guest book as "Mr. Pierce"
and "Veda, Mildred's daughter" and flat-out "Mildred Pierce"!
Yes, there were also numerous "Joan Crawford"s!
Sat.,
March 26 -- SUPREME
BIRTHDAY: DIVA DIANA ROSS
Saturday, March 26 -- STONEWALL
VETERANS MONTHLY MEETING
Continued planning for Gay Pride Month in New York City in
June. Organizing more efforts toward Gay Marriage in New York
State. Voting on the elimination of an S.V.A. un-supportive
2011 NYC mayoral candidate. This debate/voting procedure shall be
undertaken quarterly this year. S.V.A. prepares early!
For today's meeting there are pre-arranged guest speakers
including two helpful EFT practitioners. Tastee deelites!
The Gay gavel hits @ 4:15 p.m.
March 26 -- LEGENDARY NYC PUBLIC OFFICIAL
GERALDINE FERRARO DIES at 75
Geraldine A. Ferraro ("GAF"),
former U.S. Congresswoman from Queens and former U.S. Vice-President
Nominee from America, although publicly active, sadly died
after an on/off battle with multiple myeloma. Geraldine was
a solid and proud supporter of the Stonewall veterans spanning
four decades. The S.V.A. shall have a special tribute to
our friend GAF at our annual "S.V.A. Conference" on June 25.
Fittingly, it is at a place where S.V.A. had diverse
Geraldine Ferraro enthusiastically speak prior: NYC Gay Community
Center! In Geraldine's still appreciative and still delightful
words in her letters to the S.V.A. since her campaigns, she
happily reflects on the good times with the STONEWALL Veterans'
Association namely leading the NYC Gay Pride Parade and the
SVA-sponsored "PRIDE Democrats 1998 Candidates' Forum". As a
former educator, Congresswoman Geraldine commends the S.V.A.
for educating the World and keeping "Stonewall" alive! The
group greatly respects and admires Geraldine Ferraro Zaccaro.
We will help keep her memory alive, too! For more
information, please visit: www.STONEWALLvets.org/GeraldineFerraro.htm
Friday,
March 25 -- "QUEEN OF
STONEWALL SOUL" BIRTHDAY: ARETHA FRANKLIN @ 69!
Thursday,
March 24 -- GREENWICH
VILLAGE COMMUNITY BOARD #2 MEETING
This monthly meeting is held at the SEIU Union Hall, 101
Avenue of the Americas (near Canal Street), 22nd Floor, Manhattan, N.Y.
@ 6 p.m.
Wednesday,
March 23 -- REMEMBERING DAME
ELIZABETH TAYLOR: LEGENDARY ACTRESS, WORLD STAR, OSCAR-WINNER,
GAY ICON, INT'L BEAUTY, TONY-AWARD WINNER and AIDS ACTIVIST DIES @
79
Hollywood Legend, World
Beauty and Gay Icon Elizabeth Taylor passes.....
Sunday,
March 20 (night) -- ROCK & ROLL HALL-of-FAME
AWARDS SHOW
Honoree Darlene
Love (who we've raved about for decades) is finally inducted into the
Rock & Roll Hall-of-Fame! She performs for the
who's-who music crowd reprising her original Stonewall Club
jukebox 'Gay Marriage' song, "Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna
Marry". Darlene gets a surprise accompanist with
Bruce Springsteen on guitar! Darlene is introduced by NYC
Gay icon Bette Midler ("no voice drove
me crazier than Darlene's") with audience members including
Elton John and fellow nominees Neil Diamond (w/o Batrbra) and Leon
Russell. The event held at N.Y.
Waldorf-Astoria is televised for two hours @ 9 p.m. on cable
Fuse-TV encoring @ 12 a.m.
Sunday,
March 20 (eve) -- DIANA ROSS, the
"MUSIC QUEEN of STONEWALL", PERFORMS in the "GAY CAPITAL of the
WORLD" NEW YORK CITY
Unique opportunity to see Diana Ross, the legendary Queen of
the original Stonewall Club Jukebox, perform several "Songs
of The Stonewall" such as "Reflections", "You Can't Hurry Love"
and "Love Child" plus many of Diana's other Supremes-led
and solo #1 hit songs such as "Ain't No Mountain High Enough",
"The Boss", "Upside Down", "Endless Love" and "I'm Coming Out" --
plus movie theme songs from her films "Lady Sings The Blues",
"Mahogany" and "The Wiz"! Performance venue is the historic and
grand St. George Theatre in Staten Island. It is two
blocks from the fabled Staten Island Ferry. Theater lobby doors
open @ 6 p.m. to socialize and buy Ross-lure (tour booklets, Diana
t-shirts, C/Ds and key rings)! Pre-show will be like a big
Gay family reunion! Supreme showtime is
@ 7 p.m.
Updates: For
more 411 and pix of the famous theater inside and out, see: www.StGeorgeTheatre.com.
New
411: To see Diana Ross's "Concert Songlist", visit:
www.STONEWALLvets.org/DianaRoss.htm.
Thursday, March 17 (late morning)
-- NEW YORK CITY ST.
PATRICK'S DAY PARADE
Older than America itself is the 250th
annual New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade! The parade is led
by New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg and NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly with Councilman Peter Vallone, Jr. heading up the
NYC Council contingency. The world's biggest, longest
and oldest St. Pat's Day Parade toasts off @ 11 a.m.
Contrary to misinfo over the years by the NYC Gayragpaper
and other naysayers, there are hundreds of Gay
people in this parade! It's a Gay-American tradition!
Line-up at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan.
Wherever you are, wear something green!
Thursday, March 17 (early morning) -- ST. PATRICK'S DAY N.Y.C.
BREAKFAST & PARTY
The N.Y.C. annual St. Pat's Day Breakfast &
Party is hosted by Congressmember Carolyn
Maloney and sponsored by the Riese Restaurant Organization.
Confirmed to attend are NYS Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, NYS Attorney
General Eric Schneiderman, NYC
Public Advocate Bill De Blasio,
NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn
-- and former officials NYC Council President Peter Vallone, Sr., NYC Parks
Commissioner Henry J. Stern
and Manhattan District Attorney Robert
Morganthau -- in addition to current state
assemblymembers, state senators and city councilmembers.
The STONEWALL Veterans' Association is Gay-ly represented
by Irish-American Williamson
(Shaugnessy) Henderson and
other Stonewallers. Special thanks to event coordinator Carl Manzano. The
plenty-of-food breakfast and 'green-free'
open-bar happens at Thank God It's Friday's restaurant on
East 42nd Street off Madison Avenue in Manhattan, N.Y. It
Irish-springs very early @ 7
a.m. and generously rocks until 11 a.m. Wear something green!
Suggested drink: Green-tini!
Friday, March 11 -- 50th
ANNIVERSARY: "THE GREAT JUDY GARLAND at CARNEGIE HALL"
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Gay icon Judy
Garland's legendary performance at Carnegie Hall in New York, New
York, the famed 69-piece New York Pops Orchestra with several known
featured singers are recreating her entire show from the fabulous
overture to the climatic finale "Over The Rainbow"!
Judy's acclaimed March 11th, 1961 appearance is
described by many as "the greatest night in showbiz history"! It
was Judy's triumphant comeback from her very troubled times.
The original show was available as an album, 8-track
and cassette and now C/D and DVD. For those of you who
would not know: What does Judy have to do with the original Stonewall
Club? Answer: What does The Pope have to do with Vatican City!
And, now, will Judy's daughters Liza Minnelli and Lorna Luft be
at this tribute show? Is The Pope a Catholic!
Thursday, March 10 -- VILLAGE
INDY DEMS HOST NYC CONTROLER JOHN LIU
Village Independent Democrats have their monthly
meeting. New York City Controller
John C. Liu ("J-Lu") brings
his new arrogance and old smoke back to VID after two years.
Some SVA-ers will be present to see if he finally
delivers his multi-promised 2009 election-year S.V.A. sponsorship?
Don't bet on it! VID meeting is at Judson
Memorial Church Auditorium off Washington Square Park @ 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 10 -- HEALTHCARE FORUM in GREENWICH
VILLAGE
Since the closing of the famous St. Vincent's Hospital in
Manhattan, N.Y. a year ago, due to bankruptcy from mismanagement
and giving away too many free services to too many folks for too long,
there is no hospital serving the largest Gay population in the
world! The area includes Greenwich Village, Chelsea and the East
Village. The St. Vincent's Hospital was the facility where
any injured were taken from the five nights of the
watershed Stonewall Rebellion. Also, some victims of
September 11th, 2001! (Other "9/11" victims sadly never arrived.)
Entire event hosted by openly-Gay District Leader Brad Hoylman. Keynote is
openly-Gay NYC Council Speaker Christine
Quinn. Although they falsely
promoted themselves in posters, fliers, etc. as
speaking, three politicians did no-shows: The
Leprochan, The Glickster and The Shlub. That's shameful
for E/R plans presented and a public discussion on urgently needed
community healthcare. Location is the Hudson Guild Center on
Ninth Avenue between West 17th and 18th Streets in Manhattan, N.Y.
Speakers ignite @ 6 p.m. followed by audience questions.
Monday, March 7 -- S.V.A.
BIRTHDAY: OFFICE ASSISTANT MELIQUE RAINBOW of THE BRONX
Thursday, March 3 -- STONEWALLER BIRTHDAY: BERT
COFFMAN of THE BRONX and now in MANHATTAN
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 -- PRESIDENTIAL
TRIBUTE to MOTOWN: T.V. TELECAST
The White House event was held last month and telecast
this evening @ 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. Original "Songs of The
Stonewall" include "I Heard It Through The Grapevine", "You Can't Hurry
Love" and "My Guy". President Barack mentioned Diana Ross
yet Tasha Benson (white), Jordin Sparks (A/I) and Ledisi were the
pretend Supremes with "Stop!". With the billions of 'aid'
per country to over 100, why didn't the U.S. Prez have the
actual, living and individually-performing Supremes: Diana,
Mary and Cindy?! What a reunion! To sing Michael Jackson's
"I Want U Back" (also Stonewall, 1969), life imitated art as
'they' had Sheryl Crow (white woman) do it! Hmmm. The
only present and performing Motown stars were
Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder plus a spontaneous dash
of Martha Reeves.
February 2011 -- S.V.A. WEBSITE AVERAGES over
21,000 VERIFIED DAILY VISITS
Monday,
February 28 -- HOLLYWOOD
LEGEND: ACTRESS & PIN-UP JANE RUSSELL at 89
Sunday,
February 27 -- 83rd ANNUAL
ACADEMY AWARDS SHOW @ 8 pm (EST)
The wonderful, entertaining and
iconic American movie awards show (with British best film, best
director and best actor) had a Stonewallish finale performed
passionately by 64 young New York City students. The New York Post reports: "New
York got plenty of love with elementary school kids from P.S. 122 on
Staten Island channeling Judy Garland to sing the 1939 Academy
Award-winning song 'Over The Rainbow'"!
Saturday, February
26 -- S.V.A. MONTHLY MEETING at NEW YORK CITY GLBT CENTER
The S.V.A. Executive Committee begins preliminary planning
for "Stonewall-42" in June! Focus is on what Gay Pride
invitations shall the S.V.A. accept? Surprise and special guest
speaker! The S.V.A. meeting begins @ 4:15 p.m. and concludes
by 6 p.m. There is an after-meeting dinner at a nearby and
supportive Greenwich Village restaurant in Manhattan.
Friday,
February 25 -- DIANA
ROSS, SUPERSTAR of the ORIGINAL STONEWALL CLUB, SPECIAL GUESTS TODAY
for the ENTIRE "OPRAH" SHOW @ 4 p.m. (EST)
Diana Ross -- ultimate Motown -- was not at The White House yesterday
but is in The Oprah House performing today! Diana opens the
special show with the Gay anthem "I'm Coming Out!" and a
show-stopping finale of #1 worldwide favorite "Ain't No Mountain
Enough". Interestingly, Oprah and her
producers are ahead of Barack and his production team as this
show performance is in greater -- and more Motown -- contrast to
yesterday's entry (see below)
at The White House!
Thursday, February 24 -- MOTOWN RECORDS
PERFORMERS at THE WHITE HOUSE
Smokey Robinson and Stevie
Wonder -- popular at The Stonewall Club then -- were at
The White House today! End of short list! Berry Gordy,
Motown founder and creator, is shown in a Motown sing-a-long for
"Dancing In The Street". The original artist, Martha Reeves,
who was sitting off-center in the front row, fi-nal-ly
climbed up on the stage toward her song's
end! Regretably, President Barack's idea of "Motown
Performers" is mainly people not from Detroit, some not from
America and most not alive during the 1960s golden age of
Motown! Inexplicably absent were all of the other
surviving and still performing Motown artists namely
Diana Ross, The Temptations, Brenda Holloway, The Four Tops,
Gladys Knight, Lionel Ritchie, Boys To Men, (Miss) Chris Clark,
The Isley Brothers and Motown's forgotten girl group The
Velvelettes! Again, these are Motown artists who were not at The White House for
the misleading tribute "Motown Performances". Instead, they
had obvious non-Motowners obvious non-Motowners like Mr. Seal,
Sheryl Crow, Jon Legend, Mark Salling (from "Glee"), Natasha
Bedingfield, Nick Jonas (as lead 4 Top), Amber Riley
("Glee") and Ledisi! It was raunchily hosted by Jamie Foxx.
When the President, after much coaxing, did some
tepid dancing to a Motown song, Foxx rudely quipped:
"That's not from the black side of your ancestry"! (This "Black Pride" event is
scheduled for PBS television in the month after Black History Month!?)
Wednesday,
February 23 -- U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK RIGHTLY
DECLARES the DISCRIMINATORY DEFENSE of MARRIAGE ACT (DOMA) to be
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
The U.S. President and the U.S.
Justice Department declaring that anti-Gay marriage is unconstitutional
is the at-last great democracy news for Gay Americans!
DOMA-not! Based on a similiar discriminatory law
banning inter-racial marriages, President Barack knows that he might
not have been born! The lingering question is why didn't
the alleged Gay community 'friend' and congressionally impeached
ex-President Bill Clinton know that anti-Gay citizens marriage
was unconsitutional instead of him (of all people) signing it
into law 15 years ago in White House Oval Office in the
middle of the night? Alas, an American
civil rights victory that U.S. government will
stop supporting anti-marriage equality!
Tuesday,
February 22 -- MEMORIAL
SERVICE for GLADYS HORTON of THE MARVELETTES at FOREST LAWN CEMETERY in
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Sunday, February 20 --
STONEWALL BIRTHDAY: RAY McCAFFREY of GREENPOINT, NYC
and in NEW JERSEY (the last half-century)
Sunday,
February 13 -- GRAMMY
MUSIC AWARDS featuring 3 STONEWALL FAVORITES
This year's Grammys have a
prideful connection to the original Stonewall Club (and their
songs there) with performances by legends Barbra
Streisand and Mick Jagger in addition to a 5-girl musical
tribute to Aretha Franklin, who was also the "Queen of Soul" at The
Stonewall. Grammy's "In Memorium": Gladys Horton of The
Marvelettes. Showtime on CBS-TV is 8 p.m. (EST).
Thursday,
February 10 -- STONEWALLER BIRTHDAY: BETTY BRISTOL
of MANHATTAN and in CLEVELAND, OHIO
Wednesday,
February 9 --
STONEWALL
BIRTHDAY: CRISTINA HAYWORTH of PUERTO RICO
Monday, February 7 -- BROADWAY
CARES PRESENTS ITS "BROADWAY BACKWARDS" - the only BROADWAY SHOW
GEARED to a GAY AUDIENCE
For interesting BC/EFA 411, please visit: www.STONEWALLvets.org/BroadwayCares.htm
Friday, February 3, 2011 -- STONEWALLER
BIRTHDAY: EMILE GRIFFITH, JR. of ST. THOMAS, V.I. and in
HEMPSTEAD, L.I.
January
2011 -- S.V.A. WEBSITE
AVERAGED over 20,000 VERIFIED VISITS DAILY
Saturday, January 29 -- STONEWALL VETERANS
ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING
The first STONEWALL Veterans'
Association meeting of the new year ~ "Stonewall 42" ~ confirms
the S.V.A. Executive Committee for 2011. Guest speaker is NYS
Assemblyman Keith L. Wright, who
is also the Manhattan Democratic Chairman and a longtime S.V.A.
supporter. PRIDE Democrats President Marlon Hunter delivers
a political advisory presentation. The get-together is
chaired by Williamson Henderson.
Meeting starts @ 4:15 p.m. Following the meeting is
a "Stonewall Supper" at the Chelsea Gallery Restaurant at 72
Seventh Avenue near West 14th Street around the corner from
The Center.
Thursday,
January 27 -- STONEWALLER
BIRTHDAY: DAVID V. BERMUDEZ of PUERTO RICO and in MASSACHUSETTS
Wednesday,
January 26 -- GLADYS HORTON,
ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER of THE MARVELETTES, DIES at 65
The Marvelettes, along with The
Supremes, The Shangri-Las, The Vandellas and The Ronettes,
were the most popular girl groups at the original Stonewall Club (1966
- 1969). Gladys Horton
was the first lead singer of The Marvelettes. Her most popular
song at The Stonewall Club was the (oft-re-released) Gay dance favorite
and appropriately-titled "Too Many Fish In The Sea"! Gladys was
also known for her prior Marvelettes hit
songs "Please Mr. Postman", "Twistin' Postman", "Playboy (Get Away
From My Door)" and "Beechwood 4-5789". Visit: www.STONEWALLvets.org/songsofStonewall-8.htm.
Tuesday,
January 25 -- NEW YORK CIVIC PRESENTS "MORALITY AND
POLITICS: ARE THEY MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE?"
This worthwhile, educational event is sponsored
by New York Civic and is moderated by former New York City
Commissioner Henry J. Stern.
The panel features recent NYS Assemblymember Richard Brodsky, New York One T.V. political
reporter Grace Rauh, New
York Divinity School President Dr. Paul de Vries and NYC Civil
Court Judge Arthur Engeron.
Audience Q&A! Event is held at the historic and
beautiful Calvary Baptist Church at 123 West 57 Street (btw. Avenue of
the Americas and Seventh Av.) in Manhattan, N.Y. @ 6:30 p.m.
Visit: www.NYCivic.org.
Sunday, January
23 -- S.V.A. 1970'S PAL
B-DAY: GREGORY L. DEMPS of THE BRONX and now in DEERFIELD BEACH,
FLORIDA
Wednesday,
January 19 -- NYC MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG'S
"STATE-OF-THE-CITY" ADDRESS
This is NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's
tenth annual "State-of-the-City" address to the public. Every
year the Mayor chooses a diffferent NYC borough to rotate the event
through all five. This year it is Staten Island at the historic
and grandly restored St.
George Theatre. Prominent front-row guests
are former NYC Mayors Ed Koch
and David Dinkens. Other
front-rowers include current officials such as NYC Public Advocate
Bill De Blasio, Bronx
Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.,
Queens Boro President Helen Marshall
and Brooklyn Boro President Marty
"Schmarty" Markowitz.
The S.V.A. is reperesented by Williamson. Program commences
with musical performances @ 1 p.m.
Wednesday,
January 19 -- STONEWALLER
BIRTHDAY: LEIGH McMANUS of and in LONG ISLAND
Saturday, January 1, 2011 -- HAPPY and
GAY NEW YEAR to SVA'S MEMBERS, FRIENDS, SUPPORTERS and
ADVERTISERS!!!!
STONEWALL V.A. Website with over 1/2 Million Visits in June
of 2011!
Visit the interesting stats: www.STONEWALLvets.org/stats/2011_06.html
2011 S.V.A. Website Statistics
January (grey): 636,865 visits
February (red):
624,894 visits
March (green):
611,891 visits
April (yellow): 603,752
visits
May (pink):
545,216 visits
June (lavender): 505,386
visits
July (blue): 411,818 visits
August (light blue):
406,446 visits
September (teal blue): 424,235 visits
October (orange):
456,470 visits
November (brown): 432,479 visits
December (bright green) {in
progress}: 500,000 visits {as of December 30}
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2011 Year-to-Date:
6,178,195 visits! {as of December 30}
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