March 20 – April 11, 2008

Quotes of the Week:

“We will push on and bring full marriage equality in New York State. And when we have done that, we're going to do more. We're going to protect young people from bullies. We're going to protect against the discrimination of people in the transgender community, and we're going to fight for decent and affordable healthcare for all citizens in this state," said New York Gov. David Paterson at the New York Leadership Awards. "I wanted to also thank the executive director, Matt Foreman, whom I've known for 17 or 18 years. He's been one of the treasures of the progressive movement in New York, and just a professional and wonderful human being.”

— David A. Paterson, Governor, New York
Daily News, April 8, 2008

“There will be consistency in leadership, there will be consistency in the issues we're addressing, and in fact we have a full year of our plans laid out for us, and none of that will change as to what we have been working on and will be working on as an organization.”

— Rea Carey, Deputy Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Washington Blade, April 8, 2008

“Our strategy involves recruiting and training hundreds of volunteers to speak person to person with voters about the real harms that these measures cause to lesbian, gay and transgender families.”

— Dan Hawes, Organizing & Training Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Reuters, March 29, 2008

“The mainstream media and blogosphere reaction is unwarranted and appallingly prurient. The real story is that a family seeking to have children has been terribly mistreated by the media and, it appears, by the medical profession. All families deserve care and respect, period.”

— Matt Foreman, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Gay City News, April 10, 2008

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