Marriage equality
supporters gather in Albany to lobby New York
legislators

On the heels of New York governor Eliot Spitzer's introduction of a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state, more than 1,000 gay rights advocates rallied in Albany, the state capital, on Tuesday to show their support for the measure. The LGBT New Yorkers and their allies also pushed for a bill that would prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression and another that would ban bias-based harassment in schools. Among the officials on hand were state assembly member Danny O'Donnell, the openly gay brother of Rosie O'Donnell, who will be carrying the marriage equality bill in the assembly. (The Advocate)