Sandi Bachom, a digital activist in nyc, made the above video in response to the church Sarah Palin attends hosting a radical 'pray away the gay' conference.

Some of the video was shot at the Marriage Equality New York March on Sunday and features Allen Roskoff (Jim Owles Club), Matt Carlin (Stonewall Democrats), and many other ny gay activists. You'll even see me (Ryan) briefly!

Gay activist Allen Roskoff, with whom we spoke earlier this year, has some harsh words for New York Senators Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer:

It is way past time that our community start holding accountable the U.S. Senators from New York: Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer. As New York State is on the verge of reaching marriage equality, it is a disgrace that both our U.S. senators still oppose our right to marry. While some people may like to bask in the sunlight of the razzle-dazzle Clinton and the powerful but boring Schumer, they do so at the expense of full recognition of our relationships.

Unless the senators change their positions and support marriage equality by Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 2009, I am calling on the LGBT community, including all the political clubs in New York, to declare the senators unwelcome to our support.

Well, that's ample time, but we're not so sure the Senators are going to take Roskoff up on his offer. Nor are we convinced the Empire State's homos will fall in line…

Allen Roskoff's never been afraid to voice his opinion. Well, that's not true. Like so many of the lavender set, the New York-based activist once hid in the closet, but found himself out and proud after falling in with the Gay Activist Alliance, one of our city's first post-Stonewall rights groups.

Now, as president of the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, Roskoff remains one of the most progressive activists this side of the Mississippi. In fact, it was an email from Roskoff that spurred the following exchange with our editor.

Some of you may recall last week's story about anti-gay "cult" Aesthetic Realism. Well, Roskoff wrote to us and regaled us with tales of how he and his GAA pals used to rail against the group.

Always intrigued by tales of homo history, we asked Roskoff if he'd like to elaborate for you, our darling readers. And he graciously agreed.

Read what Roskoff has to say about the Realism movement, gay activism's golden years, why homos need to stop cheering for Hillary Clinton, how Barney Frank and HRC do more harm than good, and why Barack Obama must be the Democratic nominee - after the jump, naturally.

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