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This blog and the work we do is supported by my SSDI check, a few ads, and mostly – you. You subscribe, you share, and you invest. A week ago was my SSDI check date – they divide us by birthrates into the first, second, third, etc week of the month. While watching Rachel Maddow […]
An attempted carjacking left a Black trans woman dead and her brother hospitalized on Monday, March 31, 2024 in Autaugaville, Alabama. Her name was Kaitoria ‘Kai’ Le’Cynthia Bankz. The would-be carjacker, Kelmen Merrell King, is in police custody. WSFA reports that Bankz and King communicated online before the deadly incident and met for what investigators […]
Pittsburgh is one of hundreds of communities participating in the Hands Off! rallies this Saturday. Read on for more details and visit this site for details on nationwide efforts. My crew will be there handing out Protect Trans Kids stickers – look for our tote bags! Time Saturday, April 5 12:30 – 2pm EDT Location […]
Spoilerish. Like most of Gen X, I adore a good romcom. It is a pleasure to add a lovely, quality film like ‘A Nice Indian Boy’ to the queer romcom canon, a canon that has often let me down (I’m looking at you, Happiest Christmas) but includes gems such as Fire Island, But I’m a […]
This weekend, we published number 13 in this series (Erika Strassburger) so it is time to update once again. I’ve reached out to over 40 campaigns, 20 have replied requesting a Q&A. So we are waiting on seven to be returned. And keeping open the door to other candidates. There are seven weeks left to […]
Today, I had a disturbing thought, wondering if my friends were tiring of hearing me talk about my current struggle with depression? Revisiting recent conversations, looking for subtext, listening for nuance – all to convince myself that I was indeed disturbing them. And that’s the deadly moment where many of us who won’t want to […]
No one should be punished simply because they have found themself in an abusive relationship. Knowing how difficult it is for people to leave these relationships when the abuser has gained often emotional, financial, social, and physical power over them, I felt strongly that they should have every tool possible to gain their independence, freedom, […]
Linda Becerra Moran was 30 when she called 911 and reported she was at risk of being kidnnapped in Los Angeles. That was February 7, 2025. The Crime According to the website Remembering Our Dead Footage of the encounter showed officers speaking in Spanish with a distraught Becerra Moran in the moments leading up to […]
I helped to found a group called “Hampton for All” which is a community resource for educators, parents, and students in our community. We have a visible presence at our school board promoting protection for all marginalized groups in the town, including trans students. Meet the Candidate Welcome to the 2025 election season series ‘Political […]
First, do no harm. I don’t think Donny’s Place, a former gay bar in the Polish Hill neighborhood, should be designated as a historic designation. And it certainly shouldn’t be the first place so designated. Back in 2021, I was contacted by Preservation Pittsburgh to support their efforts to designate the site of the former […]
