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Thumbs on the Keyboard, Dems!

Thumbs on the Keyboard, Dems!

My list of PA and Pgh politician tweeps continues to grow. I”m up to 87 accounts now.  http://twitter.com/PghLesbian24/politicians-pgh-and-pa Republicans are jumping on board the social media wagon at a much faster rate than Democrats.  I did add the PA House Democratic Campaign Committee and Dan Keller who is running for the House seat in the […]

CMU grad studet shares her experience under Don't Ask, Don't Tell in PG

CMU grad studet shares her experience under Don't Ask, Don't Tell in PG

I caught this op/ed piece in Sunday's Forum section of the Post-Gazette a little later in the afternoon.  I'm glad I held off writing about it because some interesting contextual information on DADT has since been released.  CMU graduate student Karen Mesko shared her painful journey as a member of the Reserves which she entered […]

Sunday Interests

Sunday Interests

A race is on for a local state House seat currently held by Mike Turzai (R) who voted in 2006 to amend the PA Constitution to “protect” marriage.  Democrat Sharon Brown of McCandless is challenging him.  Turzai is not supporting HB 300.  The marriage equality bills and hate crimes legislation haven't been introduced in the […]

Ancestry and the Census

Ancestry and the Census

A burning question for me has always been “Who else in my family is gay?”  I'm an amateur geneaologist of sorts.  I've been working on the family tree for about 10 years and have close to 1300 individuals listed.  Mind you, a lot of these folks are sideways branches … plus Ledcat's family and a […]

Steel City Endorsement Meeting on March 28, 2010

Steel City Endorsement Meeting on March 28, 2010

If you care enough to read what is a significantly political LGBTQ blog, please care enough to help shape the LGBTQ endorsement.  Membership starts at $15 per person.  This is absolutely your best chance to make “one vote, one person” speak loud and clear about our community priorities.  On Sunday, March 28th Steel-City Stonewall Democrats […]

ACDC increases filing fees

ACDC increases filing fees

From the Post-Gazette: The Allegheny County Democratic Party jolted some of its potential candidates with a sharp increase in the filing fee levied on those seeking its committee members' endorsement for state legislative seats. In the last election cycle, the party demanded $750 of anyone seeking the party's official backing in state House races. This […]

Locally filmed AIDS tale premieres Saturday; Mt. Ararat Baptist Church partners with gay community

Locally filmed AIDS tale premieres Saturday; Mt. Ararat Baptist Church partners with gay community

Why Us? Left Behind and Dying premieres in Pittsburgh this weekend at the August Wilson Center.  From Tony Norman: “Why Us? Left Behind and Dying” [further described on C-1 of today's Magazine section] is a searing, heartbreaking look into the disproportionately high rate of AIDS/HIV in the African-American community. What makes this documentary unique among […]

Doesn't it just make you crazy?

Doesn't it just make you crazy?

Rumors are flying about the impending snowstorm scheduled for Monday.  2-3, 4-6, 8-12.  Does it really matter? Ick. I was trying to remember how I learned to drive in the snow.  Do you remember your first time behind the wheel in the snow?  Then I realize I've been driving for 24 years and start to […]

How I Spent My Tuesday Night

How I Spent My Tuesday Night

Tonight, I wrote down what other people had to say, carefully limiting my commentary to the occasional doodle on the edge of the page. Tonight, and for the next two months, I volunteered to be the interim-secretary for the Steel City Stonewall Democrats Board meeting.  I am not a board member, just a volunteer.  Ledcat […]