Month: December 2015

Reviews, Interviews, Giveaways

Enter to Win A Head Full of Dreams From Coldplay! #Giveaway

December 7, 2015 by
Coldplay Album Giveaway

Enter to win A Head Full of Dreams from Coldplay! A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS the new album from COLDPLAY Including “Adventure Of A Lifetime” and “Hymn For The Weekend” – the band’s collaboration with Beyoncé Out Now! CD: http://smarturl.it/AHFODamazon Vinyl: http://smarturl.it/AHFODamznvnyl MP3: http://smarturl.it/AHFODamznmp3 http://coldplay.com http://facebook.com/coldplay http://twitter.com/coldplay http://instagram.com/coldplay #AHFOD   How To Enter! We are […]

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Dinah Denmark: Lesbian, Jewish, Buddhist. #AMPLIFY

December 7, 2015 by
Dinah Denmark

Name: Dinah Denmark Age: 53 County of Residence: Allegheny Preferred Pronouns: I don’t use them generally How do you describe your identity? Lesbian. Jewish. Buddhist. Please describe your coming out experience. Where did you find support? What challenges did you face? It was 1981, I was 18 years old. My college roommate and I fell in love. Fortunately, I had relatively […]

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Reach OUT for the Holidays: Supporting LGBTQ Elders

December 6, 2015 by

  Once again, we are teaming up with the SAGE program at Persad Center to support LGBTQ elders who may not have strong family support during the holiday season. Some adults in the program struggle to meet their day to day needs because of limited incomes and resources. Homophobia, transphobia and racism in their community […]

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Jazmine, 46, Has Advice for LGB Allies to the Trans Community #AMPLIFY

December 4, 2015 by
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Name: Jazmine Age: 46 County of Residence: Allegheny Preferred Pronouns: She, her, woman, female, Queen! How do you describe your identity? I was adopted so don’t know my ethnic background. I am a heterosexual female. HIV + Trans woman who often regrets transitioning now that I’m older. Seems things such as relationships would be easier and life less lonely had […]

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Holiday Toy Distribution in Pittsburgh 2015

December 3, 2015 by

Behind the scenes, this information is some of the most frequently sought from my blog this time of year. So I’m going to make it as accessible as possible. There are two major two distributions that are open to the public. Play It Forward will distribute gently used toys, books and similar items on Saturday […]

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Niki Talks About Living as a Gender Queer Trans Woman in Pittsburgh #AMPLIFY

December 2, 2015 by

Name:  Niki Age: 32 County of Residence: Allegheny. Washington county where I grew up. Crawford county, Erie county. I went to college in both places Preferred Pronouns: she/her How do you describe your identity? My sexual orientation I describe as either bi, pan, or queer. I don’t care too much about those specific kinds of labels, just that gender isn’t important to […]

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Ten Holiday Things To Do In Pittsburgh

December 1, 2015 by
I Made It! For the Holidays

I’ve made these lists up in the past, filled with big plans and remorse over what I didn’t accomplish. Still, here we are on December 1 once again and I’m giving it the good try. Here’s my list of things to do in Pittsburgh this year to celebrate the holidays. Or at least things I […]