Pgh Lesbian Correspondents

Each year, this wrap-up post is a challenge. The sobering reality of how many people came to read about the lives and acknowledge the deaths of trans neighbors is always difficult to process. I wrote 40 memorial posts in 2024. 33 of those posts honored neighbors who died this year. The other seven died in previous years, but their deaths or their identities only came to light this year.

28 posts on this list center the violent deaths of trans neighbors. Seven were from previous years, stretching back to 2015.

One post about the 2022 death of my mother. This was a reflection two years after her death.

Arts and Culture

One book review, really a review of the Maisie Dobbs series. That series concluded in 2024 perhaps explaining the sudden interest in a post from 2022. It is a very good series.

One review of ‘My Fair Lady’ This feels like a dark horse post. It was my first musical review in nearly a year and I poured a lot of myself into it. I was moved although I would not say I loved it. Still, connecting with readers about the local cultural scene is something I hope to reignite in 2025.

One post about the Nielsen company firing us because of COVID-19

Shopping and Retail

Tractor Supply plows under LGBTQ Community, prefers customers not vote? One post about the decision by corporation Tractor Supply to exclude LGBTQ customers. I’m glad people are paying attention.

One post about using Giant Eagle’s home grocery delivery (2018) and one post reflecting on the grocery buggies of my childhood (2023.) I really need to update my review of the home delivery and curbside shopping options.

My annual post about Toys for Tots. I post this is in early October and do my best to share widely. I know from my professional experience that people need to be reminded early, mainly those who are new to using poverty skills.

Politics

One post from our Political Q&A series, a 2022 interview with Sara Innamorato during her successful campaign for County Chief Executive.

One post about a Nazi living in Millvale. This one got me doxxed on Stormfront.

LGBTQ

One post about Pride 2024

One #AMPLIFY post from Mario Ashkar

1. Grieving Nex Benedict: the Brutal Killing of 16 year old Nonbinary Student in an Oklahoma High School
2. Pauly Likens Was a 14 Year Old Trans Girl When She Was Brutally Murdered in Sharon, PA
3. Trans Latina Kitty Monroe of Phoenix is the First Reported Victim Of 2024 Violence
4. Marilyn Augustine Hendren, a 51 year old Native HIV+ Trans Woman, Died in Tulsa. No One Has Claimed Her Body – 2023
5. Mourning Nevaeh ‘River’ Goddard: The Brutal Killing Of A 17 Year Old Nonbinary Teen in Massachusetts
6. Asking Why Four Young Trans People Have Died by Suicide in Lancaster, PA
7. A Black Trans Woman Was Killed in Las Vegas in January. Now we know her name was Sasha Williams
8. The Murder of a 53 year old Trans Woman in Maryland – 2023
9. Meraxes Medina, a 24 year old Trans Latina, Killed in Los Angeles. LAPD is Concerned About Multiple Shootings
10. Tractor Supply plows under LGBTQ Community, prefers customers not vote?
11. Book Review: The Maisie Dobbs Mysteries – 2022
12. Update on the Lives and Deaths of Britney Cosby and Crystal Jackson – 2015
13. We Were Fired as a Nielsen Family Because We Had COVID-19 – 2022
14. Black Trans Man Shot to Death in Miami
15. Brutal 2015 Murder of a Young Trans Woman in Columbus
16. Add Jacob Williamson to the Conversation about Brutal Violence Targeting Trans and Nonbinary Youth
17. What Happened to Poe Black, a 21-year-old Trans Man Killed in Slab City, California? – 2021
18. UPDATED List of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania Pride Events & More 2024
19. My Apology to Both Girls Named Jazlynn Johnson in Nevada
20. 14 Year Old Trans Girl Brutally Murdered in Western Pennsylvania
21. Trans Man Alex Franco, 21, Shot to Death in Utah
22. Black Trans Woman Shannon Boswell Mortally Shot, Run Over in Atlanta. She was 30
23. Why Was Minnesota Trans Woman Savannah Williams Brutally Murdered?
24. Six Weeks After Moving to Minneapolis, Trans Woman Liara Kaylee Tsai Was Killed by Former Partner
25. Three Lancaster Transgender Teens Died by Suicide Over Past Year – 2023
26. During the Past 18 Months, Five BIPOC Trans and Nonbinary People Have Been Killed in Atlanta: Righteous Torrence ‘Chevy’ Hill, 35, is the Most Recent
27. Mario Identifies As Queer Rustbelt Genderfluid Artist #AMPLIFY – 2015
28. 62 Year Old Trans Woman Deidre Sterling Died in Texas. Her Body is Unclaimed – 2023
29. A Black Trans Woman Murdered by Ex-Boyfriend in North Carolina. Her Name was Quanesha Shantel.
30. Q&A with Sara Innamorato, Candidate for Allegheny County Chief Executive -2023
31. 54 Year Old Latina Trans Woman from Washington Kidnapped, Tortured, and Murdered by Estranged Partner, Found in Mexican Cemetery
32. I Tried Giant Eagle’s Grocery Home Delivery Service and Here’s How It Went – 2018
33. Residents of Millvale Learn That They Have an Alleged Nazi For a Neighbor. Now What Will They Do?
34. Review: Get Accustomed to Something New as My Fair Lady Sets the Stage With A Silent Twist
35. How to Request Toys For Tots in Western Pennsylvania 2024
36. Why Was 49 Year Old Black Trans Woman Monique Brooks Shot to Death in Florida Parking Lot?
37. Black Trans Teen Girl Ariyanna Mitchell, 17, Murdered in Virginia – 2022
38. The Second Anniversary of the Death of My Mother
39. Trans Latina África Parrilla García Was Killed in San Juan
40. Remembering the Gen X Shopping Cart aka Buggy – 2023

Incoming

While we are doing this, let’s take a look at where the traffic comes from.

1. Search Engines
2. Facebook
3. X/Twitter
4. Threads
5. Reddit
6. Instagram
7. LinkedIN
8. Tumblr
9. Pinterest
10. BlueSky

In terms of sites

1. tdor.translivesmatter.info
2. Daily Kos
3. Google News
4. Wikipedia
5. them.us
6. GLAAD
7. Autostraddle
8. GunMemorial
9. Union Progress
10. HRC
11. Erin in The Morning Substack
12. The Advocate

Interesting that seven national media outlets make this list, but only one local media site – the Pittsburgh Union Progress. That’s telling. I write a lot of local content, but have little support from local media.

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