Take me OUT to the Ballgame!
Saturday June 17, 2006
(After the Pride Awareness March & Riverwalk PrideFest)
Gates open at 5:05pm; Game Time 7:05pm
Portions of Ticket Sales benefit
The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Pittsburgh
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Sunday, March 26
Are there really Gay Pirates? Come to Pride Night at PNC Park to Find Out
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Sue
on Sun 26 Mar 2006 10:41 AM EST
Monday, March 13
ACLU honors Pittsburgh gay activist Randy Forrester
by
Sue
on Mon 13 Mar 2006 08:00 PM EST
Pittsburgh's "Civil Libertarian of the Year", Randy Forrester, has been a definitive leader in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual community since his founding of the first gay and lesbian rights organization in Western Pennsylvania, Mattachine (now defunct), in 1969. He co-founded (with partner James Huggins) Persad Center Inc., a community mental health center for sexual minorities, which since 1972 has helped hundreds of HIV-AIDS patients and delivered mental health services to thousands in the GLBT community. He retired in 2001 after 28 years as Executive Director during which Persad grew to a multi-program agency with a budget over one million dollars. Mr. Forrester ? a former member and officer of both the ACLU's Pennsylvania Affiliate and Pittsburgh Chapter boards ? also conceived and founded the Lambda Foundation, which funds programs relating to the GLBT community; helped to create the Pennsylvania Governor's Council for Sexual Minorities; served as chairman of Pittsburgh's Human Relations Commission; and famously ran for Allegheny County commissioner in 1979. For these and other accomplishments, Mr.Forrester was named #53 in Pittsburgh Magazine's 1999 list of the 100 most influential Pittsburghers of the 20th century. PROGRAM INFORMATION: The Annual Meeting of the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter of the ACLU-PA With keynote speaker Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union 1:00 p.m. Sunday, March 26, 2006 McConomy Auditorium, University Center Carnegie Mellon University, Oakland Free and open to the public. For more info, contact the ACLU at 412-681-7736.
60 Minutes "Something" before birth determines sexual orientation
by
Sue
on Mon 13 Mar 2006 07:32 PM EST
Sunday evening's edition of 60 Minutes included Lesley Stah's report "The Science of Sexual Orientation" in which she explores recent research into sexual orientation.
Today, scientists are looking at genes, environment, brain structure and hormones. There is one area of consensus: that homosexuality involves more than just sexual behavior; it?s physiological.
The show interviewed two sets of male twins to explore issues of nuture vs nature. While overall the piece is interesting, I was somewhat disturbed by how close Stahl danced to the line of stereotyping, such as when she tried to identify gay mannerisms in an attempt to understand how gay men are "feminized" physiologically. I was also somewhat disappointed that Stahl neglected to clarify sexual orientation from gender identity. One of the younger male twins is very "girly" and clearly said he is like a girl, even that he thought he was a girl in the womb but became a boy b/c his mother preferred boys. Lesley, wanting to be a girl is not the same thing as being gay. Other nuggets ... * Sexual orientation may be more closely connected with hormones than genetics. * The more older brothers a man has, the greater his chance of being gay. * Well, only for man who are right handed.
Saturday, March 11
Save the Date: Art for Aids
by
Sue
on Sat 11 Mar 2006 01:43 PM EST
UPMC?s Celebrate Life, Celebrate Art 2006 ? The Auction
Catholic Church Hates Gays More Than It Loves Children
by
Sue
on Sat 11 Mar 2006 01:27 PM EST
The Catholic Church strikes another blow for homobigots everywhere. 365gay.com reports that Catholic Charities of Boston will no longer provide adoption services because they choose not to comply with the states human rights law requring them to not discriminate against GLBT parents. The Catholic Church wants a special exemption from the law. They want to be free to discriminate AND accept state funding. Only in W's America! Today in Pennsylvania, there are over 21,000 children in the foster care system (I know this from my day job). That is in a state that ALLOWS gays to foster and adopt children. It is pathetic -- absolutely pathetic -- that the right wing is trying to use CHILDREN as leverage against gays. Vulnerable children are fodder for their latest attempts to paint queers into a corner or back into the closet. They are going to keep these kids in foster care for years longer by turning away gay foster and adoptive parents. That's some family values for ya. I'm looking forward to Bishop Wuerl's response .... Sue Friday, March 3
Gay Bingo This Weekend in Pittsburgh
by
Sue
on Fri 03 Mar 2006 10:25 AM EST
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