Being an Advocate: 7th Annual Blogging for LGBT Families

I was mulling over my contribution to this year’s day dedicated to blog posts about LGBTQ families and I kept coming back to the recent chart in The Guardian which showed that LGBTQ people and families in Pennsylvania have no rights. It bothers me that so many people don’t know or accept this information because […]

New Email List for Western PA LGBTQA Social Media Advocates

Are you using Facebook or Tumblr to promote equality in Pennsylvania? We’d love for you to join a new resource designed to connect you with others doing similar things — a Google group. Our goal is to have an ongoing dialogue about issues, political races and other topics relevant to achieving equality for the LGBTQ […]

Memorial Day Makes Me Angry

Pgh Lesbian Correspondents

Growing up in West Mifflin, I had no real idea what Memorial Day was about. We typically had a cookout and there was a parade near our house. It was next to a cemetery dated back to pre-Revolutionary War times so I had a sense of history, but not necessarily any connection to veterans in […]

Western PA Bloggers Team Up To Promote LGBT Equality

My colleague Tom Waters drafted this explanation of a joint initiative we are launching … Two prominent western PA bloggers are joining forces to host a first ever LGBTQA bloggers and social media summit. Sue Kerr, primary blogger at Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents and Thomas C Waters of thomascwaters.com are planning a get together that they hope will be informative, interesting […]

NAACP Board of Directors Votes to Support Marriage Equality

NAACP Board of Directors Votes to Support Marriage Equality

Today, the Board of the NAACP issued the following statement after voting to support marriage equality. The NAACP Constitution affirmatively states our objective to ensure the “political, educational, social and economic equality” of all people. Therefore, the NAACP has opposed and will continue to oppose any national, state, local policy or legislative initiative that seeks […]

Bob Evans Responds

Bob Evans Responds

Remember that time I went to Bob Evans and discovered that they categorized this blog as pornography? Well, at least they got back to me in a timely manner. I wonder if company even cares that there prepacked software filters may not be fine tuned enough to actually support their corporate mission and values? Or […]

Pittsburgh Lesbian Blog, Blogger Honored for Contributions to the Community

PITTSBURGH– Local blogger Sue Kerr, editor and founder of Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents, the longest running LGBT blog in Southwestern Pennsylvania is honored to be named the 2012 recipient of the “Stacey Walker Memorial Award” by Keystone Alliance Gaylife Newsletter.   The award was established to honor the spirit of columnist and Greensburgbased drag king performer […]

Friends Don’t Describe Friends as Homosexuals

Friends Don’t Describe Friends as Homosexuals

This week has brought out an array of interesting allies to the LGBTQ community. I’ve watched all sorts of folks respond to the vote for bigotry in NC and the President’s statement (and the Vice President’s statement earlier in the week) with a mixture of delight and surprise. Most of the people I know seem […]

Pgh LGBTQA Youth Post Response Video to ‘It Gets Better’ Video

Pgh LGBTQA Youth Post Response Video to ‘It Gets Better’ Video

Found a link to this in my box today … I think its great! http://youtu.be/C_FFopKJoLI   Interesting points that I took away from Han’s comments Is the concept that ‘It Gets Better’ too big of a promise? How can we as adults support young people seeking to ‘get better’ in the context Han suggests? How […]

What Pennsylvania’s LGBT Community Needs …

What Pennsylvania’s LGBT Community Needs …

Sorry, this popped into my mind during all of the post-North Carolina election chit chat. It was nice to smile …   http://youtu.be/rdyOxtPqJ3M