LGBTQ meeting with Specter

LGBTQ meeting with Specter

Senator Arlen Specter invites our community to meet with him.  He's having a private meeting with a few LGBTQ leaders and then a reception open to the general public.  Sadly, media are not invited to the private meeting.  The good thing is that they consider bloggers media so all four of us can pat ourselves […]

Reminder … Twitter List

Reminder … Twitter List

Hey, I know I've told you about this before … but I'm trying very hard to keep current a Twitter list of local and statewide politicians.  This is a most excellent way to observe the politicians in their natural habitat!  LOL.  Seriously, such a great way to see what matters to them and make some […]

What we missed: the trib on gays

What we missed: the trib on gays

We like to keep up with local media coverage on LGBTQ issues, but things occasionally slip by us. The Tribune Review ran a little AP piece on world condemnation of a Papal comment linking homosexuality and pedophilia.  “Many psychologists and psychiatrists have demonstrated that there is no relation between celibacy and pedophilia,” the Italian cardinal […]

Post-Gazette Runs Piece on Uganda

Post-Gazette Runs Piece on Uganda

If you have been sort of “meh” about immigration <ahem> reform in Arizona and/or international affairs that don't involve sporting events, you should take a quick read of this piece in today's Post-Gazette, reprinted from the New York Times. Not only is Uganda attempting to make gay advocacy illegal and potentially punish gay people with […]

Word Fun

Which words strike you from my posts?  I used www.wordle.net to generate a one time snapshot of my most frequently used words.  What do you think?  

The Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has impact on Pittsburgh's "Don't Ask, Don't Report" issues

The Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has impact on Pittsburgh's "Don't Ask, Don't Report" issues

Keeping up with “breaking” news on an significant legislative issue is tough, but we don't have the luxury of overlooking the big picture, especially when there is an intersection with federal and state/local issues. There are two pressing federal issues -the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) and the passage of the Employment Nondiscriminaton […]

What if the big "coming out" promised this week is a Christian, country music star?

What if the big "coming out" promised this week is a Christian, country music star?

TMZ beat People magazine to the punch with the disclosure that country music's Chely Wright plans to come out this week as a lesbian. The 39-year-old singer scored a #1 country song back in 1999 with “Single White Female,” when she was named Academy of Country Music new artist of the year. Wright is the […]

Repeal of DADT – White House says no?

Repeal of DADT – White House says no?

Reports from the blogosphere indicate the White House may be trying to stall Congressional repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.  OK, let me try to summarize this …. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates issued a letter vaguely warning Congress NOT to include repeal of DADT in the military appropriations bill because they need to keep […]

North Side man alleges workplace gay bashing

North Side man alleges workplace gay bashing

Good for Thomas Hutter for stepping forward and standing up to discrimination and harassment. A North Side man says he was forced to quit his job at a Neville Island company because his boss kept taunting him for being gay. Thomas Hutter, 29, said Gabriel Tamilia, his supervisor at All American Grating, repeatedly harassed him […]

Joe Hoeffel in Pittsburgh today to talk about the environment

Joe Hoeffel in Pittsburgh today to talk about the environment

  HOEFFEL TO CHALLENGE CANDIDATES ON NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION: Joe Hoeffel will discuss drilling in Southwestern PA   Who:       Joe Hoeffel, Democratic Candidate for Governor                  Terri Davin, Friends of Dunkard Creek   What:          Joe Hoeffel, Democrat for governor, will discuss the economic development           potential and challenges to environment […]