Looking to volunteer in Pgh's LGBT community?

Looking to volunteer in Pgh's LGBT community?

If it is politics and advocacy that catch your fancy, then Steel City Stonewall Democrats has several opportunities to get involved.  – Social Media Editor – Development Director – Recording Secretary Steel City is a great way to make an impact whether your issue is marriage equality, Don't Ask, Don't Tell or you just want […]

Obama calls out Uganda

Obama calls out Uganda

I have a pretty intense week at work so I opted to enjoy the moment this morning when I learned that President Obama referenced the LGBT community, especially the Ugandan “kill gays” law, during his address at the National Prayer Breakfast.  We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can agree that it is […]

Are you ready for the blizzard?

Are you ready for the blizzard?

The arrest of a group of Baptists for child trafficking in Haiti illustrates the deep complexities of international child welfare.  I was appalled at the sheer ignorance of these folks … they have done tremendous damage.  So very sad for everyone.  Saddest is that every resource focused on this trial means fewer going to earthquake […]

GLCC Kidfest Becomes Recurring Event

GLCC Kidfest Becomes Recurring Event

Some nice news for Pittsburgh's LGBTQ families.  The GLCC Board has approved expanding the Kidsfest event to 4x year, including a very special Pride edition.  I hear some nice feedback from folks about this recent event and I think it is a marvelous idea.  They are accepting application for venders, performers and tabling interested folks.  […]

Philadelphia Frustration

Philadelphia Frustration

The old joke about the divide between Pgh and Philly seems to have some truth which is not funny. I'm going to try and do a better job of sharing developing Philly news with you.  Philly has an LGBT Police Liaison Committee.  Dear Lord in Heaven. Can you imagine?  We can't even get a coherent spokesperson […]

A few things of interest

A few things of interest

The Post-Gazette sums up Sunday's Gubernatorial Debate with nothing particularly earthshattering with regard to LGBT political news. This was during the 14th Ward Independent Democratic Political Club debate, considered one of the most significant progressive endorsements in the region. On abortion rights and gay marriage, Mr. Hoeffel and Mr. Doherty repeated their more liberal positions, […]

So much has been happening.  I've been so busy at work that I've hardly had time to keep up with email and Facebook, much less blog.  Let's do the LGBTQ stuff first. The bastion of Catholic goodness, Notre Dame, is suffering some backlash after publishing this cartoon in the student newspaper.   (h/t Pam's House Blend) The paper has […]

Saturday on the couch with a cup of coffee

Saturday on the couch with a cup of coffee

The boys decided they really had to visit the backyard at 6:30 AM so up I got.  Now I'm coffee'd up and had the wonderful joy of listening to my neighbor laying on her horn for ten minutes to get her kids out of the door.  Which brings me to the number one topic of […]

Breaking: Pennsylvania Courts to Offer Domestic Partner Benefits

Breaking: Pennsylvania Courts to Offer Domestic Partner Benefits

Another step forward for Pennsylvania's public employees.  From the Philly Gay News: Employees of Pennsylvania’s court system who are in same-sex relationships will now be entitled to the same benefits as their heterosexual married counterparts. The domestic-partner policy, announced Jan. 29 to all employees through a memo with their paystubs, will allow the partners of […]

Pgh Stonewall Dems Search for Social Media Editor

Pgh Stonewall Dems Search for Social Media Editor

I'm very pleased that Steel-City Stonewall Democrats are on the search for a volunteer to focus solely on social media.  I've been working on this project with other local LGBT social media users and really want to applaud the group for embracing these tools to support their mission.  The job description is also attached to […]