Marriage Equality in PA

Marriage Equality in PA

Don’t count on it. I know we are all pretty excited about the statements from Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama. As we should be. But I had a recent twitter discussion with someone who challenged me on the fact that Pennsylvania has enacted no statewide LGBT rights in legislative statute. No adoption […]

Pgh Public Radio News Show Talks Marriage Equality With Tony Norman

I’m still puzzled by the lack of local LGBT voices in the media coverage. Clearly, that’s an issue we need to address as a community. But I was quite intrigued to learn that a man I greatly admire, Tony Norman, would be appearing on today’s Essential Pittsburgh to discuss the President’s statement on marriage equality. […]

Barney Frank AND Chris Matthews Relentless on Religious Values with Tony Perkins

Barney Frank AND Chris Matthews Relentless on Religious Values with Tony Perkins

This is pretty awesome. Congressman Barney Frank and commentator Chris Matthews really push back on Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins religious defense of his bigotry.   You may know this already but GLAAD has an interesting project called CAP – Commentator Accountability Project. They essentially make sure the media is aware of the bias and […]

LGBT Rights in Pennsylvania – Brace Yourself, Its Not Good

This nifty little pie chart from the Guardian is a great way to illustrate where our various states stand with regard to STATEWIDE equal rights. Brace yourself. Pennsylvania has nothing. Marriage – banned Hospital visitation – no clear cut rights Adoption – single parent adoption is legal (same sex adoption is not a law) Employment […]

Congressman Mark Critz Rejects LGBT Community. Again.

Mark Critz is reputed to be a nice guy. But he’s no liberal, barely a moderate. So in this neck of the woods that usually means women and gays are screwed. Last night, freshman Congressman Huelskamp (R – Kansas) offered an amendment to the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations legislation.  The purpose? “None of the funds made available under […]

CBS Affiliate in Pittsburgh Airs “Man on the Street” Response to Obama’s Support for Marriage Equality

CBS Affiliate in Pittsburgh Airs “Man on the Street” Response to Obama’s Support for Marriage Equality

I am was so proud of KDKA. They had been very open to feedback from GLAAD on their coverage and did a nice job tonight covering the Obama story with less than one hour’s time to prep. The segments with actual political coverage were woefully inadequate. They went for sensational partisanship over the actual news. Reporter […]

President Obama “I Think Same Sex Couples Should Be Able To Get Married”

President Obama “I Think Same Sex Couples Should Be Able To Get Married”

http://youtu.be/qecdYEAby5I OBAMA: I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together, when I think about those soldiers or airmen […]

Reject Bigotry in the Outer Banks and North Carolina

Now let’s be real … EVERYONE in Pittsburgh vacations on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.  You can’t drive 5 miles without seeing the OBX window decal on at least one vehicle.   In fact, on our last trip (2010) we discovered that our motel (we went quaint) had at least 7 different families from […]

Bilerico – Election Results from PA

I took a slightly different angle on my post for Bilerico.  What do the increasingly complicated “choices” in elections mean when contrasted with the “choices” when it comes to legislative priorities … does the election of our first openly gay statewide legislator mean we are ready for marriage equality? No. But what can it mean?

Pennsylvania Elects First Openly Gay State Representative; Other Election News

Congratulations to Brian Sims who won the Democrat primary to run for State House in District 182 (Philly). Brian faces no challenger in November and is on course to be the first openly gay person elected to statewide office in Pennsylvania. From GayPolitics.com. Brian Sims tonight has won a decisive Democratic primary in his Philadelphia […]