Pgh Lesbian Correspondents

Bram Reichbaum from The Pittsburgh Comet alerted me to an exchange between City Councilors Bruce Kraus and Ricky Burgess during the pension plan bailout meetings. According to Bram: Kraus: “I am neither a Republican, a racist nor am I rich.” Points out that Burgess never has supported gay lesbian & transgendered legislation and so doesn't […]

From the Morning Call Allentown may soon become the first municipality in the Lehigh Valley to offer medical benefits to partners of gay employees, whether active or retired. Under a domestic partnership bill before council, partners of gay employees would be eligible for health benefits as long as the couple can illustrate they live together […]

Hmm … I missed this yesterday in the Post-Gazette. HARRISBURG — Although his years-long crusade to enact a statewide ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity again died at the end of the most recent legislative session, state Rep. Dan Frankel sees reason for optimism. Frankel's optimism stems from the long-term view […]

Hatboro, PA, passed an anti-discrimination ordinance which included sexual orientation and gender identity. Then the Mayor vetoed it.  Hatboro Mayor Norm Hawkes vetoed a measure Monday night that would have established a borough commission to review prejudice claims – a step advocates argued was necessary to extend protection to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people […]

Well … where to begin.  At last count, I have 600 email messages about DADT in my box and reading through them is dizzying.  The Pentagon study endorsed the repeal of DADT, finding that 70 of enlisted mend women essentially see no negative impact.  70 percent.  The Pentagon recognizes that repeal decisions from the courts […]

The PG has a good piece on the spread of poverty into the suburbs.  In the Pittsburgh area, more than three-quarters of the poor population now live in the suburbs. In the decade since the turn of the century, “The number of poor in the suburbs has grown by more than twice the rate than […]

This one goes out to the folks who can't seem to stop reading even though they detest what I have to say …  

LGBT champion, State Representative Dan Frankel penned a letter to the Post-Gazette urging Western Pennsylvania to support Onorato because he's the better choice on LGBT issues. The cruz of his arguement is that Corbett thinks existing anti-discrimination protections on the statewide level are fine and has no intention of expanding them.  Onorato has stated he […]

I got nothing.  You can vote Team Democrat and hope for the best.  Or you can vote for the best commercial.  Or the candidates least likely to have to defend themselves from being labeled a witch.  I tried to write a thoughtful analysis, but the only person I have any respect for is Joe Sestak.  […]

Congressman Murphy is possibly the only candidate in the entire nation that has the backing of the entire gay community, from Beltway insiders to jailed activists. He's been on the frontlines about repealing DADT and makes no apologies.  If you've been paying attention to LGBT politics, you're most likely aware that the rift between Gay, […]