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NOTE: The first edition of this post switched the district races around. I apologize for the ridiculous mistake and can only claim that the lack of coffee made me do it. It goes to show that people ARE paying attention. ***************************************************************** None received the ACDC endorsement so I didn't get to sing their praises in […]
Saturday night, Ledcat and I sat down to talk with Lance Friedman, co-chair of the Steel City Stonewall Democrats which is the local chapter of the national gay democratic network. Friedman has been co-leading the group since January 2007 after the unexpected departure of Steel-City's controversial co-chair Scott Safier. Since then Friedman and co-chair Tara Reynolds have […]
From Young Philly Politics CALL OUT FOR SUPPORT TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR ERICA KEEL THIS FRIDAY, MAY 11TH, 4pm, at 12O1 LOCUST STOPEN PLANNING MEETING On March 22nd of this year, Erica Keel, a 20-yr-old African American trans woman, was fatally run over at Broad and Thompson streets in North Philadelphia. According to witness accounts, […]
This made me laugh. And cry. Our favorite Pennsylvania-flavored fundie, Diane Gramley of the American Family Association of Pennsylvania, has issued a call for all good Christian families to boycott the City of Brotherly Love for being too gay friendly. It seems that Philly has ratcheted up the drive to attract gay tourist dollars by unveiling several […]
Just some random Saturday morning LGBTQ stuff … Pam's House Blend contributor Ken from Mississippi has a nice little piece on the activism of coming out. As I've said many times here at the little coffeehouse, the most radical, powerful bit of activism that we can do as LGBT citizens is to come out of […]
You aren't that surprised are you? The Trib's editorial board clicked their heels and jumped into line with the right wingnuts clamoring about the House of Representative's extension of federal hate crime protections to the LGBT community. It passed 237 to 180 while a companion bill works its way through the Senate. W, of course, […]
I spent 90 minutes detailing what I deemed an historic event for Pittsburgh's LGBT community and the local Democratic Party. The party detailed it thusly (h/t Progress Pittsburgh): GLBT: A good crowd representing the GLBT community in the area met with a dozen candidates and discussed issues of concern within the community, raising health care […]
I found this while cleaning out some boxes. Ok, while moving some boxes around the attic to make it look like I had cleaned them out. Maria convinced me to post it thinking you might get a kick out of it. That was senior year of college … November 1991. The inscription reads …”To a […]
This is really long, but read to the end for the outcomes. First, here are the Steel-City endorsements and here are those of the Gertrude Stein Club. Tonight Ledcat and I scurried home to let the dogs out and head over to Shadyside for an historic meeting — the first ever LGBT forum sponsored by […]
From the Steel-City Stonewall Democrats … Questionnaires detailing candidate positions on GLBT issues from: Dan Onorato, Rick Swartz, Mike Dawida, Michael Lamb, Tony Pekora, Doug Shields, Willis Berry, C. Darnell Jones II, Seamus McCaffery, Debra Todd, Christine Donohue, Ann E. Lazarus, James Murray Lynn, Cathleen Bubash, Arnie Klien, Mike McCarthy, Jack McVay, Wrenna Watson, Bruce Kraus, Len Bodack, Patrick […]
