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It is a terrible burden to carry – the realization that someone you trusted violated other children. I know this because tonight I learned that a third person in my life is being investigated for “inappropriate contact via Facebook with minor children.” The second person was a Catholic Priest in my home parish of Holy […]
Growing up in West Mifflin, I had no real idea what Memorial Day was about. We typically had a cookout and there was a parade near our house. It was next to a cemetery dated back to pre-Revolutionary War times so I had a sense of history, but not necessarily any connection to veterans in […]
As soon as I hear her name or the first chords of the song “She Works Hard For The Money,” I am transported to a dinky sub basement room in the West Mifflin Area High School gym where the “girls” learned coordinated quasi-aerobic routines while the boys did something completely different. I was in 10th […]
Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents was established in December 2005 as an outgrowth from various radio appearances founder Sue Kerr made as Pittsburgh’s “unofficial lesbian correspondent.” Her original intent was to promote the positive things happening in Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ community – this was a community organizing tool reflecting Kerr’s social work background. She quickly became one of […]
Like you, I was and continue to be horrified by the revelations of the sexual abuse of minor boys and the apparent cover-up (or fail to act?) on the part of pretty much anyone with power and authority at Penn State. It has been all over the media, as you know. It is inescapable and […]
It is 7:15 AM on the day of a work event and I'm blogging. I should be rushing around panicking about my clothes and trying to get the dry cleaner plastic off my winter coat … The Pennsylvania Resources Council, Alcoa and Manchester would like the Steeler Nation to recycle. They provide the bags, the […]
I read about this in the Pittsburgh City Paper this afternoon. Savage Love columnist Dan Savage is responding to yet another tragic suicide because of gay bullying by sending the message that “It Will Get Better.” He's set up a You Tube channel to solicit videos from everyday gays about their experiences in school and […]
Just read Slag Heap every day. Not only does it make me nostalgic for the slap heap upon which I played as a child (now known as Century Square in West Mifflin), but it is probably the smartest blog in the region. Well, Chris Briem is pretty damn close but I have to admit he intimidates […]
The Post-Gazette has a lovely description of a (somewhat) authentic Hungarian wedding which took place in Duquesne over the weekend at the Hungarian Reformed Church. The bride's brother is a member of the LGBT community who recently relocated out of state. Here's the interesting part: Church leaders said they are hoping that groups not ordinarily […]
Some things that might peak your interest … The Mayor's LGBT Advisory Committee had their first meeting on Tuesday around 8:30 AM. I had previously contacted the individuals I had been advised (ha ha) would be serving and they basically sent me the exact sentences back in their various confirmation email messages. We can expect […]
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