Pgh Lesbian Correspondents

A race is on for a local state House seat currently held by Mike Turzai (R) who voted in 2006 to amend the PA Constitution to “protect” marriage.  Democrat Sharon Brown of McCandless is challenging him.  Turzai is not supporting HB 300.  The marriage equality bills and hate crimes legislation haven't been introduced in the […]

A burning question for me has always been “Who else in my family is gay?”  I'm an amateur geneaologist of sorts.  I've been working on the family tree for about 10 years and have close to 1300 individuals listed.  Mind you, a lot of these folks are sideways branches … plus Ledcat's family and a […]

HuffPo has a good piece about Immigration Equality. Have you considered the impact second-class citizenship has on families where one parent faces the possibility of deportation?  Not because they are here illegally or have done anything wrong, but because heterosexual families can use a legal marriage to sponsor their loved one.  A documentary debuts today.  […]

Lez Get Real has a story on a planned direct action at the Cathedral in Chicago led by long-time activist Andy Thayer. To back his point Thayer told LGR, “This is not just about the equal right to marry. In Illinois, Cardinal George and his predecessors over the years have worked behind the scenes to […]

The New York Times interviewed Emily Ford, wife of candidate for the open Senate Seat from New York.  In this interview, she takes some credit for Ford's recent much lauded turnabout on LGBTQ issues. Already, some members of the Democratic establishment have accused him of reversing his opposition to same-sex marriage and to flipping from […]

Reverend Janet Edwards let me know that she is now a regular contributor to the “On Faith” section vis a vis Newsweek and Washington Post.  Here's a link to her contributions thus far.  Her most recent piece is about the Super Bowl: I see this as an expensive effort on the part of Focus on […]

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 […]

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 […]

Peduto endorses Joe Hoeffel. “Joe Hoeffel is a progressive leader who will fight for Pennsylvania,” Peduto said. “I am supporting Joe, because he understands the challenges facing communities like Pittsburgh, and he isn’t afraid to make the tough decisions to change the direction of our economy for the benefit of working families. He has a […]