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Another heartening letter to the editor, this time from Carole E. Rose of Mt. Lebanon on the topic of gay rights. Ms. Rose is responding to a letter which regurgitated the “marriage = procreation” argument which this writer soundly rebuts: Does she have her head in the sand? Does she think that children are born […]
It always brightens my day to read a letter in the Post-Gazette section focusing on the civil rights of the gay community. Here's one example from Tuesday. Creating inequality Electing Barack Obama to be our president is a step toward eliminating racism; for this I am joyous and grateful. But sadly, eliminating racism does not […]
There's been a lot of chatter about pushing back against those who financially supported the Yes on Proposition 8 initiative to show that the LGBTQ community will not have our rights ripped away and then blindly spend our $$ to fill the coffers of those who did the ripping. LGBT organizers have been posting lists […]
UPDATE: Photos now included. Wow. Pittsburgh turned out a crowd of more than 500 people (independent counts, not the organizers) in the Oakland area of town to protest the passage of California Prop 8 and demand equal rights for LGBTQ families. What began as a loosely organized effort turned into a large crowd of […]
Here's your chance to be part of the nationwide outrage over the passage of California's Proposition 8 which amends the state constitution to limit marriage between a man and a woman. 11/15/08. Join your queer brothers and sisters, and our allies, this Saturday, November 15, at the City County Building at 1:30 PM. From Join the […]
Well, the LGBTQ community is officially a market sayeth the folks at Hallmark. From the Post-Gazette: The nation's largest greeting card company is rolling out same-sex wedding cards — featuring two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best wishes inside. “Two hearts. One promise,” one says. Hallmark added the cards after California joined Massachusetts […]
Happy PrideWeek. 'Tis a momentous week indeed to celebrate Pride as today at 5:01 PM local time will mark the first legal same sex marriages in California. Here in Pittsburgh our civil rights successes are more modest, namely beating back an anti-gay marriage amendment and actually having legislation introduced on the state level to expand […]
What's good news for Californian queers may mean the battle over same-sex marriage heats up again in Pennsylvania as the anti-gay marriage amendment backers put on the pressure to revive that legislation. They argue that predictions of courts overruling state DOMA laws has come true and call the Pennsylvania House to gird their loins for […]
UPDATE: I made a call this morning to Fontana's office in Harrisburg. They are getting a ton of calls, going both directions. Similar reports from Costa's Harrisburg office. Keep it up. Sneak out for a cigarette break, even if you don't smoke, to make the call. I also heard that the rally is noisy. All good […]
Melissa Etheridge is going to Philly, Reading and Columbus, Ohio, but not Pittsburgh. I hear she just doesn't sell well here. Very sad. Now that Melissa caught your eye, read on please. Equality Advocates PA wants to build on the great turnout of gays and gay allies to the Pittsburgh hearing on SB […]
