Proudly powered by WordPress.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Designed & built by Avenue Design Studios.
It happens every year. Every year for eight years. So why would I expect any different this ninth year of being involved in holiday giving projects? Today was the day. It was late in the year, but I wasn’t surprised. It was the call from the parent of young adolescents (11 and 14) seeking help […]
Bil at Bilerico has a great write up on this annual battle. Yes, the Salvation Army does good work. But so do the Boy Scouts. Both openly discriminate against LGBTQ children and adults, including employees. Since 1986 the Salvation Army has engaged in five major assaults on the LGBT community’s civil rights and attempted to […]
The Department of Justice has opened civil investigations into two regional state operated correctional facilities in response to allegations that they failed to protect inmate from violence and sexual violence. In accordance with the pattern or practice provision of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), the department will investigate allegations that SCI Pittsburgh […]
Milton Hershey School made this stellar decision to discriminate based on a criteria they don’t list on their application. The Delaware County boy has lived with HIV for his entire life. He controls the virus by taking five pills per day, plus vitamins, and sees his doctor about three times a year. Having HIV hasn’t […]
httpv://youtu.be/eRjDd1yD6L8
The Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project is challenging you to organize a modest tote drive (25 bags) to be eligible to win some pretty nice stuff – Penguins box seats, overnight stay at a local Inn, movie passes, gift baskets and a $50 gift card to The Cheesecake Factory. You can probably collect 25 bags by […]
I sent a link to a few friends yesterday and one casually mentioned that his workplace internet filters prevented him from visiting a site with the word “lesbian” in the title (perhaps in the whole content?) Ironically, he was able to look up tribadism from that very same computer. If they only knew! I won’t […]
I have to give credit to Leslie Fleisher for busting out this bucket of Santorum when the latest news on Chick-Fil-A hit social media. Go Facebook … I think the fan page will be up soon. It could be a thing. She specifically references to tribadism. Yes, if you don’t know what that is … you […]
Jenkintown Borough in Montgomery County (PA – East) has passed an inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance, per the Philly.com blog. This marks the 25th Pennsylvania Municipality to extend these protections based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Here is a complete list of the 25 as well as the most significant of those who do […]
Over the past six months, I have had the pleasure of working with some fine social media experts like Christopher Whitlatch with The Pittsburgh Foundation and Melissa Budd Carey who does nonprofit consulting work on social media. They and many others have opened my eyes to new strategies, tools and opportunities. There are three basic […]
You must be logged in to post a comment.