From the Post-Gazette: The Allegheny County Democratic Party jolted some of its potential candidates with a sharp increase in the filing fee levied on those seeking its committee members' endorsement for state legislative seats. In the last election cycle, the party demanded $750 of anyone seeking the party's official backing in state House races. This […]

Why Us? Left Behind and Dying premieres in Pittsburgh this weekend at the August Wilson Center.  From Tony Norman: “Why Us? Left Behind and Dying” [further described on C-1 of today's Magazine section] is a searing, heartbreaking look into the disproportionately high rate of AIDS/HIV in the African-American community. What makes this documentary unique among […]

Rumors are flying about the impending snowstorm scheduled for Monday.  2-3, 4-6, 8-12.  Does it really matter? Ick. I was trying to remember how I learned to drive in the snow.  Do you remember your first time behind the wheel in the snow?  Then I realize I've been driving for 24 years and start to […]

Tonight, I wrote down what other people had to say, carefully limiting my commentary to the occasional doodle on the edge of the page. Tonight, and for the next two months, I volunteered to be the interim-secretary for the Steel City Stonewall Democrats Board meeting.  I am not a board member, just a volunteer.  Ledcat […]

I was horrified to the point of weeping when I sat in my office and caught a PG tweet about the brutal violation of the life of Jennifer Daugherty. I've worked with adults with mental and developmental disabilities for several years so I got right away the depravity of how she was victimized and murdered.  […]

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.  […]

This sounds like a good time. Be Steel My Beating Heart – Variety Show and Dance Party A Celebration of Non-Traditional Romance Call for Variety!! Sing! Dance! Music! Poet! Drag! Skit! Read! Demonstrate! Puppet! Pontificate! Ice Sculpture! You tell me!5 minutes or Less!Saturday February 13thBelvedere's in Lawrenceville 4016 Butler Street 8 -11 Variety Show11-2 am […]

I just peeked at my stats.  Wow, Facebook is driving 84% of your visits.  Wow. Since I push links through to Facebook through Twitter, I'd say social media is really an important tool to bloggers.  Another interesting result.  While combinations of “lesbian” and “Pittsburgh” in various forms are the most oft used keywords for search engines, […]

Recently, I was invited to attend a meeting with Onorato.  I asked if someone from the queer-identified community could attend and I was told no, it was invitation only.  Then I was told it was a meeting for people who supported Onorato.  I explored that a bit with others attending and decided that I didn't […]