Like this weekend.  I open the Forum section to read an entire piece about deliberative polling on same sex marriage that is first of all, dull, and secondly, completely devoid of any actual human terms.  Like gay.  Or homosexual.  Or LGBT.  This pretty much sums up how we can sanitize the whole issue to satisfy […]

This is Section 215-31(H)(1), the problematic section of the Human Relations ordinance: Section 215-31(H)(1) For the purposes of this Article, the definition of “employer” shall not include any religious organization, regardless of number of employees or County funding, provided that such religious organization provides documentary evidence of its religious nature to the Human Relations Commission […]

On Wednesday, July 1, 2009, the Allegheny County Council will vote upon an ordinance which would create a Human Relations Commission to ensure that County residents are not being discriminated against in the areas of employment, housing and public accommodation.  No such ordinance exists at the County level.  Residents of the City of Pittsburgh have […]

Stay tuned for more details on the Allegheny County Non-Discrimination Ordinance amendment quagmire. We MUST regain control of the ordinance language.  Right now, it will allow organizations that are funded with your county tax dollars to discriminate against you.  And that's just the beginning. Put Monday on your calendar.  We need you and everyone you […]

Stay tuned for more details on the Allegheny County Non-Discrimination Ordinance amendment quagmire. We MUST regain control of the ordinance language.  Right now, it will allow organizations that are funded with your county tax dollars to discriminate against you.  And that's just the beginning. Put Monday on your calendar.  We need you and everyone you […]

Chapter News – June 26th, 2009 The Steel City Stonewall Democrats wishes to express our profound disappointment in the statement made by Senator John Eichelberger on Friday, June 19, 2009 during his debate on WHYY with Senator Daylin Leach. In that debate Senator Eichelberger made the statement (in reference to a question by Senator Leach about whether […]

Today is Saturday, June 27 which makes the campaign kick-off for Tom Michalow who is running for Allegheny County Council in district 1 . Tom has been involved with local politics for 10 years, serving for the past 4 as a borough councilmember for Avalon.  His campaign website is here.   District Municipality 1 Aleppo 1 Avalon […]

This is un-freakin-believable. A church brutalizes a young man (16!) while trying to pray away the gay.  Watch this: Read some of the CNN interview.  Patricia McKinney, pastor of the nondenominational church who describes herself as a prophet, said she has even been receiving death threats as a result of the video, but doesn't understand […]

Are you freaking kidding me, KDKA?  Whomever answered your newsdesk phone around 2:30 pm (a male voice) reportedly told a local gay person that the Eichelberger story wasn't going to b considered because it has no local angle. The caller tried to explain and reports that your newsdesk phone answering person YELLED at him.  For […]