PG Saturday Diary: A Proud Father, Gay African-American and future minister speaks

PG Saturday Diary:  A Proud Father, Gay African-American and future minister speaks

Be sure to read this piece from the Post-Gazette Saturday diary: In this miracle we call America, my own life is a testament to promises made, and kept. I studied and worked hard. I have a good job. I worked in Congress for a well-known senator as the Reagan revolution began, one of only a […]

Jim Quinn: “Gay Sex Produces AIDS”

Jim Quinn: “Gay Sex Produces AIDS”

Ah, Jim Quinn.  He has no problems with gays, except for our impact on health insurance premiums what with all the AIDS generating sex we have and our attempts to “muddy the waters” by wanting to get married.    GLAAD is calling on all homosexuals to urge Clear Channel Communications to sanction Quinn. Please contact […]

Pittsburgh’s 25th Lambda Ball

Ledcat and I attended the Lambda Ball during our first year of dating.  It was such fun to get dressed up and wear my grandmother's jewelry and dance, dance, dance.  We met a lovely couple from Ithaca.  It was like magic.  You should consider going.  Not only is it a really fun night, but you […]

The Big Win is Yet Undetermined

The Big Win is Yet Undetermined

It is 11:39 PM and we are waiting to hear Obama's speech.  We went outside and celebrated with one set of neighbors.  Everyone else either wasn't home or just didn't feel the joy. Still, we also await the outcome on California's Proposition 8 which would invalidate gay marriage in that state.  It hasn't necessarily been […]

This is it …history.

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Read All About It: Pittsburgh’s Marty Levine Joins the National Coverage

Read All About It:  Pittsburgh’s Marty Levine Joins the National Coverage

It couldn't happen to a better guy.  Pittsburgh's own Marty Levine, late of the City Paper among many other media street credentials, will be live blogging the election from the Pittsburgh perspective for none other than Time.  Clearly, Pittsburgh is worth paying attention to throughout the election.  There's certainly all the Presidential brouhaha.  There's also […]

Various updates from a lover of freedom!

Various updates from a lover of freedom!

I chatted briefly with folks from Steel City Stonewall about the pub crawl.  They were hot in the middle of phonebanking, but took a moment to chat with me.  Apparently, it went well and Dan Onorato went to all of the bars where he did receive a cool reception from some of the owners who […]

McCain Pride Message

McCain Pride Message

Courtesy of the Steel City chapter of the Stonewall Democrats.   

The Family Circus Mocks Sarah Palin?

I caught this on a blog referrer.  I read this cartoon (I know you read it, too) and the Sarah Palin costume went right over my head.  What do you think?