One year

One year

John was my friend since I was 14 and he was 19 when his mother moved next door to my parents.  He was this amazing man and I miss him a lot.  I miss his smart-ass comments, his willingness to get down on the floor with the pets, his pleasure over a simple meal and […]

Open Invitation to local LGBTQ leaders from the Gay & Lesbian Community Center

Open Invitation to local LGBTQ leaders from the Gay & Lesbian Community Center

 *Dear GLBT Community Leader:* As you probably have heard, the building housing the Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Pittsburgh (GLCC) at Forward and Murray as well as the former Poli's Restaurant and the Forward Theatre building are under agreement with a proposal to demolish the buildings to make way for a private hotel/retail development. […]

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 […]

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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 […]