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Claire Wolfever was 22 years old and working at the Wal-Mart in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. Hermitage is a small town in Mercer County, between Erie and Pittsburgh. When she disclosed her gender identity to her coworkers, she claims they harassed and threatened her. She filed a complaint with the company, but felt threatened enough to steal […]
Name: Hansen Bursic Age: 20 County of Residence: Allegheny County, Living part-time in Philadelphia to attend Temple University Pronouns: he/him/his How do you describe your identity? Unapologetic Queer Filmmaker Please describe your coming out experience. Where did you find support? What challenges did you face? My mother discovered my sexuality after I unsuccessfully lied about an event I was going […]
Welcome to Fish Fry Fridays, 2018 Edition! Click here to learn more about this project. Name: The ELKS Lodge 339 (Northside) Date: March 29, 2018 Time We Ate: 5:50 PM Random review of #fishburgh adventures during Lent. Find a fish fry on this map! You can also follow them on Facebook and find tons of reviews and suggestions. And vote in The Incline’s Fish […]
Here’s a list-in-progress of media coverage referencing this blog and the bloggers. February 23, 2018 – WESA 90.5 FM – The Confluence. Discussion about our status as a finalist for the GLAAD Media Awards. February 13, 2018 – Washington Post. Two visions for the future of health care are at war in Pittsburgh January 31, 2018 […]
I’m not a glossy magazine type of person, but I’ve noticed Pittsburgh Magazine stepping away from the frou-frou and toward more actual journalism recently. That’s encouraging. It is the time of year for their annual Readers’ Poll. So I’m going to make a list of all the folks I think deserve your vote. This sort […]
Hello everyone. This is a quick update to let you that we’ll begin publishing #AMPLIFY posts again in March 2018. I had hoped to start backup in February after recuperating from my hysterectomy, but my recovery is taking a little longer than I expected. Nothing terrible, just a slow process especially during the winter. To […]
Just three weeks to get myself healed up enough to hit the fish fry circuit. Lent begins on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 and continues through Holy Thursday on Thursday, March 29, 2018. That’s six Fridays plus Good Friday and Shrove Tuesday. Here’s how it works. We visit a different fish fry each week. The location […]
I have been a longtime fan of Kierra Darshell, Pittsburgh’s First Lady of Drag. When she brought the region’s first regular drag brunch show to the Northside in 2015, I was very happy. I’m a daytime gal, not a nightlife lady (are those things?) so drag at noon is my idea of fun. Soon it […]
I’ve blogged about three of my 2x great grandmothers, all on my paternal side of the family. Most people have eight 2x great grandmothers, four on the paternal side and four on the maternal. The final paternal 2x great grandma is perhaps the most mysterious of my recent ancestors – her name, I now know, […]
I’m quite flattered to be nominated in several categories in the City Paper’s Best of Pittsburgh 2017 readers poll. I’d love your vote. And, as I promised, I removed myself from consideration in the ‘Best Blogger’ category so someone else can win. So you can vote 1x/day through August 18. That’s a lot of voting […]
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