Category: general
DOJ Accepts EEOC Ruling:Trans Bias Covered By Title VII
One point I want to make really clear- the importance of this coming from the EEOC and being accepted by the DOJ. So often activists and advocates get caught up in how politicians will make change and legislation makes change,
Hate Crimes and Dharun Ravi
Closet-ness, and the desire to make our sexual experimentations and lives private is not a new event. Tyler Clemente is far from the first person who has had his privacy violated, and many lives have been ruined over time. This
Change in Leadership at Butler PFLAG
As I have tried to see LGBTQ from a larger perspective than what my life in the relatively big city of Pittsburgh is all about, I have come to have an even more profound appreciation for PFLAG groups. Their work
Western PA LGBTQA blogger and social media summit coming.
A "summit" may sound a bit intimidating, but it isn't meant to be. Rather, this isn't just getting together for coffee and chitchat. Our goal is to start a process where individuals who often work in isolation, now feel they
Stop saying Mitt Romney bullied some kid!
You! Imagine your son or your daughter, or your brother or sister or someone you know. Close you eyes and thimnk about a group of kids stalking that person, and overpowering them and holding that person down kicking andf screaming,
African Americans and Marriage Equality: Is this a race issue?
At the heart of this, isn't only the place of the religious community component within ther African American community- although that is one element of it. The other is the distinction between Marriage as a Civil Imnstitution where a marriage
Mayor’s LGBT Advisory Board Announces Job Fair.
Received this via email: Pittsburgh, PA- May 16, 2012- The City of Pittsburgh’s Mayor’s LGBT Advisory council will be hosting it’s first annual diversity job fair on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at PNC Bank’s Firstside Center located at 500 Firstside
14 PA Legislators flee from corporate front group ALEC
Blogger’s note: This is a press release received today from Keystone Progress, and the only part of this post, which is mine, is this comment itself. ALEC may not be the type of subject matter that most of my regular
Queer Families and Mother’s Day
The single greatest fallacy that the Far Right uses against LGBTQ Civil Rights is the accusation that we are destroying the family, which could not be further from the truth. If anything Marriage Equality does more to protect the family
What can you tell me about this bell?
We have, hanging in our back yard, this beautiful bell/chime/gong. A previous house owner placed it here. I am guessing it is teracotta or a similar material, and it has a great ring when struck. Here is the thing- I’m
