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Breaking News: HUD ADDS IMPORTANT CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS TO ITS GRANT PROGRAMS

or the first time in its history, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will require grant applicants seeking HUD funding to comply with state and local anti-discrimination laws that protect lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals.

June 7, 2010 Comments are Disabled general

Rohrer to be Conservative’s Choice as Write-In Candidate?

Sam Rohrer, who ran against Tom Corbett for the Republican Party spot in the PA governor’s race, may still end up on the ballot- as a write-in candidate. For many (31% of those who cast a vote in the primary) Tom Corbett isn’t conservative enough, nor a pure enough conservative, and now, efforts are underway by many in the Tea Party movement to get Rohrer elected via a write-in campaign. An effort like this is[Read More…]

June 7, 2010 1 comment general
Ready, Set, Pride.

Ready, Set, Pride.

For some it is all celebration. For others, it is a time when they see the worst about the LGBT community, for others it is about visibility, and others it is about activism. and a list of “what Pride means” could be pages and pages long. Some within the LGBT community live all year waiting for Pride, others abhor it, and others seek to make Pride a way to live 365 days a year.

June 6, 2010 Comments are Disabled Activism, Gay Pride
Does Bloomfield Hate the Gays Now?

Does Bloomfield Hate the Gays Now?

I think there are some who do not feel they have an adequate voice within the larger LGBT community. It may be real or only perceived, but that doesn’t matter in some regard. These individuals feel as if the “Gay Community” in the broadest sense of what it is, doesn’t represent them, or give their voice and needs agency.

June 5, 2010 25 comments Activism, Gay Pride, general

The Real Problem with ENDA

For all these things that ENDA suffers however, there is one action step that you and I can take that can have positive impact.

June 5, 2010 2 comments Activism, general

4 Questions for Brent Hawkes

Yesterday, I posted a list of questions I would like to ask Cleve Jones, and today, I want to turn my attention to Brent Hawkes.

June 3, 2010 Comments are Disabled general

6 Questions for Cleve Jones

Pittsburgh Pride’s theme this year is “You Belong,” and from my vantage point, one of the places you (the generic you pointing at every gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer or supportive ally in Pittsburgh) belong, is within the community of people advocating for change by being engaged in the legislative process and speaking out for equality.

June 2, 2010 Comments are Disabled Activism, Gay Pride, general

Does John L. Micek Think Dan Onorato Is Gay?

I’ve linked to Micek’s column before and I generally love to read him, but the linked entry has me fairly pissed off. Why is it that “marriage” can be used to talk about a relationship between two guys, but if two guys who are really gay, love each other and want to make a commitment to each other, they can’t.

June 2, 2010 Comments are Disabled Same-Sex Marriage

Rally, concert, parade part of gay pride festival

Here’s an article from today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for you to check it. Sara Bauknecht touches on many of  the various parts of the entire Pride week events, but there is a real focus on this Friday’s Advocacy Rally. “It’s a great time for people to come together,” said Cleve Jones, a national human rights activist and AIDS Memorial Quilt founder who grew up in Mt. Lebanon, and will speak at Friday’s rally. “It’s about visibility and[Read More…]

June 2, 2010 Comments are Disabled Gay Pride, general

Bulldogs hit Aker with two-match ban over ‘gay’ comments

Not only are players coming out, but teams, and the structure of professional sports is making progress at demonstrating a lack of tolerance for intolerance, like with this story. Sports won’t become fully safe for LGBT athletes anytime soon, but these are all steps forward.

June 1, 2010 1 comment general