All of us can unite and accomplish more if we stopped trying to decide what letters do and don’t belong alongside L,G,B, and T. We will get further, when we see the challenges and attacks against us are about our gender expression predominantly, and the we don’t support rigid heteronormative expression.
Pride was and is all about participation, and being out, loud, and most importantly, proud. We will see that this year at Pride in Pittsburgh.
I have started to post toMediym.com, and here’s my post about the Fourth of July: https://tcwaters.medium.com/thoughts-on-independence-2021-63ffd19693ad
But a handwritten letter, is unique in today’s culture. Few people do that. Senior staff, and possibly the senator themselves will read it for sure, because it is so unique.
This past weekend kinda kicked off the annual extravaganza, many LGBTQIA persons prefer to simply as Pride. In June ofd every year we remember and celebrate. We are remembering our history, and the role that a skirmish between the NYC Police and a ragtag mix of queer persons had in shaping the modern queer rights movement. Some will say, it all began with Pride (meaning Stonewall) and others will say, Pride started as a riot,[Read More…]
Pittsburgh, PA- Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 25th at 9:00 a.m. on the City-County Building’s Portico, City Councilperson Erika Strassburger and Council President Bruce A. Kraus will stand in solidarity with community leaders to honor the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, a landmark event in the struggle for LGBTQIA+ rights. Also, Councilperson Strassburger, Council President Kraus, and the City’s Commission on Human Relations will announce the introduction of legislation to strengthen local protections against discrimination based[Read More…]
It isn’t hard to find memes and T-shirt’s, that announce Pride month by claiming that “the first Pride march was a riot.” This is true in some regards and misleading in others. We celebrate Pride in June to commemorate the Stonewall riots in New York City. A police raid on the Stonewall Inn in the early morning hours of June 28th, 1969 set off riots over multiple nights and is considered today to be the[Read More…]
Every one of us- gay, straight, bi, pansexual, asexual- have internalized homophobia. Because we grew up in a culture that condemns queer people of all stripes.We all learned to hate the queers. We also all share some implicit biases, and often against black men. And for those black men there is an intersectionality to the way all of these isms and messages both came at them, and became a part of their identity. Few of us can know what it is like to be in Hart’s shoes now, or when he made the jokes and stuff, or his life experience before that.
You and I have very different ideas about what canonization looks like. In my opinion, we need to spend more time and energy recognizing, praising and supporting all of the actions of others that fight homophobia, racism and all of the status quo that perpetuates the suffering you speak of.
The Very Queer Christmas Story.
This post first appeared in December 2013 queer (kwîr) adj. queer·er, queer·est 1. Deviating from the expected or normal; strange: a queer situation. 2. Odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric. See Synonyms at strange. 3. Of a questionable nature or character; suspicious. 4. Slang Fake; counterfeit. 5. Feeling slightly ill; queasy. 6. Offensive Slang Homosexual. 7. Usage Problem Of or relating to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, or transgendered people. n. 1. Offensive Slang Used[Read More…]