Follow the URL below to find out more about the Pittsburgh Queer Music and Performance Festival to be held June 23rd from 3PM-1AM! Here is what I received in an email about it: The idea behind it, and the reason we feel it’s so important to put on an all day queer music festival in Pittsburgh, is to help the queer music scene in Pittsburgh grow by supporting and strengthening our community and to provide a[Read More…]
There is a Facebook event for the GLCC Volunteer Drive: In honor of Harvey Milk’s Birthday, the GLCC is starting a volunteer Drive! We are having two Trainings to start off. This event is for the first one one! We are looking for folks who are interested helping with the day to day operations of the GLCC, Creating and implementing programs, recruitment of other volunteers or just want to get involved and don’t know where to[Read More…]
Chris Brown slams gay rumors as ‘lies’: Is Raz B homophobic? The LGBTQ community should not be silent on this, and the point isn’t about Chris Brown’s sexual orientation. Rather, we can not let anyone slam gay people in general by suggesting a link between violence against women and sexual orientation.
Juliet Jeske shares an interesting post on HuffPo Gay Voices that is a good and meaningful read. Dig into the comments too, because there is some great stuff there as well. Unfortunately, Jeske has her own agenda which she dismisses while asking if we should care if John Travolta is gay. Her agenda is as follows: I have a particular disdain for the “closet” and for anyone perpetuating secrets and lies about their sexual orientation.[Read More…]
A date has now been set for the PA court challenge to th PA VoterID Bill. Opponents of the law claim it is designs to suppress voters who are most generally democrat voters while proponents believe the law will protect against illegal alien voters. The bill was crafted by ALEC, and is part of a multi-state voter suppression effort. The linked story is one of the best ive read, and articulates well some of the[Read More…]
Details about a fundraiser and recognition for Bill Peduto, a Pittsburgh councilperso every LGBTQ Pittsburgher ought to care about. And the top three things I love about Bill Peduto.
Allowing inter-racial marriage didn’t do anything negative to anyone else’s marriage, nor will accepting same-sex marriage. Straight people will continue to get married, and families will be multi-faceted as they are today.
This hurts everyone however given how crucial his messages are for anyone who looks for progress on Civil Justice issues. Additionally, this action also imesearuably harms the Black community further by making more invisible another great leader and Civil Rights advocate, Bayard Rustin. These are two offenses done by Alveda King and I will write about each to be as clear as I can be. I believe anyone who cares about Social Justice should be speaking out with outrage against Alveda King comments and here is why.
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, and both of those things may be true. But that said, sometimes real and meaningful change occurs because hard working people use existing laws and existing standards and policies and make things as they ought to be.It isn’t the glam world of activism or marches or rallies or protests. It is mundane gritty, day to day slogging, using existing systems, policies, etc.