City Council to Honor ITL and Madeleine Hershey
Many people knew of her great work and projects. Pittsburgh City Council is planning to recognize the Initiative for Transgender Leadership (ITL) and Madeleine Hershey.
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Fifty Shades of My Fair Lady
Or from another queer angle– a story about a young woman who wants to change herself to be more acceptable, only to come to learn that she was enough from the very start. Who doesn’t need to be reminded that we are all princesses already…
LGBTQ Community Help Sought to Find Andre Gray/Information
Andre Gray has been missing since late October, and his family is asking for members of the LGBTQ community to come out on Saturday, February 6th to help search for information, in the area of the North Side where Andre’s car was found.
February is Black History Month: GLAAD resource kit
During Black History Month, ask yourself– what will you do today to create visibility and awareness for LGBTQ persons of color and help generate an environment of inclusion for everyone?
End January with a commitment to Dignity and Respect
The Dignity and Respect Pledge is a tool towards creating a different paradigm where the goal is for everyone to treat everyone with dignity and respect. Our focus as LGBTQ Equality advocates can be on finding fault with others (who often act atrociously), or actively and cooperatively building a different respect framework within our friends, our communities, our organizations, our cities and eventually the world.
Want to help make a film happen?
I fully support independent filmmaking as a powerful tool in telling LGBTQ stories and I’m happy to sign on as a supporter of this film. With a little over a week to go, the film needs your help to meet the fundraising goal.
Hurtful Cakes and Homophobe Efforts.
Attack efforts towards some bakers demonstrate a new tactic in the battle against LGBTQ Equality. They are designed to confuse the public about the purpose of non-discrimination laws and perpetuate a myth of Christian persecution.
How often should you be tested for HIV?
I’m going to bet that many people read this type of confusing information and are left still unsure so they just give up and don’t get tested.
Obama is Right: Marriage is a Lifestyle Choice!
Being gay or lesbian isn’t a choice. What gays and lesbians do choose is to accept themselves and embrace being who they are. And some of us choose to marry.
Pittsburgh mourns the loss of a true pioneer and hero advocate/activist, Madeleine Hershey.
I believe that today I am a different person and different advocate because of those opportunities to see real leadership and activism role modeled by Madeleine Hershey.