A local gay man – Andre Gray – has been missing under suspicious circumstances since October 23, 2014. His family has established a reward and missing person’s fund to raise $5,000. There is an online version or funds can be deposited at any PNC Bank.
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.
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…
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.