I’ve added a link under the blog roll to a news site by Hugh Yeman. That’s So Gay, is a very well done and useful site for LGBT news. Hugh is as well, a great guy who has helped us in PA before- a real advocate and tech smart activist. Keep up the great work Hugh!
This is an interesting response to the story in the Des Moines Register about Rick Santorum. Â I wrote about it last week as well. The reality is that without any real evidence or logic to show how same-sex marriage actually hurts anyone or anything, the anti-gay bigots, including Santorum, use fear mongering and the suggestion 0f an attack on Freedom of Religion. I disagree with the premise that legal gay marriages present a threat to[Read More…]
The women and men I worry most about however, are not these types of politicians, but those who live in the big cities in progressive areas, who fail to remember that losing our rights is just as close as full equality. We can not let up or fail to fight on all fronts, lest we lose any rights anywhere.
Two wonderful events are happening on Saturday, each benefitting an essential organization. Here is a link for New Voices Pittsburgh’s Fundraiser. Celebrate New Voices Pittsburgh and 7 years of fearless activism, courageous leadership and innovations for social change. We will showcase phenomenal performance artists, celebrate our achievement and graciously thank our supporters with a wonderful night of music, art and dance! via Living Our Legacy 7th Anniversary Celebration & Fundraiser.
“[DOMA] clearly violates the constitution.” So this lawyer says so clearly that this law violates the constitution! How amazing is that; yet the GOP is still considering appealing the cases and defending DOMA.
A bartender at Dee’s Cafe in Pittsburgh’s South Side refused to serve several women because she believed they were lesbian. This is in violation of the City Human Relations Ordinance.
When questions of the constitutionality of same-sex marriage come up, this judge’s willingness to create rights that do not exist, while at the same time ignoring the clear meaning of the First amendment surely matter.
Received this information in an email today from Ted Hoover of the Persad, Community Safe Zone Project: I’m excited to tell you about two new organizations coming together in Westmoreland County which promise to have a great positive impact on the LGBTQ-and Allies community. Concerned folks from around the county, along  Persad Center’s Community Safe Zone project and many other organizations, have spent the last several months accessing the needs of the Westmoreland LGBTQ community[Read More…]
I’ve written a number of times about how the Christian Right wishes to replace our democracy with a Christian theocracy. They don’t mind that people get to vote, but only within the confines of a Christian limited set of rights, wrongs, policies and ideals. Very similar to Iran, except that for Iran, the confines are Muslim instead of Christian. On the surface, this story is yet another illustration of the conflation of Christianity with American[Read More…]
Protests Against Westboro Baptist Church Are Misdirected Anger and Energy
On Facebook today, I saw a posting for a group called “Revolt Against Westboro Baptist Church.” It isn’t a group I have joined and have no intentions to do so, because I’m of the belief that it is wrongly directed anger and energy, and harms work towards full equality for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Trans persons more than it helps. In fact, it doesn’t help at all. It merely allows  the group’s members to feel[Read More…]