Washington County Teen Receives National Recognition for Advocacy

Washington County Teen Receives National Recognition for Advocacy

Congratulations to Emmett Patterson, a 17 year old transman for receiving national recognition from GLSEN for his advocacy work in Washington County.  Emmett founded Washington County’s first Gay Straight Alliance.  Kudos to him and we hope he enjoys spending time with Chaz Bono, whom he identifies as a hero and source of solace while struggling […]

Holiday Projects You Can Support

It is really early, but The Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project is working with local supporters to support the more than 120,000 people relying on Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to reduce their hunger.  You can help by organizing a special “holiday”  project around hunger and recycling to help kids, adults and seniors throughout the region. […]

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Facebook and the word “Lesbian”

Facebook and the word “Lesbian”

OK, so this is just annoying.  Facebook added two categories to “relationship status”  – civil unions and domestic partnerships.  Woo hoo.  A nice win and accurate, too. So fast forward many months to this past weekend.  I realized I had claimed a name for my blog’s “fan” page (claiming makes it easier to direct people). […]

Podcamp Pittsburgh is Around the Corner

Podcamp Pittsburgh is Around the Corner

Very excited to once again be an individual sponsor of this year’s Podcamp Pittsburgh, verion 6.0. In the guide of the Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project, we’ll be part of a panel with The Pittsburgh Foundation’s newest social media initiative.  To find out what it is, you’ll have to attend or read oneline later.  We are […]

Welcome to the new WordPress edition of Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents

We’ll we’ve made the leap from Blogware to WordPress and it seems we landed on our feet.    You’ll notice a very sleek look.  As I learn my way around the software, I’ll bring back the blogrolls and fancy features.  The most important thing is to note that Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents v1.0 is safely archived. […]

Ron Cook Has It Wrong: Harrison Did Not Apologize

Ron Cook Has It Wrong: Harrison Did Not Apologize

James Harrison did not apologize for using a gay slur. He didn’t man up and say “It is a hurtful word and I shouldn’t have used it” Instead he blamed it on slang. “I also need to make clear that the comment about Roger Goodell was not intended to be derogatory against gay people in […]

Certification of Don’t Ask, Do’t Tell Repeal

Certification of Don’t Ask, Do’t Tell Repeal

I am not sure I’ll be able to update this afternoon but pay attention to the gay media folks today … it is a big one. Metro Weekly, Wall Street Journal and other news outlets are reporting that the Pentagon is going to certify the plan to repeal DADT TODAY. If the Pentagon certifies the […]

Latest Letters to The Editor in the Post-Gazette

Latest Letters to The Editor in the Post-Gazette

Just so you see a slice of public sentiment … James Bruno of McCandless stirred the pot by pulling back the curtain on the gay agenda to destroy the Catholic Church, force everyone in the nation to approve of anal sex and good taste in furnishings AND kill the fetus.  OMG, he’s on to us […]