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Last year, I was honored to be named Lesbian of the Year by this publication. So I want to be sure to invite you to submit your own nominations this year. The categories are in green. You can email your nominations as directed below. READER'S CHOICE AWARDS NEWS AND INFORMATION And as in the past […]
Did some tidying up of the blogrolls. If I missed something, let me know. Two blogs on the roll I “met” through Twitter … Burgh Baby and Einstein's Desk. I also updated a few links, deleted some that are no longer open for business and made some other tweeks.
This past week was the Fifth Anniversary for Sue Kerr and her Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents blog. Pittsburgh has seen a number of women leading with their voices online over these last several years. Maria Lupinacci has been blogging as one part of the duo of 2Political Junkies since 2004. 2005 saw the launch of Lindsay […]
Bram Reichbaum from The Pittsburgh Comet alerted me to an exchange between City Councilors Bruce Kraus and Ricky Burgess during the pension plan bailout meetings. According to Bram: Kraus: “I am neither a Republican, a racist nor am I rich.” Points out that Burgess never has supported gay lesbian & transgendered legislation and so doesn't […]
Prior to 2010, I used to contribute to Lez Get Real and Pam's House Blend routinely. That sort of fell to the wayside, but I have resolved to get back in the saddle in 2011. Here's my first step courtesy of Lez Get Real. Happy 2011!
From the Morning Call Allentown may soon become the first municipality in the Lehigh Valley to offer medical benefits to partners of gay employees, whether active or retired. Under a domestic partnership bill before council, partners of gay employees would be eligible for health benefits as long as the couple can illustrate they live together […]
I love that you can get a little insight from Rob on his art.
I've been mulling over this post for quite a few weeks. I say mulling when I really mean typing, grumbling, deleting and wailing my lack of inspiration. I kept asking myself how relevant local LGBTQ blogging was, especially from a woman's point of view. Then Ledcat said “why did you start blogging?” Voila! Let's take […]
Lonely, so lonely.Tin can at my feet,I think I'll kick it down the street.That's the way to treat a friend. Bright before me the signs implore me:Help the needy and show them the way.Human kindness is overflowing,and I think it's gonna rain today. I spent more than six weeks raising donations of holiday gifts for […]
I dialogued with Sue Frietsche of the Women's Law Project about the Metcalfe memo on “Marriage Amendment” 2011. Her take on it is cause for serious thought … It's more radical than alternative versions because of the provision prohibiting recognition of any “identical or substantially equivalent” legal union. So what is a substantially equivalent legal union? […]
