Cat Specter Needs a Feminist Primer

Cat Specter Needs a Feminist Primer

Beyond feminism, she may need to brush up on grammar.  Today's faux pas features an inquiry about sexually objectifying mothers by “Proud Feminist.” Here's where I want to know why a Proud Feminist would address this question to Cat's Call.  Specter makes Ruth Ann Dailey look like a raging feminist what with her obsessive focus on […]

AFA of PA: Boycott Philadelphia!

AFA of PA:  Boycott Philadelphia!

This made me laugh. And cry.  Our favorite Pennsylvania-flavored fundie, Diane Gramley of the American Family Association of Pennsylvania, has issued a call for all good Christian families to boycott the City of Brotherly Love for being too gay friendly. It seems that Philly has ratcheted up the drive to attract gay tourist dollars by unveiling several […]

The Lesbian BlogRoll

The Lesbian BlogRoll

We made a few modifications to the blogrolls … Pittsburgh's Gay Male Blog – a fun sometimes serious frolic through Pittsburgh's gay male world.  lots of gay male pictures interspersed with great commentary on the Catholic church.  Transburgh – excellent resource for Pittsburgh's trans community.  my friend is the author and working on a related podcast. […]

Queer This and That: McCain, Coming Out and Did American Soldiers Condone Torturing a Gay Iraqi man

Queer This and That:  McCain, Coming Out and Did American Soldiers Condone Torturing a Gay Iraqi man

Just some random Saturday morning LGBTQ stuff … Pam's House Blend contributor Ken from Mississippi has a nice little piece on the activism of coming out. As I've said many times here at the little coffeehouse, the most radical, powerful bit of activism that we can do as LGBT citizens is to come out of […]

Would you rather be stranded on a blog with Chris Potter or Eric Heyl?

Would you rather be stranded on a blog with Chris Potter or Eric Heyl?

Sigh.  PittGirl.  She gets all the cool guys.  Eric Heyl reads her blog AND sends her email.  And uses queering as a verb.  I was all sad and sighy for a few moments.  No one from the Trib reads this blog and I make relentless references to them.  Sigh.  However, not all is lost for […]

The Trib decries hate-crime legislation

The Trib decries hate-crime legislation

You aren't that surprised are you?  The Trib's editorial board clicked their heels and jumped into line with the right wingnuts clamoring about the House of Representative's extension of federal hate crime protections to the LGBT community.  It passed 237 to 180 while a companion bill works its way through the Senate.  W, of course, […]

The Big Gay Chat from the Party’s Point of View

The Big Gay Chat from the Party’s Point of View

I spent 90 minutes detailing what I deemed an historic event for Pittsburgh's LGBT community and the local Democratic Party.  The party detailed it thusly (h/t Progress Pittsburgh): GLBT: A good crowd representing the GLBT community in the area met with a dozen candidates and discussed issues of concern within the community, raising health care […]

Another Pgh Presbyterian Church Votes Itself Off the Island Over Gay Ordination

Another Pgh Presbyterian Church Votes Itself Off the Island Over Gay Ordination

From Weds' PG “This is a congregation that has been dealing with these issues for years, long before I ever came on the scene,” Rev. Weaver said. “This congregation is concerned about the shift of the denomination away from biblical standards.” He believes that reports endorsed at last year's General Assembly weakened the church's commitment […]

Before Bill, there was Rick …

Before Bill, there was Rick …

I found this while cleaning out some boxes.  Ok, while moving some boxes around the attic to make it look like I had cleaned them out.  Maria convinced me to post it thinking you might get a kick out of it.  That was senior year of college … November 1991. The inscription reads …”To a […]

The Gay Chat: Here’s How It Went

The Gay Chat:  Here’s How It Went

This is really long, but read to the end for the outcomes.  First, here are the Steel-City endorsements and here are those of the Gertrude Stein Club. Tonight Ledcat and I scurried home to let the dogs out and head over to Shadyside for an historic meeting — the first ever LGBT forum sponsored by […]