Reimagine Charlie Brown Christmas …

Reimagine Charlie Brown Christmas …

Harrisburg City Council Passes Domestic Registry; Now What?

Harrisburg City Council Passes Domestic Registry; Now What?

Harrisburgians may soon be on their way to another notch in the belt of pointless LGBT legislative efforts.  Harrisburg City Council Unanimously Passes Life Partnership Registry HARRISBURG- Last night the Harrisburg City Council voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance to create a Life Partnership Registry, allowing unmarried, committed couples to affirm and recognize their relationships […]

Burghosphere 2.0

Burghosphere 2.0

What's going on?  The Burgh Report closed up shop this week, joining the ranks of many (many anonymous) bloggers who are gone.  Dayvoe shut off comments on his blog posts at 2 Political Junkies.  John McIntire never allowed them in the first place, preferring to post things people email him.  Nothing wrong with that, but […]

Dear Reader Who Emailed Me About Moving to Pittsburgh

Dear Reader Who Emailed Me About Moving to Pittsburgh

I can't find your email!  I am very sorry for not responding, but I have been pouring through my inbox searching for it.  So I thought I'd try to reach you in hopes that you might still be reading.  Please email me sue @ sitnscoop.com.  With deep apologies, Sue

Comment from a communications expert

Comment from a communications expert

Some advice from a highly respected professional on the need for a timely response from the LGBTQ community to breaking news.  This regards the Rick Warren situation, but certainly applies to local, regional and statewide issues as well.  This sums up exactly what went wrong when the State Legislature announced a Pittsburgh based hearing on the […]

Sunday morning musings

Sunday morning musings

Now this is a nice way to wake up.  Yesterday, we had a really strange day including the purchase of our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree which was marked down to $10.00.  Typically, we get a nice big one, but this year feels different so we scaled back.  Even so, the tree is taller (just slightly) […]

Another Good Letter to the Editor

 Another heartening letter to the editor, this time from Carole E. Rose of Mt. Lebanon on the topic of gay rights.  Ms. Rose is responding to a letter which regurgitated the “marriage = procreation” argument which this writer soundly rebuts: Does she have her head in the sand? Does she think that children are born […]

City Paper weighs in on the Mayor’s Advisory Council

City Paper weighs in on the Mayor’s Advisory Council

Melissa Meinzer, one of two media outlets to cover the planning meeting for the Mayor's new advisory council, has the scoop here.  I found her take to be interesting, especially the follow up interviews with the Mayor's liaison Gary Van Horn and the Mayor's spokeswoman.  The idea for the council, Van Horn said in a […]

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

In today's PG , Chris Strayer of Homewood (misspelled as Hoomewood, I think) rebuts the “marriage is for procreation” argument.  Or, as Chris puts it, marriage for breeding.  That was worth a chuckle. I'm confused about this “engendering” business. I thought that was something ultrasound readers and OB/GYNs did. They look at the kid and assign […]

Random Things You Might Find Interesting

Random Things You Might Find Interesting

In no particular order. The Post-Gazette examines the impact of the “new needy” on already stretched safety net resources.  Mr. Carpenter became one of the “new needy,” a group of newly unemployed and under-employed workers being forced to seek help from charities for the first time. Seventy-three percent of Pittsburgh-area nonprofits have seen increases in […]