Of Questionnaires and other issues …

Of Questionnaires and other issues …

Steel City Stonewall Democrats are posting their candidate questionnaires.  Be sure to check them out to see what your potential elected officials have to say about LGBT issues. I think most of the questionnaires should be up by the end of the day. The national Stonewall folks which host chapter sites are experiencing some technical difficulties.  Bilerico […]

Steel City Softball ready to roll

  The Steel City Softball League is gearing up for their 28th season. They are on Facebook  and Twitter @scsl This is a time honored tradition in the region and sounds like a great way to get out, be out and enjoy yourself.  These games are one of those things we always say we are […]

Correction: Onorato "Yes" on Domestic Partner Benefits

Correction: Onorato "Yes" on Domestic Partner Benefits

I was contacted by a board member with the Steel City Stonewall Democrats regarding an earlier post in which I criticized Dan Onorato for failing to answer the SCSD question on domestic partner benefits.  SCSD acknowledged that they made an error uploading the file and sent me evidence that in the original question, Onorato responded […]

Big Day/Week of Pink Advocacy: Pgh Part of History

Pennsylvania has been part of history this week with a groundswell of action to successfully squelch the Marriage Protection Amendment (plus, our own Pgh Blog for Equality).  Yeah, us! Today, eyes turned first to the Internet, then DC, then more to DC and now as I type … across the nation. The day started with […]

ENDA Blogswarm: Protect Our Jobs

ENDA Blogswarm:  Protect Our Jobs

Bilerico has asked bloggers to “swarm” around ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. House Speaker Pelosi is holding up this legislation which would provide employment protections based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Why We Need To Demand ENDA Now We know that Speaker Pelosi is sympathetic to our cause. Clearly, she needs encouragement, […]

Pennsylvania not interested in protecting gay kids in foster care?

Pennsylvania not interested in protecting gay kids in foster care?

Jesus, Mary and Joseph … this is exactly why we need a strong gay ally at the helm of the Commonwealth. Representative Phyllis Mundy of Luzerne County says she has introduced her “Children in Foster Care Act” legislation during every session since 2005. But this time, she’s made some adjustments that may make the bill […]

Liberty City Democratic Club posts candidate questionnaires

The candidates questionnaires are up at the Liberty City Democratic Club site.  I like how they handle this – all of the candidates in each race are listed so you can see clearly which candidates took the time to respond and which did not.  Now granted they misspelled his name, but how can Arlen Specter […]

Yesterday was a great day to be gay (and so is today …)

Yesterday was a great day to be gay (and so is today …)

What a big day Tuesday was …. The defeat of the PA Marriage Amendment was a huge deal. No drawn out drama. No legislative time wasted.  The bill went back on the table.  Huge victory. I'm finally making some headway in my attempts to find out exactly how domestic partner benefits can be extended to County employees.  […]

A nice win in the PA Senate Judiciary Committee

A nice win in the PA Senate Judiciary Committee

Kudos to Pennsylvania for stepping away from discrimination with today's vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee to table the proposed “Marrriage Amendment” introduced by Senator Eichelberger.  I was rather excited when I got the news … thanks to the magic of social media, it hit Twitter, Facebook, my inbox and my cell phone within 60 […]

Guest Piece Published on Pennsylvania Progressive

Guest Piece Published on Pennsylvania Progressive

Hey, always nice to be promoted by other blogs.  The Pennsylvania Progressive published a guest post about a Pgh queer perspective on Onorato.  Check it out.  You probably won't be surprised 🙂