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Please keep sending updates on turnout in Western Pennsylvania. Source, too. I hear there folks were standing someone on Route 8 – where? That counts! I’ll create a clean version of the list tomorrow – Sue I went to the protest on Pittsburgh’s Northside with two friends. We showed up, found some shade, and plopped […]
This is our annual (15 years)) round-up of Toys for Tots programs in Western Pennsylvania for 2025. I’ve done my best to sort through the available information and provide you what you may need to know. PLEASE click through to the applicable link to double check the details. I will update as information becomes available. […]
Two videos. First, my Instagram version where I read off the 21 Western PA No Kings events. The second is the ACLU led training on safety, de-escalation, and knowing your rights. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sue Kerr (@pghlesbian)
Content Notes: childhood sexual violence, grooming, birthdays, anxiety, cats I have birthday issues. Not a real surprise to long-time readers. Or my friends. Or anyone who knows me. I used to think it was simple anxiety. But through my trauma processing work and therapy in general, I’ve sort of had a breakthrough. Birthdays are about […]
**Venue change for Pittsburgh Point Park rally 2-4pm. See below. This weekend, Saturday October 18, Americans return to the streets in a show of grassroots resistance known as No Kings events. The first event was on June 14, 2025, when organizers estimated that more than five million people participated in more than 2,100 cities and […]
Known as a surrogate mother of her community, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate for trans and LGBTQ+ rights. This story was originally reported by Orion Rummler of The 19th. Meet Orion and read more of his reporting on gender, politics and policy. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a legendary transgender activist, […]
“it also seems that this is the only time of year Indigenous people and cultures are thought of to any extent by a large part of the population.“ ‘Tis The Season Football; both local and National, INDIGENOUS people’s day – aka Columbus Day, Halloween and Thanksgiving and all the fall harvest festivals which often portray negative Indigenous […]
In July, I blogged about the horrific death of 24-year-old Ezra Hulett, a transgender intersex man from Upstate New York. Ezra died in an immigration detention center in the Dominican Republic on June 23, 2025 under mysterious circumstances. There has been almost no US or Engligh-language media coverage, a fact that strikes me as quite […]
From 2015-2018, the #AMPLIFY project documented first-person accounts of the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals with ties to Western Pennsylvania. One of the questions is “Please describe your coming out experience. Where did you find support? What challenges did you face?“ We have 317 coming out stories. One respondent came out in the Kennedy Administration, others […]
I was 54 years old before I contracted double pink eye – conjunctivitis in both eyes. And it sucks. Woke up this morning with nasal congestion and that weird weepy need to depressurize feeling in my left eye. I thought it was sinuses. Blew my nose, drank a hot beverage and it was no better. […]
