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I’m doing a thing in June, a thing I call #PghPridePosts. I need to reenergize my Legal and Living Expenses crowdfund. Both are still very much a challenge for me. Embedded in that plea are the costs of this blog. I pay them from my own SSDI funds – $1500/month or $18,000 annually. I make […]
Amidst over 70 Pride festivals in Pennsylvania, I stand alone as none of my friends want to go. Not the big Pittsburgh Pride, not the small community park festivals. This feels upside down. I’m a lesbian blogger and have no Pride friends? I respect personal decisions, but this is a year to show up. Show […]
My voice is being silenced by social media platforms, algorithms, bias, bigotry, and so forth. Here is a Wikipedia page where my cousin Michael Pryor is quoted about shadow bans. In my case, it is Pink Banning. I haven’t seen Michael for over a decade and he’s a pretty progressive guy so I’m not going […]
These are posts I regret having to share. The number of trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming deaths due to violence have been increasing so rapidly that I struggle to keep up with memorial posts. That is my challenge to work out. But for you … I want to make sure you are aware. The brutal […]
Eryka Caldwell was stabbed to death in her New York City apartment on Sunday, May 17, 2026. Eryka was a 41 year old Black trans woman. Her death at the hands of her intimate partner, her boyfriend, highlights yet another vulnerability trans neighbors face in a society increasingly hostile to them. The Crime Them.us has […]
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A person shot to death around 2 a.m. on Friday, April 17, 2026 in Dallas, Texas was identified as Paris Harris, a 21 year-old Black trans gender non-conforming young adult, according to the Dallas Voice. The Crime Please note that we do not have absolute clarity on how Paris identified so we are using a […]
There’s a house on my block that was recently renovated, not restored. It has been on and off the market. The current asking price is $284,000. The house is 1300 square feet with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and an office. Plus living room and kitchen. I could store the entire pet food pantry in one […]
As we knew, the early months of 2026 did witness the violent deaths of trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming folx even without the scrutiny of media coverage or public awareness. On January 2, 2026, Jade Roberts was found at an old Wells Fargo building at Hillcroft between Richmond and Westheimer on the second day of […]
On April 28, 2026, a Trans Latina woman was shot multiple times and left to die on the floor of the silver and gold store she owned in Fort Pierce, Florida. Her name was Lanessa Rodriguez. She was 35. The Crime According to WPBF “Police arrested 20-year-old Landen Ballard, who they say entered the pawn shop, pulled […]
