Welcome to the newest lesbian blog in town.  It isn't new, new but it is new to me ... I'm always happy to see more LGBT folks jumping into the Burghosphere.  Woo hoo!

Linz the Lez

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Linz is also the new lesbian columnist for Cue Pittsburgh where she is joined by Jason Lucarelli who will be penning a gay column.  I believe those will debut in January, but I haven't read the December issue, yet.  :-)   I do know that I make my "society page" debut in this issue thanks to a photo with Gubernatorial candidate Joe Hoeffel and a few friends, including the delightful Hugh McGough and one of my dates for evening, Ms. Monongahela. 

The Post-Gazette offers up what I find a disappointing (but better than most) piece on Archbishop Donald Wuerl's handling of the D.C. move to legalize marriage equality. A glaring omission is the lack of voice of a single gay person from Pittsburgh.  Quoting Casey and Doyle was interesting from a national perspective, but what about quoting the Michael Crawford's who went toe to toe with Wuerl during the Pgh discussions?  Not to mention telling the readers who Michael Crawford is (D.C. based blogger and activist who has impressive credentials) which was a puzzling editorial move. 

In my opinion, the Catholic Church is making an overt political power play by threatening to stop accepting public funding for their Catholic Charities work if the funding requires them to recognize same sex marriages.  Public funding accounts for nearly half the CC budget.  It is a calculated move that comes across as a threat.  I don't see the difference.  If the District believes they can fill those contracts with providers willing to play by the rules, why wouldn't they try? 

I read this piece and thought to myself "This was written/edited to be picked up nationally."

Ah, another small step toward Pittsburgh's consolidation with the County.

Virginia is a very hostile place to be gay. Still, they appear to be on the verge of offering domestic partner benefits to state employees.  Meanwhile back in Allegheny County, Chief Executive Dan Onorato ... isn't the least bit concerned about it. I guess he's too busy scooping up endorsements. 

How does State Senator Daylin Leech reconcile pushing for marriage equality with endorsing a Chief Executive who won't offer his own employees health benefits for their gay families?  Inconsistent is the mildest thing that pops to my mind.  

Allegheny County.  We aren't keeping up with Virginia.  They just elected a Pat Robertson disciple as Governor.

Gulp. 

I just haven't had a blogging frame of mind this week.  Things have been happening, though. 

NY government voted "no" on marriage equality. 

The Catholic Church says gays and transvestites will never enter the Kingdom of God. (h/t Pam's House Blend)

In North Versailles, some jerk punched a Wal-Mart greeter in what is termed a "random" incident.  Not very random to the 72-year old man who ended up at the Presby ER and with a broken set of dentures.  I wonder if the company will help him replace the dentures?  Who does this sort of thing?

Ledcat coined the phrase "rude ass" to describe ignorant people who join you at your coffee house sofa and put their feet up on the table where your drink/food are located.  Sounds good to me.

Alex Keaton's mom, Meredith Baxter, is a lesbian. I had a huge crush on her when she was on Family.  OK, that was two years ago when I got the DVDs.  Shut up. 

Georgia elects the first openly lesbian African-American state legislator. 

My favorite weeknight holiday activity?  Well, watching classic holiday shows.  Then, I like to watch this video and see how many people I recognize and if I can remember all of the words.



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ABC has now cancelled Adam Lambert three times.  Meanwhile, Chris Brown gets to be on 20/20.  Cause beating up your girlfriend is way less awful than being homosexual.  Way.  I am so glad that I don't get ABC and can't be another set of eyes fueling their ratings. Such homophobic bullshit.  Even Ellen called them out on the hypocritical double standards.

Are you following me on Twitter?  @pghlesbian24  I'll be at Bill Peduto's shindig tomorrow evening from which I will be sure to tweet. 

Oh, and this week's episode of SisterShout features Handmade Arcade, a DIY festival of funness and holiday crafty goodness.  They are giving away a tee shirt and an Early Bird pass (can you say swag bag?) through the SS weekly raffle.  Follow the show on Twitter @sistershoutshow or on Facebook to get yourself eligible!