Get ready for Birthday Thursday when I turn 56!

It’s Birthday Thursday! Sue turns 56 this week She’s a hardcore Gen Xer building a new life on a tight budget due to her disability and divorce. She knows how to MacGyver her way through a tough spot, but she shouldn’t have to thrive on pure grit alone. Can you drop a quick $5 or […]

‘Your gonna get dead’ and other problematic comments people send my way

Content Note: racism, ableism, sexism, anti-LGBTQ, calls for violence, Tonight someone, probably afraid, lashed out at me over a conversation about ballots. They said “Be part of the solution, not the problem.” I was pointing out that the emperor (not him) is most decidedly not wearing new clothes. That’s a necessary step for a solution […]

Update on my blog and social media accounts after the divorce

I’ve written about the potential harm on my housing and healthcare. What about the blog? This blog has 21+ years of archival content of LGBTQ+ experiences in this region. I had a plan for preservation. With grant funding, I hoped to contract with a queer archivist, a graphic designer, and a web designer to prepare […]

I need $400 to reach current mini-fundraising goal

Another update – $250 to reach the goal! UPDATE – now just $300 to go thanks to Amy! While I still need help with my general Legal and Living Expenses Crowdfund, I have a mini-goal. Essentially, I need $560 to pay for a mobile video kit and to be Meta verified by Facebook and Instagram. […]

Kindness is more than money

Time is ticking away until the trial. A lot is happening behind the scenes, both mundane and intriguing. I have a specific request – two tools to help my blog be more sustainable and thus less likely to be a casualty of this situation. I need two things * ‘kit’ of simple equipment to make videos […]

Why is Allegheny County Government Denying Me My Day in Court?

So here’s my occasional plea for your help. I am in the midst of three court cases stemming from events in August 2023. I was homeless for six months. I’ve been home for nearly two years, but things are tough. I depend on you to help me with living and legal expenses while these cases […]

That Time When The Netherlands Took Down My Website

We’ve been offline for a few days. Apparently, my site was targeted by Distributed Denial-of-Service attack. From the Netherlands. DDoSed. I’m wondering if an onslaught of Tony Geary fans came to read my memorial blog post? I mentioned Amsterdam. I know it is not literally a lot of real people from the Netherlands who visited […]

Blog Wrapped – 50 of the Most Read Posts in 2025

These are the blog posts you read most often in 2025. This is no a “top” list because the majority of these posts are memorials about trans neighbors who died violent deaths in the United States. That’s a blunt fact. Don’t turn away from it. If I can write these memorials, you can read them. […]

Our political blog vicennial means seeing familiar faces in all the old, familiar places 

Dan Gilman as Chief of Staff Ricky Burgess as Director of Community Impact Yarone Zober as Director of Redevelopment Corey Buckner as Manager of Community Affairs My jaw dropped when I saw Burgess and Zober were part of the O’Connor 2.0 Administration It is like a b-side of the greatest hits of my first decade […]

Here’s to Us: Let’s Celebrate 20 Years of Blogging

Today this blog turns 20 years old, an era of words, images, and experiences I could not conceive of back on that chilly December day when I thrust myself into the blogosphere. Filled with curiosity, but lacking any expertise, I began. Quickly, I was off on a wonderful adventure I never saw coming as I […]