Upbeat crowdfund update: Hey, Sue got a tattoo and 100,000 followers on Instagram

Hello friends! This will be (I hope) an upbeat update. I’ll post another data driven one tomorrow. My blog turns 20 on December 29, 2025. I am proud of that milestone. Most blogs endure 2-3 years. To commemorate it, I had the blog logo tattooed on my forearm this past Friday night. See photo. I […]

Is there insta approval for this Gen X blogger?

I joined Instagram in August 2012. Mostly I posted photos of my pets and my backyard, with some occasional selfies. It was fun. I’m more of a content curator than a creator – I do create. I follow and share content from credible, representative creators that is heavy on politics, but also social justice and […]

How to celebrate this blog’s 20th anniversary?

No news on the legal front, but some good news! Picture it, Manchester. December 29, 2005 was a Thursday. I was on a week of vacation from my job. Somehow I found myself opening up this software called ‘Blogware’ and launching my blog, Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents (pghlesbian.com.) My oldest nibling was born the very next […]

This blog and our LGBTQ+ nonprofit are being silenced on social media and PayPal

I am aghast to report that Pittsburgh LGBTQ Charities fundraising tools on GoFundMe, Facebook/Instagram/Meta, and PayPal have all been choked. We don’t know why. We simply received notifications after they paused our accounts. GoFundMe and Meta use PayPal Charities to distribute donations. I completed the paperwork they sent to me, asked for clarification, and received […]

My personal Facebook page has been shadow banned for over two years

For a long time now, I’ve noticed that engagement on my personal Facebook page has been dramatically lower than in previous years. No one comments, likes, or shares. People tell me all of the time that they don’t see my content (and when I point out that they could seek it out, they don’t.) What […]

It’s time now to sing out,though the story never ends, is it 10,519,200 minutes to measure 20 years of a blog?

December 29, 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of this blog. That’s huge. Most blogs are abandoned after 90 days, the rest typically last 2-3 years. So we are kicking some ass when it comes to longevity. Anyway, I am here right now to ask you, my correspondents, how we should celebrate? Guest blog posts – […]

Two years ago, I launched a GoFundMe for legal/living expenses. More than 300 of you have responded so far.

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Happy Two Year Crowdiversary. What an awkward way to acknowledge an awkward situation.

On this date in 2023, my friends Melissa and Diane helped me to get this crowdfund started It was a Saturday morning after an anxious night. I had called RESOLVE to ask for their assistance getting my prescription medications from my home – I was still homeless, staying with friends at that point. So I […]

These are your neighbors spewing violence and hate

Content Note: racism, gender, body autonomy, rape, immigration, violence, mental health. Read at your own risk. Some of the comments I’ve received lately on FB and Instagram. These are your neighbors spewing violence and hate. Why share? For a permanent record. I’d really like to tell the guy that I lived in the DMV for […]

Pghlesbian Named Finalist for BlueSky and Threads Acounts in Best of Pittsburgh poll. Vote Daily Through August 22.

I was pleasantly surprised to be named a finalist in two categories of the ‘Best of Pittsburgh’ 2025 awards – for Best BlueSky account and Best Threads account. I have a much bigger following on Instagram and Facebook, but I do spend time on these platforms and regularly share content I find important. I’ve blogged […]