Eric Himan Tells Arizona He’s “Not Going Anywhere Tonight”

Eric Himan song about Arizona

I couldn’t take it. I had to write this song and put it out there.” I urge everyone to take it seriously. Bills like this could easily find its way across our country. Let’s stop it now and continue our fight for our freedom to live as ordinary citizens with equal rights under the law. […]

Welcome To Pgh’s Newest LGBTQ Blog (and Revisiting a Few “Oldies”)

Good new for Pittsburgh – there’s a new blog in town. InsideOUT Pittsburgh bills itself as a “lifestyle and culture” blog covering the LGBT community.   This gave us a good reason to remind you of some of the other treasures in the Pittsburgh blogosphere TransPridePgh has a blog and a very important component is […]

The Tender Things That We Were Working On

Don’t You Forget About Me Imagine yourself at the end of your life. What sort of legacy will you leave? Describe the lasting effect you want to have on the world, after you’re gone. My biggest contribution to the world after I’m gone is the fact that I am planning on a Green Burial in […]

Neighborhood “Drama” and Facebook

Cat Perfection

I once had a crush on FourSquare – I thought it had potential to help nonprofit organizations and small businesses. So I’ve detailed in probably far too much painstaking a manner the experience of being cyberstalked. It is a terrible feeling. And most stalkers get quite excited when they get a reaction from their prey […]

Olympic Hunger Games: Sochi

I wish I had lived a life with this much courage.  

Pittsburgh Based “This Week In Gender” Debuts on YouTube

A new YouTube show debuted this week produced by the Gender Dances Project, based right here in Pittsburgh. The show is called “This Week in Gender” and features several local familiar faces who aren’t often given a platform. The video is NSFW because of language, but it is rather engaging. I was particularly struck by […]

Soap Fans, Please Send Your #CheersToSochi to Support #WilSon, Lucas, Brad, Felix and Friends

The Olympics begin tonight on NBC and while DAYS will apparently not be bumped for coverage, there is a very important concern for viewers, especially fans of #Wilson, Will Horton and Sonny Kiriakis. As you may know, Russia has cracked down on “homosexual propaganda” under federal law and informal use of brutal and repressive tactics […]

Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents, Bloggers Nominated for Six Readers Choice Awards

LGBT Readers Choice Awards Pittsburgh

Our blog is honored to have been nominated six times in the 2014 GLBT Readers Choice Awards sponsored by Keystone Alliance and Gaylife Newsletter.  The semi-final voting round continues through February 28, followed by a final round of voting during March. To vote, go to website for a complete list of nominations, then submit your […]

I May Be Running Out Of Things To Say

(If you said to yourself  “good” I can’t really blame you.) Today was a perfectly normal day. I woke up and Ledcat had gone to work early. I fed the dogs, fed the cats, fed me and made coffee. I read the paper online. Well, sort of read because the Post-Gazette website is just infuriating […]

Five Queerability Life Hacks For A Lesbian With the Flu

Update: For those who are new to my blog, I am living with disability but this post is intended to explore how getting a routine sickness exacerbates things – in this case, how the flu impacts our everyday queerability, not to suggest the flu is the same thing as a disability! Sorry for any confusion. […]