Paul McCartney in Pittsburgh
Going to a concert takes quite a bit of planning and willpower. But hearing an acoustic “Yesterday” during McCartney’s second encore makes it worthwhile.
Category: Culture
Send Me YOUR Stories of Disability Accommodation in Pittsburgh
We often read about accommodations in the workplace and in housing. Rarely does the media delve into accommodations issues when it comes to “public accommodation” like at a movie theater or a restaurant especially when it comes to hidden disabilities. I’m trying to tell those stories. Your stories. My stories. Eleven months ago, I […]
The Manor Theater, AMC Loews Ignore, Refuse Disability Accommodation
Last weekend, I tried to get accommodation for my disability at a local movie theater, The Manor Theater in Squirrel Hill. Most of the other theaters I’ve approached have been fine – they just put up a handwritten “reserved” sign on two aisle seats and ask me to be there 15 minutes ahead […]
Five Things That Never Happened In Our Community on the Fourth of July
When I was a child, I kept coming across passages in books about olden times that described how Independence Day was celebrated. It was nothing like my own experience in the 1970s’ and 1980’s Pittsburgh suburb of West Mifflin. Here’s an excerpt from a particularly vivid memory – Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder From […]
UPDATED: The Loss of Another Trans Sister of Color – Tiff Edwards of Ohio
This has been a tough month, no doubt about it. From Repent Amarillo targeting teenaged girls to the Pittsburgh Dyke Trans March being TERFd (and possibly secretly recorded), it has been an exhausting month. But the worst has happened – a fourth trans woman of color has been found murdered, this time in Walnut Hills, […]
Joy KMT Speech at 2014 Pittsburgh Dyke Trans March
(Published with permission from Joy KMT a featured speaker at the Pittsburgh Dyke Trans March. This may not be reprinted in any form without the explicit permission of Joy KMT.) Yesterday when I was coming back to Pittsburgh I cried. My girl asked me what was wrong, I said I didn’t want to be here. […]
Allegheny County Drops Domestic Partner Benefits for LGBTQ Employees
In a very dismaying turn of events, Rich Fitzgerald’s County Administration has opted to drop domestic partner benefits less than two years after first extending them. The county’s benefit policy is being adjusted in response to the marriage ruling, county spokeswoman Amie Downs said in an email. “As a result of the Court’s recent decision […]
Photos from the 2014 Pittsburgh Dyke and Trans March
Post by Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents.
Enter to Win an OBVIOUS CHILD Prize Pack!
CLOSED TO NEW ENTRIES I have been reading terrific reviews about this movie – can’t wait to see it for myself. Enter to Win an OBVIOUS CHILD Prize Pack! A24 presents OBVIOUS CHILD For aspiring comedian Donna Stern, everyday life as a female twenty-something provides ample material for her hysterical and relatable brand of […]
Talking LGBTQ Symbols with @Mashable Made Me Some New Friends
Last week, I was asked by GLAAD to contribute to a piece on the meaning of LGBTQ symbols to my life, specifically lesbian symbols such as interlocking female symbols. The piece was being compiled by Mashable and was published Friday. It really gave me pause to stop and *think* about lesbian symbols. And do a […]
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