10 Things You Can’t Buy With Food Stamps
My latest piece published on Huffington Post in the “Gay Voices” section …
Category: Culture
Please Don’t Call Me A Writer
I was not a kid who kept a journal or scribbled or longed to be a reporter. I was not a particularly strong writer until I started the graduate program in political philosophy at LSU where I was required to write – constantly. I was also required to read some pretty amazing writing. Somehow that […]
The View From the Back Window
Look out your back window or door — describe what you see, as if you were trying to convey the scene to someone from another country or planet. Our backyard gives off the vibe of spring wrestling with old man winter to control the scenery. There’s enough green grass (weeds) to give the illusion that […]
Judah Fellowship Christian Church Invited This Lesbian & You to Their Fish Fry
I was very honored to be personally invited to attend an upcoming fish fry on the North Side, sponsored by Judah Fellowship Christian Church. They are a welcoming congregation and have hosted several events at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center. I hope to see you there! (PS – they have cornbread – OMG!) The […]
Ten Things You Can’t Buy With SNAP (Food Stamps)
I was terrible in Home Ec (8th grade) because I had little appreciation for how practical the skills would be some day. I regret not being able to sew for sure – how much money can we save if we could even do basic sewing? I also regret not learning more about cooking. I […]
Pittsburgh: Gay-friendly, or “anti gay” friendly?
I am very amused by all of the national (and international) media attention that has tabbed Pittsburgh as a hip, happening city. If we’re so hip and happening, why do we seem to breed crusaders against the “homosexual menace”? There are calls for the CEO of the Mozilla Foundation (developers of the Firefox web browser) […]
Trans Visibility Day
I am barely under the wire with this post, but I want to share this photo from a wknd gathering. T to T is sponsored by TransPride Pittsburgh. I am constantly telling, ahem, nagging folks at the GLCC to take photos. So not only was I pleased to receive this – I feel it vindicates […]
Stryker: Trans issues at ‘a historical moment’
We’re at a “historical moment in the media” for trans people, says Susan Stryker, historian, author, filmmaker, activist and director of the Institute for LGBT Studies at the University of Arizona. Stryker delivered the annual Margaret Morrison Lecture at Carnegie Mellon University on Monday. Part of CMU’s celebration of Women’s History Month, the lecture is […]
Former Corbett Admin Deputy Secretary Compares Lesbian to Anti-Semite
This is priceless. I wrote a blog post reviewing a local fish fry at Most Holy Name of Jesus Catholic parish in Troy Hill. Apparently, the fact that I set foot in a Catholic church offended someone (technically, I was just in the social hall but whatevs.) Mr. Philip Abromats was until March last […]
Bisexuality In The News, New Group Forms in Pittsburgh
March is Bisexual Health Awareness Month. There have been several important media pieces lately that might interest you. Chronologically: New York Times piece “The Scientific Quest to Prove Bisexuality Exists” which has some troubling elements A response piece on Autostraddle which delves into those elements “The Journalistic Quest to Write an Accurate Story About […]
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