Guest on This News is so Gay podcast
This week, I was a guest on podcast This News is so Gay with my colleague Mark S. King. We talked about blogging, current events, LGBTQ history, and more.
Category: Media
Where is the LGBTQ+ content?
Good question. Things have been chaotic this past many weeks. Some things just requiring my time and attention, others wrenching my emotional core to zero. I’m sort of stuck when I try to blog. It happens. I read about things that warrant a blog post, but can’t find anything interesting to say. I’m worried that I’ll […]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Journalist and Union Member Steve Mellon Reframes the Art of Labor Organizing: a Seven with Sue (+1) Q&A
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The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh Won Their Three Year Strike
I grew up in a union town, of course. My father and other relatives were union men. I understand the importance of a union in the labor and economic ecosystem. While they are as inherently flawed as any other tool of capitalism, unions are necessary to dismantle capitalism in the long run and to protect […]
Things to Watch During Native History Month
My friend, Lee Dingus, is a Seneca artist and educator who has contributed to this blog in the past. I asked her to specifically share television shows and movies that do a solid job with representation. Indigenous created content is so much more accessible now, but I don’t think people know that. I certainly didn’t, until […]
This List of 13 Missing, Murdered, Unidentified, and Unclaimed Trans People Makes Me Think of Monica Roberts
The work of searching for missing, murdered, unidentified and unclaimed people can be isolating, the sort of loneliness that seeps back into the work. And that can be unproductive. Understanding the Terms I have a list of 13 people on my desktop – 13 possible trans and/or queer individuals who are missing, murdered, unidentified, and […]
Best of Pittsburgh Nominations Open via City Paper – Here are my suggestions
It is that time again – the reader voted Best of Pittsburgh project of the City Paper. Nominate until 07/26/2025 @ 11:59 PM Eastern Vote starting 08/01/2025 @ 12:00 AM Eastern Go nominate your heart out for all of your favorites through Saturday night. Then the CP staff tally the top nominees in each category to create a […]
The silence of a falling star lights up a purple sky. I wonder where you are.
The lonely work of memorializing trans neighbors. One of the worst moments as a blogger is when I publish a post memorializing a trans neighbor, take a breath and realize I have to write another one. That always hurts. Each time this happens, I take a breath and let it out, feeling the fury and […]
I Didn’t Win the Award, But I’m Part of the Story
I have received some awards, honors, and maybe even a badge or two over the past 20 years of blogging. Now, an article about me has won a Golden Quill award for the journalist, Steve Mellon of the Pittsburgh Union Progress. He also won two other categories. Excellence in Written Journalism, Profile – Division 2: “Peering […]
LGBTQ Media Reporting on Bar Raids, Anti-Trans Violence Reveals Systemic Weakness
On April 24, 2025, a 25 year old Black trans woman named Kelsey Elem was brutally murdered in St. Louis, Missouri. Local media reported on her death, as they do. I wrote a memorial post. And … Where is the LGBTQ media? Young Black trans woman brutally murdered. 20 minutes away from the location where […]