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Very cute Christmas video

December 16, 2011 by

httpv://youtu.be/unDpOvyjYBc

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Pgh Gift Program Makes Gifts Available to Older Kids, Too

December 16, 2011 by

Play it Forward Pittsburgh provides parents of children from all ages with an opportunity to get up to 5 gently used items for holiday gifts. Older kids are so often overlooked that we think this is a wonderful idea and wish we had heard about it sooner. It would be great to collect CDs and […]

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Two Great Stories on LGBTQ Youth

December 13, 2011 by

Please check out these two important articles on LGBTQ youth. First, a piece in the Boston Globe about a family’s journey with their transgender daughter. It is a wonderful story about their experiences and how supportive and loving they are with Nicole. Nicole has a twin, Jonas so they’ve been an interesting contributor to medical […]

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A Moment of GLEE – We Are Young

December 13, 2011 by

i was struck by this during last week’s episode of GLEE httpv://youtu.be/b5AdLN9zfzk Here’s the original by the group “fun” httpv://youtu.be/FQLGhPHzxjc

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Collect Tote Bags to Help Hungry Neighbors and Win Awesome Prizes (Like Penguins Tickets)

December 12, 2011 by

Hunger, as you probably have read here in the past, is very much a part of our lives … 1 in 7 people in Pennsylvania don’t know for sure where their next meal is coming from today. Look around you. Is it someone in your office? Someone living on your street? Some of the children […]

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Santorum: LGBT Families “Destabilize” America

December 12, 2011 by

He’s at it again … Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is on the presidential campaign trail in Iowa and his appeal to the heartland is laced with bigotry and intolerance, as well as a healthy dose of hypocrisy. On Weds, Dec 7, he was in Spencer, Iowa. He wants to maintain family structures among immigrants […]

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Lesbian Bashing on FourSquare

December 10, 2011 by

Hey, this is fun. I logged into FourSquare after a three month hiatus and found that someone had set up a new “venue” at my house … Hag Bag Headquarters “Welcome to whore ville all dykes get in free.” (sic … on so many levels.) Well, isn’t that nice? The Mayor of Hag Bag Headquarters […]

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Parody of Rick Perry Video

December 8, 2011 by

This is just pretty amusing httpv://youtu.be/BbrI3F7p6-o

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Holiday Help – The Not So Pleasant Part

December 5, 2011 by

It happens every year. Every year for eight years. So why would I expect any different this ninth year of being involved in holiday giving projects? Today was the day. It was late in the year, but I wasn’t surprised. It was the call from the parent of young adolescents (11 and 14) seeking help […]

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Pennsylvania Private School Rejects Student Based on HIV+ Status

December 3, 2011 by

Milton Hershey School made this stellar decision to discriminate based on a criteria they don’t list on their application. The Delaware County boy has lived with HIV for his entire life. He controls the virus by taking five pills per day, plus vitamins, and sees his doctor about three times a year. Having HIV hasn’t […]