Review: ‘Cookie Queens’ documentary unboxes unique experience of Girl Scout cookie sales

Who wouldn’t love a documentary about earnest young women plying their neighbors with everyone’s favorite treat – the Girl Scout cookie? They are cute, the cookies are cute, the people who buy are supporting wholesome values, and the meanies who don’t buy are just mean. This documentary has very little of that treacle. Instead, it […]

White women should insert ourselves in the investigation of the death of a Black woman in Mississippi

I remember reading about 16-year-old Juliana Umba Nzita, a Black teenager found hanging from a tree on May 8, 2026, in the yard of the United House of Prayer for All People on West Sugar Creek Road in north Charlotte, North Carolina. The explanation that she died by suicide felt wrong to me. I was […]

14 reasons why the Monroeville Library Pride book display is not the actual sexual threat to children

Monroeville library put up a book display for Pride month. Inappropriate intervention from Monroeville Municipal Council members (think City Council without a City) let library leaders to take it down a week early. Residents voices concerns at a municipal council meeting on July 7, 2026. Members of Council defended their actions to pressure the library […]

16 year old unarmed gender-nonconforming teen Nathaniel Potts shot to death in the back

A 16 year old teen died from gunshot injuries on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 in Raleigh, Illinois. Nathaniel Potts was an unarmed gender nonconforming teenager running away from the shooter during a domestic encounter. The shooter fired two shots, the second of which took Nathaniel’s life. The Crime On the night in question, Nathaniel was […]

Won’t you stop and remember me? These trans memorials remain incomplete right now.

These are posts I regret having to share. The number of trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming deaths due to violence have been increasing so rapidly that I struggle to keep up with memorial posts. That is my challenge to work out. But for you … I want to make sure you are aware. The brutal […]

Pennsylvania Youth Congress Statement on Anti-Trans Student Sports Ban

Moments ago, the State Senate voted for the eighth time to advance a cruel anti-trans student sports ban. SB 1293 passed in a 30-17 vote. Rather than work towards inclusion and equality in sports, our State Senate continues its fixation on attacking trans young people for political theater. The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association has already […]

Quakertown Police Chief used a choke hold to subdue a teen. She was protesting ICE. He showed us why.

Ah, Bucks County, you never cease to amaze. And disappoint. The Chief of Police in Quakertown waded into a protest organized by high school students, allegedly did not identify himself while dressed in street clothing, and put a female minor into a choke hold. Her friends responded to a stranger choking the young woman, launched […]

24 People Donated Over $1800 to my Crowdfund This Week

Over the past four days, you’ve donated $1800 to my legal and living expenses fund. That’s just … wow. I set a stretch goal to raise $3,000 for the current round of legal expenses plus some unexpected living expenses, including a trip to an oral surgeon. Even with insurance, that’s harsh. I asked folx to […]

Q&A with Kailey Andrew: Gender Affirming Healthcare is Legal in Pennsylvania

What message do you have for trans and queer youth? You are not alone. Don’t let them erase you. This isn’t the first time or the last time that trans people will have to fight to exist – don’t give up the fight. Read up on your history and take pride in it. Make art. Write […]

Another Blow to the Integrity of the Pine-Richland School District Athletic Department

A former athletic trainer with the Pine-Richland Middle School and High School is facing 35 different charges related to child pornography, two dozen of which are felonies, according to State Police.  34-year-old Samuel Elliot Fischer was caught by a student recording his teammates while they showered in the Owens J. Roberts School District in Pottstown, […]