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“We do want to address directly the issues you raised and encourage you to raise awareness of these risks via your well-established advocacy avenues.” Prepare for a long blog post. I’m concerned that a resource used in Family Court does not provide effective privacy for litigants, especially around HIPPA, gender identity, and immigration. For the […]
It has been a week. There’s always this one week in theater seasons when multiple shows open and other types of shows also happen and it is just soooo much. This past October, I caught pink eye so that took me out of contention. This past week was the spring version – three plays, one […]
Her name was Shyyell Diamond Sanchez-Mccray. She was 42 years old and identified as a Black transgender woman. She died in Petersburg, Virginia. On March 13, just before 2 a.m., Petersburg Police were called to the 300 block of Elm Street for a reported shooting. FIrst responders entered a home with “an unsecured door” and […]
Eureka Day at City Theatre is a wry, sly, and thoughtful comedy that just might brighten your spring in a dark time. Set in an elite private elementary school, the action centers a leadership committee (aka PTA) and a harried principal struggling to maintain a safe and supportive learning environment, controlling as much as possible […]
Her name was Daphy Michel. She was a 31 year old Haitian immigrant who came to the United States in 2022. She was deemed eligible to remain in the US for “urgent humanitarian reasons” or humanitarian parole. Daphy settled with her brother and extended family in a small Western PA town, Charleroi in Washington County, […]
The year 2026 has been brutal for many neighbors, but especially ferocious for the trans community. Trans is an umbrella term for transgender, transsexual, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, gender creative, and others whose gender identity does not align with societal expectations and/or the gender assigned at birth. That’s a very broad stroke definition. Since 2013, I […]
New from Apple TV, limited series ‘Imperfect Women’ struggles with imperfect casting that fails to challenge our familiarity the big names. Conceived as a thriller, it felt too familiar to capture my attention until the final episodes. This is the story of Eleanor (Kerry Washington), Mary (Elisabeth Moss) and Nancy (Kate Mara), best friends since […]
Pittsburgh LGBTQ Charities has three major projects right now And we need help. Our current volunteers have taken on the Herculean task of delivering food to all of our pantry caretakers every month, a decision made necessary after someone stole our stuff from our distribution bins. Delivering pet food parcels to 30 households is a […]
I left the production of ‘The Smuggler’ on Friday evening feeling uneasy and disconcerted. It took me awhile to sit with those feelings. We are not them and they are not us. ‘The Smuggler’ is a production of Pittsburgh International Classic Theater at Carnegie Stage running through Sunday, March 22, 2026. The play takes us […]
Join your neighbors as we assemble ‘whistle kits’ to distribute throughout the community. Each kit contains a whistle, lanyard, ‘Know Your Rights’ info, a zine explaining the whistle, and other info. It is the perfect way to keep a whistle in your day bag, one at home, one in the car, etc. The information comes […]
