A Q&A With the 2025 Pittsburgh Dyke March Organizers

Saturday, June 7 will mark the 15th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Dyke March, an institution that began formally in 2006. The stories of queer women, lesbians, dykes organizing in Pittsburgh stretch much further back. Be sure to check out our timeline and watch the Pgh Dyke March spaces for dyke history. This year’s dyke march […]

The Pet Food Pantry Has Run Out of Dog Food

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RIP Loretta Swit. Thank you for being Major Margaret Houlihan

When I was a child, I thought Major Margaret Houlihan was one of the prettiest, smartest women in the TV world. She had beautiful blond hair and was the head nurse so she was the best. She was one of the highest ranking officers. Her tent was pretty and well appointed. She had lovers who […]

The Purrfect Pride Shirt for Cat Folx

Happy Pride. I did not go to Pittsburgh Pride because it was my final day of COVID quarantine. I did help distribute pet food, scooped several litter boxes, drafted a Q&A,  and listened to a few episodes of a podcast about racial justice history. So that’s cool. I also received my first inquiry from a […]

Donate extra tickets for the caretakers

As you know, the focus of the Dr. John P Ruffing VMD Pet Food Pantry is to support the folx, the people doing this work. Most of the time, we provide supplies and materials for their work. This week, something changed – we received gifts of extra tickets. One set was for a Pirates game […]

Our 2025 List of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania Pride Festivals – Now up to 76

I created a list of about 60 76 Pridefest events across Pennsylvania and in the tri-state area. Sadly, Google trashed my formatting so I’m going to have to go back and do that by hand. But you can use what I’ve shared to search Google or even FB/Instagram for details. It is very important that […]

Mental Health Awareness Month: Revealing the Layers of My Mental Illness and Childhood Trauma

Content Note: This post delves into mental health diagnoses, but also child abuse, childhood sexual violence, rape, abandonment, and more in great detail. An important piece of my mental health journey has been to embrace the different diagnoses. I have bipolar disorder Type I, I have severe anxiety, and I have complex trauma or cPTSD. […]

Video: Afternoons with Pretty Girl, a tail of a community cat

If you’d like to support Pretty Giirl and her colony chums, we’d appreciate that. Anything you can do to support these families and caretakers is appreciated. Here’s how Donations can be dropped to: Look for the yellow #PghCatFolx yard signs and patio bins

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 […]

Pittsburgh Native Janet Campbell Talks Costuming Lines for Madame Clicquot with the CLO: A Seven with Sue Q&A

For the summer arts and culture season, we’ve revived ‘Seven With Sue’ – a sort of quick Q&A with seven questions (and a plus one!) To kick off this new-ish series, we are talking this week with creators involved with Madame Clicquot opening on Thursday.  Pittsburgh CLO is proud to present this exclusive world premiere at the […]