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Complacency about HIV and AIDS will prove deadly. Wednesday December 1 is World AIDS Day and Pittsburgh groups are banding together to ensure the region does not take a sigh of relief on this issue. People are still dying. People are living with medical advancements, but face barriers to the lives we take for granted. […]
Why Us? Left Behind and Dying premieres in Pittsburgh this weekend at the August Wilson Center. From Tony Norman: “Why Us? Left Behind and Dying” [further described on C-1 of today's Magazine section] is a searing, heartbreaking look into the disproportionately high rate of AIDS/HIV in the African-American community. What makes this documentary unique among […]
Tomorrow is World AIDS Day. Much is going on here in Pittsburgh. Highmark has gone red. ( Pittsburgh ) red Activities:show your support by wearing red December 1! 7 am – 7 pmFree HIV testingPittsburgh AIDS Task Force5913 Penn AvenueEast Liberty 10 amMayor’s pressconferenceCity-County Building414 Grant StreetDowntown Pittsburgh 10 am – 5 pmAllegheny County Heal […]
I'm not sure what I have to offer on this topic tonight. First, let me direct you to some other offerings. Pam's House Blend shares some comments from our President-Elect: Today, because of the work of people like you, women in Kenya who were widowed by the disease, and once shunned by society, have banded […]
Ah, Jim Quinn. He has no problems with gays, except for our impact on health insurance premiums what with all the AIDS generating sex we have and our attempts to “muddy the waters” by wanting to get married. GLAAD is calling on all homosexuals to urge Clear Channel Communications to sanction Quinn. Please contact […]
Still not feeling up to par so very light blogging of late. Here's a few tidbits that I may explore later: Today (Weds) is the seventh annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. See Tony Norman's excellent column on this very important topic. Former Penn State basketball player Jennifer Harris reached a settlement in her discrimination […]
UPMC’s Celebrate Life, Celebrate Art 2006 – an auction to benefit Persad Center The Patron Party*Friday, April 7, 2006 Society for Contemporary Craft2100 Smallman StreetPittsburgh, PA 15222 (Strip District)7:00 – 10:00 p.m. The AuctionMonday, May 15, 2006 Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland4400 Forbes AvenuePittsburgh, PA 15213
In ten years since the HRC launched the Municipal Equality Index, Pittsburgh has moved from 72 to a perfect 100 score. To be fair, they did not evaluated Pittsburgh the first year. We made the leap years ago, but it is important to take a closer look at the details of our equality. Click to […]
Each October, we celebrate LGBTQ History Month to coincide with National Coming Out Day on 11 October and to commemorate the first and second marches on Washington in 1979 and 1987 for LGBT rights. The third march, co-coordinated by Pittsburgh activist Billy Hileman, took place in April 1993. This is something I did not know. […]
I am so pleased and/or relieved by the outcomes of the Pennsylvania Primary in Allegheny County. Note: It feels silly to congratulate candidates on winning a campaign or running a good campaign. I want to congratulate the residents of Allegheny County for not only a win, but a massive shift toward better models of government. […]
