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2010 Candidate Questionnaires and CRSD Endorsements On Wednesday, April 28th, we held our annual Meet the Candidates Night at the Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center. I hope you were able to attend; we had a full house with 23 candidates or their representatives speaking. Following the evening, the full CRSD Board met to […]
Word on the street is that this week's meeting of the Allegheny County Human Relations Commission should include a report from the County Personnel Department on health insurance options from the County's vendor. That should be a positive step forward. At the very least, Chief Executive Dan Onorato will have a clear plan on how […]
Senator Arlen Specter invites our community to meet with him. He's having a private meeting with a few LGBTQ leaders and then a reception open to the general public. Sadly, media are not invited to the private meeting. The good thing is that they consider bloggers media so all four of us can pat ourselves […]
It is the second thing people ask me after making the requisite joke about her hair/makeup. Frankly, I'm amazed (read: disappointed) at how catty us feminists can be when it comes to the appearances of women who are Republican. But I digress. I don't care if Jane Orie is a lesbian. Stop foisting the unappealing […]
Stuff is going on . From Pam's House Blend …more on the role of the Human Rights Campaign and the repeal of DADT. Things are a bit strained. Sheesh. While admin officials say repeal is the way to go, the DOJ files briefs in legal cases. Ahhhh. LGBT Point of View thinks Code Pink has […]
The Steel City Stonewall Endorsement meeting was held Sunday afternoon on the Northshore. For a glimpse into “live” coverage, check out the hashtag PghGayPick. I was a little caught up in the 140 character frenzy because I wrote most of these tweets and can't interpret a few of them 🙂 Kudos to tweeps @Bram_R and @Maria_In_Pgh (who […]
Tonight, Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato addressed the Liberty City Democratic Club in Philadelphia (their chapter of Stonewall Democrats). A member asked him about the lack of domestic partner benefits in Allegheny County. This is what he reportedly said: He said that he's convened a commission and that he told the head of that […]
I was contacted by a board member with the Steel City Stonewall Democrats regarding an earlier post in which I criticized Dan Onorato for failing to answer the SCSD question on domestic partner benefits. SCSD acknowledged that they made an error uploading the file and sent me evidence that in the original question, Onorato responded […]
Bilerico has asked bloggers to “swarm” around ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. House Speaker Pelosi is holding up this legislation which would provide employment protections based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Why We Need To Demand ENDA Now We know that Speaker Pelosi is sympathetic to our cause. Clearly, she needs encouragement, […]
For Immediate Release: March 9, 2010 Democracy for Pittsburgh Endorses Joe Hoeffel Joe Hoeffel—Democratic candidate for governor— now has three Democracy for For America (DFA) chapter endorsements. Last week he received the third, an endorsement from Democracy for Pittsburgh. Last month, Hoeffel received endorsements from Philly for Change and Montgomery County DFA, also local coalition partners […]
