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Washington County Teen Receives National Recognition for Advocacy

Washington County Teen Receives National Recognition for Advocacy

Congratulations to Emmett Patterson, a 17 year old transman for receiving national recognition from GLSEN for his advocacy work in Washington County.  Emmett founded Washington County’s first Gay Straight Alliance.  Kudos to him and we hope he enjoys spending time with Chaz Bono, whom he identifies as a hero and source of solace while struggling […]

Holiday Projects You Can Support

It is really early, but The Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project is working with local supporters to support the more than 120,000 people relying on Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to reduce their hunger.  You can help by organizing a special “holiday”  project around hunger and recycling to help kids, adults and seniors throughout the region. […]

Occupy Pittsburgh #occupypgh

Occupy Pittsburgh #occupypgh

So today I went downtown to catch up with OccupyPgh at Market Square. I had originally hoped to walk over and catch up with the march, but that didn’t work out. I’ll load my photos and tweets tomorrow. Random observations Crowd estimated by City police to be 1500 to 2000. Other assessments from 400 to […]

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Facebook and the word “Lesbian”

Facebook and the word “Lesbian”

OK, so this is just annoying.  Facebook added two categories to “relationship status”  – civil unions and domestic partnerships.  Woo hoo.  A nice win and accurate, too. So fast forward many months to this past weekend.  I realized I had claimed a name for my blog’s “fan” page (claiming makes it easier to direct people). […]

Big News About #BlogMob At Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

Big News About #BlogMob At Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

But I can’t tell you yet!  Just Save the Date for Thurs Sept 8 from 6-7:30 PM at the Food Bank in Duquesne. It promises to be eye-opening, humbling and educational as well as fun, bonding and with great food.  Policy, hunger, nutrition, and related topics.  September is Hunger Activist Month. This is your chance […]

Podcamp Pittsburgh is Around the Corner

Podcamp Pittsburgh is Around the Corner

Very excited to once again be an individual sponsor of this year’s Podcamp Pittsburgh, verion 6.0. In the guide of the Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project, we’ll be part of a panel with The Pittsburgh Foundation’s newest social media initiative.  To find out what it is, you’ll have to attend or read oneline later.  We are […]

Welcome to the new WordPress edition of Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents

We’ll we’ve made the leap from Blogware to WordPress and it seems we landed on our feet.    You’ll notice a very sleek look.  As I learn my way around the software, I’ll bring back the blogrolls and fancy features.  The most important thing is to note that Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents v1.0 is safely archived. […]