Happy Pride
Right now, thousands of lgbtq folks are on their way down to Liberty Avenue for the biggest celebration of the year … I hope you have a wonderful day! 🙂
More pinkwashing of Onorato
You know I love the man called Potter. His awesomeness is exceeded only by his 27 Facebook fans. 😉 Still, he recently gave some pinkwashing props to the Onorato campaign that made me sigh. From Slagheap: In other news, you may have already known this– word went out a couple days ago — but county […]
File this under: Ravensburgh bullshit
Oh, for God's sake … The state Ethics Commission and the city Ethics Hearing Board will not review Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's nomination of his brother to the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority board, despite requests sent by local officials. Mayor Ravenstahl nominated his brother, newly elected state Rep. Adam Ravenstahl, to the Alcosan board on […]
The impact of HUD’s anti-discrimination rules on Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
OK, folks, so finally we see some payoff from the Allegheny County Anti-Discrimination ordinance in practical terms. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued new rules requiring grant recipients to comply with local anti-discrimination laws. Traditionally, HUD requires all applicants for competitive grant funding to comply with all applicable federal fair housing […]
American Eagle takes a page from BP …
… and not in a good way. We've all heard about the ridiculous/offensive/hateful decision of BP to spend millions ($50 I believe) on a PR campaign, $50 million that would clean up a lot of dying birds and sealife. Or lost compensate people for lost income. You get the point. Here in Pittsburgh, we have […]
HUD did good
post to come on saturday on the recent reg changes at HUD and what they mean for folks here in Pgh and Allegheny County. also makes the push for statewide nondiscrimination HB 300 soooo important for affordable housing.
Yuma, Arizona Mayor doesn’t want limp wristed soldiers
from hrc comes a humbling story …. The Yuma Mayor doesn't think limp wristed men don't belong in the military. The first casualty of the Iraq War speaks out … These hateful words are absolutely inconsistent with the unbending physical and mental courage that I encountered among all of the men and women with whom […]
Could hospitals soon be required to implement anti-discrimination policies
According to the HRC, yes. According to the Human Rights Commission, the Joint Commission, the largest organization that accredits hospitals nationwide, announced recently that, in the future, all hospitals in America will need to have a non-discrimination policy for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Once the new rules are in place, “the horror stories” […]
A must read on the failure of ENDA
Dr. Jillian Weiss is someone I admire greatly. I've been in touch with her for months, trying my best to contribute to the passage of the Employment Non Discrimination Act on the federal level. I was part of the ground troops getting commitments from our local electeds and I've written about it quite a bit. So […]
Pittsburgh Dyke March 2010: The Fifth Year
This was one of my favorite LGBTQ events of all time. It was joyful, fierce, unified and humbling to wind our way through Bloomfield yesterday afternoon. The event kicked off with a call to action from Dykes on Bikes founder, Miranda Vey. She uses the term “queer patriot” to describe the power within dykes and other […]