Ledcat and I just returned from paying our respects to the slain Pittsburgh Police officers at the City-County building.  We waited in line for about 10 minutes.  We waited with officers from the Federal Reserve, the Port Authority and the state of Indiana amidst a sea of private citizens.  The atmosphere was solemn and reverential.  […]

Hmmmm.  4 states with legalized marriage.  Allegheny County still can't recognize that gay people suffer discrimination NOR deserve health insurance. Remember that the next time a large company picks somewhere else for their headquarters.  Southwestern Pennsylvania is not only behind Erie and State College, but we are behind Iowa.  Iowa.  Have you ever been to […]

http://www.pittsburghpassion.com/tickets.htm   Well, everyone the 2009 Pittsburgh Passion season is about to begin…    Our home opener is Saturday April 18th 2009 at 7:00 pm… All games are played at  North Allegheny High School (Newman Stadium) in Wexford!    Please see the schedule below and let me know…  Please come out and watch our run […]

Wow.  Yesterday was quite the day for the LGBTQ community.  First, the Vermont legislature overturned a veto of the marriage equality legislation, becoming the 4th state in the country to legalize same sex marriage.  That's almost 10% of the states.  Woo hoo. Plus, the District of Columbia Council voted to recognize same sex marriages performed […]

I understand that people are grieving the three officers who died on Saturday, especially as more information comes to light.  My heart breaks for the 911 dispatcher whose error in describing the situation proved fatal.  But I can't help wondering about all the systems and people who let Richard Poplawski down before he picked up […]

My partner works with the police so we've been very saddened by the weekend tragedy.  I have to admit that I sat on the edge of my sheet knowing that it could easily have been a friend of ours whose name was read at that 3 PM press conference.  So, having read the papers over […]

…and the Post-Gazette goes with the oh-so-obvious headline. k.d. lang has constant craving for truthfulness   Along with having one of the most lovely voices in popular music, lang's is also an outspoken one. She's come out against eating meat, and has taken stances on Tibetan and gay/lesbian rights. “My political stances really stem from […]

  Pittsburgh has a new high-end glossy media resource, CUE Pittsburgh.  This is the third edition.  I didn't write sooner because I was mistakenly informed it has gone under, but surprisingly that is not the truth.  I say surprisingly because launching a new magazine in this economy seems risky, but what do I now?  It […]

Ah, Diane Gramley is a wee bit upset that our midWestern cousins have determined that equality means true equality.  At least in terms of state approved marriage.  She's plays her strongest card to push for a marriage amendment in PA — Iowa overturning a DOMA law.  What she doesn't tell you is that, to my […]

Kathi Boyle, Executive Director of the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force, wrote in to the Post-Gazette to underscore the importance of a comprehensive, realistic approach to sex ed. I agree completely with Stacie Murphy's March 29 Forum piece, “Quit Clowning Around,” regarding sex education for teens. Abstinence is a wonderful goal, but the reality of how […]