I am pleased.  The Post-Gazette's coverage of yesterday's vote by the Pittsburgh Presbytery is a balanced report on the complexities of “gay issues” in communities of faith.  Rather than a reductionistic portrayal of people of faith as vigorously anti-gay, Ann Rodgers presents multiple perspectives from various heterosexual members of the Pittsburgh Presbytarian community. At issue […]

A. Altmyer of McCandless wrote in to the “Letters to the Editor” page to share his or her belief that marriage should be between one man and one woman.  He makes a series of disjointed, but not unfamiliar points. 1. We are founded on Judeo-Christian values. 2. The majority of Americans are Christians who believe […]

Tonight, Ledcat and I stopped by Peduto's campaign event at the Schenley Ice Rink.  My last visit was like 1987.  It seems different.  There was no skating in our party.  We came, we mingled, we munched and we listened.  Here's an old picture.  

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Allegheny County prosecutors will not press charges against a Strip District club for the death of one of its patrons in January. Cleophus Pettway, 31, of Youngstown, Ohio, was found dead in a private room at Club Pittsburgh, a popular meeting spot for gay men. District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. […]

I spoke with a representative from the Pirates today who tactfully told me that a breakdown in communication blocked the 2008 event, but plans are well underway to organize an official Pride Night during June of 2009.  He was very candid about wanting to connect with LGBT baseball fans.  Officials from the local Pridefest organizing […]

HB 300 is making decent progress. By the slimmest of margins, a House panel has approved Rep. Dan Frankel's bill to ban discrimination in housing and jobs against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. The State Government Committee voted today by a margin of 12 to 11 — Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed — […]

“Simple fairness,” proclaim the editors of the Post-Gazette in their somewhat disappointing endorsement for the statewide bill. I expected to see a bit of a mention that this legislation does not pit gay rights versus religious rights, a very necessary caveat since the Post-Gazette's coverage of similar legislation on the County level did not really […]

Click on the image for more details.  I'm very pleased to share that Ledcat and I will be liveblogging from this year's auction.  So even if you can't attend, send in your donation to the very worthwhile Persad Center and be part of the action from your very own computer.  It is like our very […]

JOIN US THURSDAY, APRIL 2nd, 7:30 PM at the SouthSide Works Cinema   Between Love and Goodbye (U.S.A., 2008, 97 minutes)Genre/Subjects: Drama, gay and transgender From Casper Andreas, the director of Slutty Summer and A Four Letter Word comes this modern gay drama about falling in and out of love, and the rocky ride in […]

On February 26, 2009, the Lahaina News – a weekly paper in Hawaii — published the following editorial cartoon. The following week, the editor reportedly published the following statement: “We realize that last week's cartoon offended some community sensibilities.  We apologize for that.”  I cannot verify this as the apology does not appear to be published […]