I Didn’t Win the Award, But I’m Part of the Story

I have received some awards, honors, and maybe even a badge or two  over the past 20 years of blogging. Now, an article about me has won a Golden Quill award for the journalist, Steve Mellon of the Pittsburgh Union Progress. He also won two other categories. Excellence in Written Journalism, Profile – Division 2: “Peering […]

Blogger and Journalist Sue Kerr, One of Pennsylvania’s LGBTQ+ Leaders

Photo by Steve Mellon.Pittsburgh Unnion Progress

I am honored to be included in this list honoring LGBTQIA+ leadership in Pennsylvania. Thank you Philadelphia Gay News. Celebrating 48 LGBTQ+ Leaders: A Milestone of Resilience and Progress Trailblazers These trailblazers are pioneers in our community, effectively breaking barriers and paving the way for LGBTQ+ rights and inclusion. https://epgn.com/…/48-most-influential-lgbtq-leaders-2024 This was an unexpected honor, […]

Thank you for voting us 2nd place in Best of Pittsburgh blog category

Thank you readers of @pghcitypaper for voting our blog Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents 2nd place in the #LocalBlog category of #bestofpgh 2023. Visit pghlesbian.com to read our content. As we near the end of our 18th year of #blogging it is unequivocally true that our local content defines us. I will never forget when the CP […]

Time to Vote for Finalists in Reader’s Choice Awards

It is an honor to be once again part of the finalist rounds in the Keystone Alliance Gaylife Newsletter ‘Readers Choice Awards’  – this is the 18th year of the region’s only LGBTQ community based award program. Writer of the Year Lesbian of the Year GLBT Couple of the Year (with Ledcat, of course) GLBT […]

Finalists in the Readers Choice Awards

The finalists have been announced in what I’m told is a record-breaking number of votes cast for the Keystone Alliance Gaylife Newsletter 2016 Readers Choice Awards. I am honored to be voted as a finalist in nine categories. I am especially proud that the #AMPLIFY project is a finalist as well. Here are the categories […]

The Award I Did Not Receive

Nomination

I notice when people start their biographies with references to awards they’ve received. While self-promotion is not a sin, it takes a lot panache to pull it off without stumbling over the words like an overeager lad boasting about schoolyard accomplishments.  Still, that’s more endearing than someone who acts nonchalant and unaffected by such pedestrian […]