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Pennsylvania Senate Introduces Anti-Transgender Legislation while Pine-Richland School District continues to ignore child pornography charges

February 16, 2025 by

The Pennsylvania State Senate has taken action to protect the Keystone State from gender identity realities with the Two-Gender Protection Act. Senate Bill 213 was introduced in the Pennsylvania State Senate by Senator Doug Mastriano This law would mandate that Pennsylvania State Government use “sex” instead of “gender” in official communications and require that all […]

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Pittsburgh Public School GSA Students Stand With Nonbinary Teen Nex Benedict, Call on District Leadership To Do The Same

March 15, 2024 by

Please read this statement crafted by students. Of particular importance are the Calls To Action for Pittsburgh Public School administrators. These kids understand better what Nex Benedict endured than most adults ~ Sue As Genders & Sexualities Alliances (GSA) and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (GSSU) in Pittsburgh Public Schools), we are fortunate to be […]

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Help Get #ProtectTransKids Signs and Stickers to Beaver County

October 21, 2022 by

Recently, a school district in Beaver County – South Side School District – implemented guidelines about nondiscrimination at the recommendation of their Solicitor. They did not formally pass policies. A science teacher refused to comply with the requirement that he use the students’ pronouns and name (versus their pronouns and name assigned at birth.) The […]

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316 Reasons to Add Your LGBTQ Story to the #AMPLIFY Archive

January 23, 2020 by

Since 2015, we have been collecting stories from LGBTQ folks with ties to Western Pennsylvania. Some live here now, others grew up in this region. Others still attended college or had a job that brought them here or spent summers with their grandparents in an outlying community. Here includes 26 counties in Western Pennsylvania, from […]

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Destiny, 24, is Deaf, Autistic, Androgyne, and Bisexual #AMPLIFY

January 23, 2020 by
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  Name: Destiny Age:  24 County of Residence: Allegheny, previously Luzerne County Pronouns: She/He/They+ How do you describe your identity? DeafAutistic, androgyne, bisexual, 2D animator/illustrator. Please describe your coming out experience. Where did you find support? What challenges did you face? I came out as bisexual when I was around maybe 12 years old, I remember asking my mother what […]

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Dakota, 27, Wants You to Support Queer Activists & Queer Art #AMPLIFY

December 19, 2017 by

Describe your geographical community. 

“Pittsburgh is an urban community that is mostly LGBTQ-friendly, but I’ve found that’s often on a surface level… which I think is true for the way Pittsburgh appeals to lots of minoritized groups. There are community spaces for queer folks, medical providers who cater to our specific needs, nonprofits dedicated to our causes, and local businesses owned by members of the community. But it often feels like Pittsburgh’s blue-collar roots are at odds with contemporary queer community-building. Queer folks, to me, feel very disparate and broken up into cliques — sort of how the city is split up into so many tiny neighborhoods. As I write this answer, I’m realizing that I don’t think I’ve ever let my guard down to feel like my full self in any of the five years I’ve been living in Western PA.”

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Meg, 28, is Nonbinary, Genderqueer, Polyamorous, and Pansexual #AMPLIFY

October 3, 2017 by
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Name:  Meg Age:  28 County of Residence:  Allegheny Pronouns: They/Them and She/Her How do you describe your identity?  Genderqueer, Pansexual Please describe your coming out experience. Where did you find support? What challenges did you face? I have always identified with bisexual, but at 27 I came out to family after entering the queer community more and […]