5 days agoThis Lesbian Blogger is Throwing Out the First Pitch for Pride Night at PNC Park June 2022This is a story. After I won the 2022 Outstanding Blog award from the GLAAD awards earlier this month, the Pirates congratulated me and said that they would like to acknowledge this achievement in their upcoming plans for Pride Night at PNC Park. …LGBTQ6 min read
6 days agoWhen Housekeeping Services are Ableist and Traumatizing #MentalHealthAwarenessI’m continually amazed how using social media to find a housekeeping service ends up being an exercise in disrespect and dismissive futility. My most recent provider does not have staff who are vaccinated so we cannot work with them any longer. …House Cleaning6 min read
May 1850-year-old Black Trans Woman Nedra Sequence Moss Found Dead Near MiamiA 50-year-old Black trans woman is the latest victim in the campaign of anti-trans terror unfolding in the United States. Her name was Nedra Sequence Moss, known as Sequence to her friends. …Transgender4 min read
May 18My Love Letter Lost to Bitch MediaAt age 51, I cannot remember a time when Bitch Media (originally the magazine, then the website, too) was not part of my day to day life. I also cannot remember how I was introduced to Bitch. It was just there in my adult consciousness. Now it will no longer…Magazine6 min read
May 1024-year-old white Trans Man Ray Muscat Shot to Death by Girlfriend in MichiganRaymond ‘Ray’ Muscat is the most recent victim of the campaign of violence claiming the lives of trans neighbors, a terror campaign. Ray was a 24-year-old white trans man, born and raised in Michigan. Ray was shot to death by his live-in girlfriend who also shot her brother to death…Transgender5 min read
May 8I am a person who had a mother. And now I don’t.The 1950 Census has been made public and I recently found my 1942-born mother living with her parents and siblings in Munhall. She was seven at the time the census taker visited. …Mother3 min read
May 3Where do These 36 Pennsylvania State and Federal Candidates Stand on the Potential to Overturn Roe? Nine of Them Have Told Us in our Q&A SeriesAs part of our current Political Q&A serie s with candidates running in the May 2022 Primary, we require participants to identify as pro-choice along with meeting other criteria. For me choice/body autonomy/reproductive justice are deeply embedded in LGBTQ equality and rights. …Politics And Protest4 min read
May 3Et tu, Hannah Gadsby? “Phone Free Experiences” and ADA Accommodations #MentalHealthAwarenessThis won’t be the post you expect. Noted lesbian and creator Hannah Gadsby is coming to Pittsburgh this Thursday as part of her Body of Work tour. She’s performing at the noted Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland, part of the Carnegie Museums. A lovely venue. My first visit there was…Comedy10 min read
May 2Q&A With Summer Lee, Candidate for US Congress PA-12Our campaign is building an energizing and unifying movement that centers poor and working-class people, at a table big enough for everyone to have a seat. This isn’t about me, or any one person. …Politics18 min read
Apr 30Julia Child Liked CatsFriday evening, we tried to watch Julia and give the foster kittens some downstairs time. Currently, we are fostering four kittens. Horton, Logan, and Quartermaine have been with us since August 2021 (about nine months old now), while Molly Lansing-Davis joined us in October 2021 (about 7 months). …Cats5 min read