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Review: ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s Star Lake show was bursting with great tunes and bigger laughs
14+ hour, 58+ min ago (364+ words) There is something so freeing about accessing your weird side. If there was one lasting thought I had after leaving The Pavilion at Star Lake on Saturday night, that was it. Throughout the evening’s non-stop laughs and energy during “Weird…...
English court to rule on final challenge to Trinidad’s gay sex ban
3+ week, 4+ day ago (670+ words) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A nearly 10-year battle for gay rights in Trinidad and Tobago could end Wednesday at a final appeals court in England. Supreme Court judges in London held a hearing on a landmark human rights case that…...
Residents pack Monroeville council chambers in response to controversy over Pride Month display at library
3+ week, 4+ day ago (553+ words) Members of the Monroeville community spoke at Tuesday night’s council meeting with passion on both sides of a decision to remove a Pride Month book display from the children’s section of the Monroeville Public Library. “Not every collection will appeal…...
Monroeville Public Library was ‘directed’ to take down Pride Month display in children’s section
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (903+ words) The president of the Monroeville Public Library’s board of directors said several Monroeville Council members directed that a special book section for Pride Month be taken down. Monroeville’s municipal manager said he asked the library staff to prepare upcoming special…...
August Wilson Center’s Pride and Joy celebrates Black queer creativity
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (592+ words) Rian-Louis McNeil, the host of Pride and Joy at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, knows that Black, LGBTQ+ artists don’t stop existing when Pride Month ends. He wants the community to know that, too. The community-centered creative is…...
Organizers gear up for first-ever Sewickley Pride festival
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (681+ words) June is Pride Month for the LGBTQIA+ community, which means that parades, events and celebrations spring up in cities and boroughs all over. This year, Sewickley is joining in on the rainbow-hued fun with the very first Sewickley Pride. Organizer…...
Plum Council President stands by Pride Month comments despite backlash
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (611+ words) Plum Council President Ryan Delaney says he “refuses to be silenced” after recent online backlash to comments he made in support of the LGBTQ community at last week’s borough council meeting. Delaney’s statements, which he said were meant to “validate…...
Pride Month celebrations in Freeport, Vandergrift emphasize acceptance, support of being one’s true self
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (803+ words) From Vandergrift to Freeport, pride in being one’s true self flowed through the heart of the Alle-Kiski Valley on Sunday as Pride Month celebrations were held in both boroughs. The fourth annual Vandergrift Pride in the Park saw Kennedy Memorial…...
LGBTQ-plus groups host protest rally in Greensburg
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (291+ words) Ash Franzetti, 42, a trans woman from Greensburg, waved happily to cars passing by the Westmoreland County Courthouse on Saturday afternoon as they honked in support. She also took it in stride when the occasional car would offer some disrespectful cursing…...
Letter to the editor: Pride’s purpose still resonates
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (195+ words) June is Pride Month, but it did not begin as a celebration. It began as a call for dignity, safety and equal treatment under the law. Pride traces its roots to the Stonewall uprising of 1969, when LGBTQ+ people stood up…...