As you may know, Pittsburgh LGBTQ Charities (PLC) has spearheaded multiple community level projects to support all of our neighbors. These include distributing Protect Trans Kids yard signs and stickers, establishing a pet food pantry for low income pet owners and cat colony caretakers, and assembling whistle kits to distribute to the community. The three […]
In February 2023. the body of a Black trans woman was discovered in an abandoned building in Augusta, Georgia. While she was identified, her life and death did not come to our attention until now. Her name was Kayonna Ankeny. The Crime On Sunday, February 5, 2023, Richmond County deputies were called to vacant building […]
A gender nonconforming man known as Ike was killed in Hastings, Minnesota in February 2025. The Crime From Fox 9 Eickholt was reported missing on Feb. 1, 2025, after authorities found a suspicious car fire at a Denmark Township property, with evidence that Eickholt had been injured. The next morning, Eickholt was found dead in a […]
La’Daijah Walters was shot and killed in Mobile, Alabama The Crime WKRG reports: Mobile police have confirmed a [person] was shot and killed the morning at [of June 22] Plantation Estates apartments. According to an MPD news release, the shooting happened around 6:35 a.m. inside an apartment unit at 5725 Old Pascagoula Road. No information […]
We are very pleased to have had media coverage of our pet food pantry (and Gertie!) during a tough time. Please take a look. Local journalism is so important.
Spencer came into my life with great reluctance and a lot of fear in March 2021. I trapped him, his brother, and their mother on the Northside. His mother, Helena Cassadine, was a shy little thing who was gorgeous. Stefano DiMera is a friendly, sweet cat with a ginormous personality that belies his teeny little […]
I’m struggling to blog something other than pet food, personal updates, and memorials. I am glad there are no more memorial to write for now. I hope that continues. But very big things are happening in our world. Iran defeated the United States in a war. The President is just clearly not fit on even […]
Yesterday, I gave some thought to legal and living expenses. It seems the reasons I set it up, the intentions behind your gifts, and the expenses I covered should be a source of shame for me. There’s no shame in asking for help. No shame in accepting help. No lack of transparency – I’m an […]
A 32-year-old Black trans woman died while in police custody in the Birmgingham City Jail. Just two days later, a 35-year-old Black male was found dead in his cell in the same jail. No cause of death is available in either case. The Black trans woman was named Kalena “Peaches” Croskey. The crime According to […]
Remember the Presidential Fitness tests in school? Push ups, sit ups, some running, dangling from a bar, etc. It sucked That’s how I learned I couldn’t do a sit up. Not in second grade, not in sixth grade, never really. From age five onward, I felt like a sit up failure. Even when my classmates […]
Her name was Leia Trysiss Ali. She was 35 years old when reports of her suspicious death came to light in Las Vegas, Nevada. Little is know and/or confirmed of the circumstances of death. Honoring Leia Leia was born and raised in American Samoa, she was of of Fijian/Indian descent. She graduated from Leone High […]
This has been a nightmare. The landlord of the space where we store the food for the Dr. John P. Ruffing VMD Pet Food Pantry has forced our hand. We have to remove all of our items by Wednesday, June 17. We’ve been storing the food in the actual second floor pantry of a volunteer’s […]
A 35-year-old Black trans woman named Marlow Trottie was killed in Alexandria, Louisiana on June 8, 2026. The Crime Police are investigating a homicide in the 2400 block of Cummins Street in Alexandria, Louisiana. Officers responded to the scene around 7:30 a.m. on Monday, June 8, regarding a person who had been found deceased. An […]
The first Pride Night at PNC Park was 22 years ago. That’s time for a lot of reflection. Name: Patrick Joyal Pronouns: he/him/his Role with the Pirates: Director of External Affairs Please tell us about something not well-known involving the Pirates—something we should know about or explore, something to be proud of. One piece of […]
CN: Nazis, ICE, police, family stories This pops into my head quite often when we see police officers supporting ICE. They claim a fine line divides them from ICE and other immigration officers. They are there to protect the public. But that often looks like manhandling citizens protesting to keep ICE safe. Preserving public safety […]
We don’t know her name. We don’t know her age or her pronouns. Does she a family, someone who loves her? Why didn’t anyone check on her? Did she like to dance? Favorite song? Did she suffer? We know she was found deceased in a home on May 21, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina. This […]
A very tragic story from Columbus where a gay man, Mark Rayburn-Velco, was stabbed to death by his 17 year old son on May 26, 2026. Mark’s husband, Brent, was also attacked, but survived his injuries. Very little information on the incident has been released. The stabbing was reported on Sunday around 7 a.m. on […]
CN: child abuse, menstrual/menopausal, dog bite I cannot do a sit up. I just can’t do it. This proved a challenge on the Presidential Fitness Tests in elementary school. My gym teacher, Mr Kenzel (sp?) was baffled. Year after year, I would strain and try. Classmates would support my back. I was a scrawny kid […]
Juniper Blessing was killed on Friday, May 8, 2026 in Seattle. She was in her off-campus apartment. According to KOMO According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), officers were dispatched to a stabbing at the Nordheim Court Apartments in the 5000 block of 25th Ave NE around 10:10 p.m. Sunday. They found a 19-year-old woman […]
Persia Amarra Conway, a 33 year old Black trans woman, was found deceased in a Houston bayou on May 26, 2026. Police have ruled her death a homicide. The Crime At this point, not much is known about the crime that led to her death and/or how she ended up in a bayou. We do […]
Happy Pride and welcome to my #PghPridePosts series. Today I post a video reflecting on the month of June as a kid and an adult. Remember when summer began in June, not solstice June but June June? My physical therapist told me I needed new sandals because of my back and plantar fasciitis. Fortunately, the […]
A 16 year old teen died from gunshot injuries on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 in Raleigh, Illinois. Nathaniel Potts was an unarmed gender nonconforming teenager running away from the shooter during a domestic encounter. The shooter fired two shots, the second of which took Nathaniel’s life. The Crime On the night in question, Nathaniel was […]
LGBTQ Families Day aims to raise awareness of the diversity, joys, and challenges of all LGBTQ families—found, formed, and chosen—and to show their strength, elevate their collective stories, and reaffirm allies’ support. The event is held on the first weekday of June, between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, in order to honor all parents but […]
Amidst over 70 Pride festivals in Pennsylvania, I stand alone as none of my friends want to go. Not the big Pittsburgh Pride, not the small community park festivals. This feels upside down. I’m a lesbian blogger and have no Pride friends? I respect personal decisions, but this is a year to show up. Show […]
I’m doing a thing in June, a thing I call #PghPridePosts. I need to reenergize my Legal and Living Expenses crowdfund. Both are still very much a challenge for me. Embedded in that plea are the costs of this blog. I pay them from my own SSDI funds – $1500/month or $18,000 annually. I make […]
My voice is being silenced by social media platforms, algorithms, bias, bigotry, and so forth. Here is a Wikipedia page where my cousin Michael Pryor is quoted about shadow bans. In my case, it is Pink Banning. I haven’t seen Michael for over a decade and he’s a pretty progressive guy so I’m not going […]
Eryka Caldwell was stabbed to death in her New York City apartment on Sunday, May 17, 2026. Eryka was a 41 year old Black trans woman. Her death at the hands of her intimate partner, her boyfriend, highlights yet another vulnerability trans neighbors face in a society increasingly hostile to them. The Crime Them.us has […]
These are posts I regret having to share. The number of trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming deaths due to violence have been increasing so rapidly that I struggle to keep up with memorial posts. That is my challenge to work out. But for you … I want to make sure you are aware. The brutal […]
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A person shot to death around 2 a.m. on Friday, April 17, 2026 in Dallas, Texas was identified as Paris Harris, a 21 year-old Black trans gender non-conforming young adult, according to the Dallas Voice. The Crime Please note that we do not have absolute clarity on how Paris identified so we are using a […]