November is Transgender Awareness Month. There are plenty of wonderful educational and community events going on throughout Pennsylvania. Below are some of the great programs you should check out! Vigils will be held in our major cities for the 14th Annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20th, 2012. […]
Night to Live 2012
On Thursday, October 18th the third annual Pennsylvania Night to Live will take place: a coordination of vigils at schools across the commonwealth to honor and remember youth who have completed suicide related to bullying and school violence. The Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition (PSEC) has sponsored this on-campus action to […]
Pennsylvania Women: 12 for 2012 – Part Two
As we wrap up Women’s History Month 2012, we are reminded to celebrate women in the LGBTQ community today and all throughout the year. PSEC youth have selected 12 women in Pennsylvania who are making it better for LGBTQ youth in our state for this two-part series. Thank you to […]
Pennsylvania Women: 12 for 2012 – Part One
As we wrap up Women’s History Month 2012, we are reminded to celebrate women in the LGBTQ community today and all throughout the year. PSEC youth have selected 12 women in Pennsylvania who are making it better for LGBTQ youth in our state for this two-part series. Thank you to […]
PSEC on HB 1434
Tomorrow, March 13, 2012, the Pennsylvania House State Government Committee will vote on HB 1434. This bill would make a constituional ban on marriage equality. The committee has 25 members, with the head of the Republican State Government Committee, Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), being the lead sponsor of the bill. […]
World AIDS Day 2011 in Pennsylvania
Today, December 1st is World AIDS Day – a day for people demonstrate how they are committed to ending HIV/AIDS worldwide, support those living with HIV/AIDS and to commemorate those who have passed on. HIV/AIDS turned 30 years old this year and Pennsylvania continues to be one of the most […]
National Transgender Day of Rememberance 2011
Tomorrow is the National Transgender Day of Remembrance which is held in local communities and campuses across the nation to memorialize those who have been killed due to anti-transgender bigotry. Victims of anti-transgender violence have been largely invisible and attackers are at times not brought to full justice. NTDOR brings […]
Same Sex Marriage Ban Amendment Reintroduced
On May 2nd, 2011, PA Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Cranberry) reintroduced his bill to ammend the Pennsylvania constitution to ban same sex marriage. We must not let bigotry be made part of our Commonwealth! You can see the maps below for how PA State Representatives voted last time the constitutional ban […]