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Sue Kerr
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LGBTQ Blogger, Advocate, Social Worker, Gen X, Cat Folx. She/her Blogging at pghlesbian.com for 20 years. Won some awards. "Keeping Lesbian Blogging Alive" according to @autostraddle Email [email protected] Signal Pghlesbian.24 Protect Trans Kids
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 27m
Oklahoma trans woman fired over Charlie Kirk comments was nearly driven to suicide bit.ly/3IBdJgf
Oklahoma trans woman fired over Charlie Kirk comments was nearly driven to suicide
Paula Sofia Schonauer was doxxed and fired, but an act of kindness pulled her out of a "death spiral."
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 5h
Parents of transgender children fear UPMC will hand over medical records to Justice Department bit.ly/3WuL1AK
Parents of transgender children fear UPMC will hand over medical records to Justice Department
Some 100 hundreds are sounding the alarm that UPMC might comply with the Trump Administration's subpoena for private medical records of their transgender children, putting their privacy and safety at…
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 8h
Another (Quick) Update on the Appeal to Help With Housing Appraisal – We Need Just $112 in Donations bit.ly/46MrOiK
Another (Quick) Update on the Appeal to Help With Housing Appraisal – We Need Just $112 in Donations
You can read the backstory here. Thanks to donations after the last update, our small goal is down to $112. Our next step is to arrange for a historic home appraisal. There are four points in time …
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 8h
This Pittsburgh Pet Food Pantry Now Restocked Thanks to Our Generous Donors bit.ly/3IWVkuj
This Pittsburgh Pet Food Pantry Now Restocked Thanks to Our Generous Donors
Thank you to everyone who donated to our September Pet Food Drive for the Dr. John P. Ruffing VMD Pet Food Pantry. We had to cancel our distribution in September due to low inventory. Marie and I s…
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 9h
A staircase in a small, decorative arts museum tells a harrowing story of terror, abuse and enslavement bit.ly/42o0bve
A staircase in a small, decorative arts museum tells a harrowing story of terror, abuse and enslavement
A monument to survival and perseverance has survived, by happenstance, to share its stories today. Courtesy of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) at Old Salem by Susanna Ashton,…
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 9h
Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA
Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA
‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 9h
International Day of the Lesbian 2025 www.pghlesbian.com/2025/10/inte...
International Day of the Lesbian 2025
Today, October 8, is International Day of the Lesbian. Or International Lesbian Day. Also known as Lesbian Day. Not to be confused with Lesbian Day of Visibility in April. On these commemorative da…
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 11h
International Day of the Lesbian 2025 bit.ly/4mUbyCc
International Day of the Lesbian 2025
Today, October 8, is International Day of the Lesbian. Or International Lesbian Day. Also known as Lesbian Day. Not to be confused with Lesbian Day of Visibility in April. On these commemorative da…
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 13h
Data showed that among all same-sex couples, divorce risks were lower the longer they lived together before marriage.

Data showed that among all same-sex couples, divorce risks were lower the longer they lived together before marriage. bit.ly/4gUYJWZ
A New Study Explores Why Lesbian Couples Divorce at Relatively Higher Rates
The findings are contrary to what some U-Haul jokes suggest.
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 14h
The Eyes Have It: Revealing the Truth About Growing Up With Eye Disorders www.pghlesbian.com/2025/10/the-...
The Eyes Have It: Revealing the Truth About Growing Up With Eye Disorders
Content Note: disability, bullying, child neglect, resilience, superheroes, body neutrality This is my school photo from late September 1975. I was four years old, in kindergarten. If you squint, y…
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 18h
Israel Intercepts Another Activist Flotilla That Aimed to Break Gaza Blockade
Israel Intercepts Another Activist Flotilla That Aimed to Break Gaza Blockade
It was the second attempt in as many weeks to breach the restrictions around the Gaza Strip. Neither have succeeded.
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 22h
Persistence and Risk Taking: Lessons from an Earlier Generation of Lesbian Moms mombian.com/2025/10/03/p...
Persistence and Risk Taking: Lessons from an Earlier Generation of Lesbian Moms - Mombian
For LGBTQ History Month, I spoke with Margaret Mooney, editor of a new anthology of essays by lesbian mothers who raised children in the 1980s, 90s, and early 2000s. The book not only sheds light on…
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 1d
'GOP lawmaker once accused trans people of harming kids. He just pled guilty to child porn charges' bit.ly/46VEIuS
'GOP lawmaker once accused trans people of harming kids. He just pled guilty to child porn charges' & other Wed/Thur news briefs
Former SC legislator (and Moms for Liberty's 2023 'Legislator of the Year') RJ May recently pled guilty to child porn charges. May in the pa...
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 1d
Study finds LGBT community needs a different approach to mental health care www.outinperth.com/study-finds-...
Study finds LGBT community needs a different approach to mental health care
A US study has found that members of the LGBT communities fair better when mental health support is tailored to their specific needs.
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 1d
What’s at Stake as the Supreme Court Takes Up Transgender Sports Bans | ACLU bit.ly/4mPV91S
What’s at Stake as the Supreme Court Takes Up Transgender Sports Bans | ACLU
How one West Virginia teenager could shape the future of Title IX and civil rights protections for transgender youth.
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 1d
Supreme Court likely to strike down Colorado's conversion therapy ban
Supreme Court likely to strike down Colorado's conversion therapy ban
A lesson in how defining the case often resolves the case.
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 1d
Trump Faces a Setback in His Attacks on Queer and Trans Artists bit.ly/46GtKKU
Trump Faces a Setback in His Attacks on Queer and Trans Artists
Also, a new bill seeks to restore the national suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth and other trans news updates you should know about.
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 1d
How LGBTQ+ people are stepping up to run for school board seats on the front lines of America’s culture wars bit.ly/4gXYSsU
How LGBTQ+ people are stepping up to run for school board seats on the front lines of America’s culture wars
The LGBTQ+ Victory Institute is seeing its highest demand ever for political training among transgender candidates.
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 1d
A young mother asks, 'Why is it that if something goes wrong the burden falls upon our communities?' - Pittsburgh Union Progress bit.ly/48cdNgJ
A young mother asks, 'Why is it that if something goes wrong the burden falls upon our communities?' - Pittsburgh Union Progress
We spent much of our Saturday at a riverfront park in the Beaver County borough of Rochester, a 45-minute drive northwest of Pittsburgh. A half dozen of us volunteered at a benefit concert called  “Back...
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 1d
Trump says ending cash bail endangers women. Advocates say it protects them. bit.ly/46Fydh3
Trump says ending cash bail endangers women. Advocates say it protects them.
Recent reforms now require safety risk assessments when considering pretrial release from jail. These can benefit women on multiple levels, from those accused of crimes to survivors of gender-based…
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 1d
This isn’t the first time moms have been blamed for their kids’ autism bit.ly/4pUrHKG
This isn't the first time moms have been blamed for their kids' autism
One of the earliest theories of autism is centered on “refrigerator mothers.” Echoes of it can be found in plans to Make America Healthy Again.
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 2d
The Life of a Showgirl Album Review: A Taylor Swift Who Is Unafraid to Fail bit.ly/48hymZ9
The Life of a Showgirl Album Review: A Taylor Swift Who Is Unafraid to Fail
Swift wanted this album to be perfect — how could 'The Life of a Showgirl' possibly live up to that?
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 2d
‘Worse Than War’: A Texas Couple Was Forced to Flee the State for Essential Care—Twice bit.ly/4gRIgCU
‘Worse Than War’: A Texas Couple Was Forced to Flee the State for Essential Care—Twice
Hollie Cunningham’s family suffered incredible loss during two pregnancies. The mother of two was forced to flee Texas to get the care she needed, as she explains below in an interview with Courier…
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 2d
Pa. Treasurer Stacy Garrity expands loan program for services impacted by state budget impasse bit.ly/471ICCK
Pa. Treasurer Stacy Garrity expands loan program for services impacted by state budget impasse • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Last month, state Treasurer Stacy Garrity, who is also running for governor in the Republican primary, announced a program which would provide $500 million in  low-interest loans to county…
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Sue Kerr @pghlesbian.bsky.social · 2d
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