Tag: Pittsburgh

photo by Ryan Michael White“I’m here celebrating those of you who march to the beat of your own drum!” This was the message from Leikeli47, the hip hop artist whose song “Money” has over 4 million views (as of this writing) on YouTube and 10 million streams on Spotify. She performed at Pittsburgh Pride at the Pittsburgh Ace Hotel, with a troop of dancers, and the vogue battles were vicious but for the crowd they all had nothing but...

The Anti Defamation League called the attack the 'deadliest' for the Jewish community in the history of the United States The shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania left the American Jewish community horrified. What happened? The shooter allegedly said ‘All these Jews need to die’ at the time of the attack. He took the lives of 11 worshippers. This tragic event took place on Saturday, 27 October. The perpetrator barged in during Shabbat services with an AR-15 and two handguns,...

In order to get back at homophobic neighbors, a lesbian couple turned their house into pride colors. According to WTAE Pittsburgh, a couple named Lisa Licata and Seherry Lau live in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania. When they moved into their home, they immediately knew that their next door neighbors were homophobic. Unfortunately, that hate turned its head to the couple as their neighbors, Ron Makay and Iolanda Wieczorkowski, started to call them slurs like d**** and homo. Things escalated into violent measures last...

Westboro Baptist Church members met their match when they tried to protest at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University. The hate group decided to protest the school after finding out that the university not only allows transgender people to go to the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity, but also that the school provides non-gendered bathroom options. But when students and locals caught wind of the Baptist Church’s presence, they decided to have a party… and it was glorious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJHlhsok5mo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9107EZ2D8Q Counter-protestors gathered, with police...