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According to Police Chief Larry Scirotto, the bureau has been very accepting of his sexuality, and he’s never faced discrimination or homophobia while working for them. Still, in a more general sense, being Pittsburgh’s first openly gay police chief is to him “a big deal,” given that the profession “hasn’t, in the past, been so receptive of differences in sexuality.”
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has denied the efforts of two Pittsburgh police officers to obtain summary judgment, in a lawsuit brought by a woman who alleged she was unlawfully arrested because she didn’t support former President Donald Trump.
PITTSBURGH – A federal magistrate judge has recommended that the efforts of two Pittsburgh police officers to obtain qualified immunity in defense to a retaliation claim should be rejected, in a lawsuit brought by a woman who alleged she was unlawfully arrested because she didn’t support former President Donald Trump.
Three LGBTQ teenagers are celebrating Pittsburgh’s first Protect Trans Kids Day, the result of a proclamation they drafted with support from City Councilor Bobby Wilson.
“Protect trans yinzers": Several dozen pro-trans Pittsburghers convened at the City-County Building in a counter-protest against a TERF event scheduled in the guise of a free speech exercise.