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Why did Josh Shapiro appoint this anti-trans Republican to Pennsylvania’s civil rights commission?
Jim Sheppard, a former member of Pittsburgh’s local Human Relations Commission, raised concerns about Grove’s appointment in a July 16 commentary for QBurgh, a local LGBTQ+ news outlet. “Appointments to independent commissions should inspire confidence that commissioners will faithfully carry out the mission of the agencies they oversee,” Sheppard wrote. “In Grove’s case, however, his legislative…
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Pittsburgh Pride weekend sets attendance record
The parade itself saw over 103,000 of those attendees, said Jim Sheppard, co-chair of the Pittsburgh Pride Parade and co-creator of QBurgh, Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ news source. “We worked with a crowd control and security consulting firm to use drone footage, street level video and pictures to analyze and estimate the size of the crowd…
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June is Pride Month
Join PCN as we celebrate Pride Month, the stories and experiences of the LGBTQ community, and the individuals who have influenced diversity and inclusion throughout Pennsylvania.
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The 2023 Pride Power 100
Jim Sheppard and Jeff Freedman founded the Pittsburgh-based LGBTQ+ online and print magazine QBurgh in 2020 to provide LGBTQ+ news and community resources for readers in Western Pennsylvania. Freedman was one of the founders of the Steel City Softball League in the 1980s and has chaired the Pride parades for both Pittsburgh and Salt…
