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LGBTQ Housing Programs Are Struggling To Keep Up With Demand

By • Aug 11, 2020
Katie Blackley / 90.5 WESA

The coronavirus pandemic and the job losses that came with it have had a significant impact on LGBTQ people. For a community that already faces barriers to housing and employment, the shutdown has exacerbated systemic problems, especially for transgender and non-binary people of color. 

Rollbacks Of Protections For Transgender People Has ‘Marginalized the Community Even Further’

By , & • Aug 11, 2020
Carolyn Kaster / AP

 


On today's program: A new rule from the Trump administration could put homeless transgender people at greater risk; the Historic Review Commission considers six sites in Pittsburgh for historic designation; and some COVID-19 patients’s symptoms last beyond the expected two week range.

Once An Underground Movement, Ballroom Subculture Is Joining The Mainstream

By Allegra Battle • Aug 3, 2018
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The term "ballroom" might conjure images of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire moving gracefully around a dance floor, but to some it has an additional meaning.