Twenty years in, the Washington County Gay Straight Alliance is going strong. The non profit was started in 2005 by three “straight white women who saw the need,” said co-founder Kathy McCulley Cameron of South Strabane Township, along with Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski of UPMC Washington Teen ...
For generations, homosexual relationships were largely classified as “the love that dare not speak its name.” At the same time, the experiences of gay and lesbian individuals were stories that went largely untold as a result of the taboos that surrounded sexual orientations and practices ...
The NAACP Washington branch has announced its recipient of the 2025 NAACP Human Rights Award. Editor's note: This story was updated April 14 to reflect the correct name of the NAACP Human Rights Award. The NAACP will honor Kathy Cameron during its 65th annual awards banquet at 6 p.m. Friday, ...
Washington PA Pride returned for its third year Saturday, this time at a new venue: Washington Wild Things Park. What wasn’t new was the festival’s mission to host a free, family-friendly event designed to celebrate and support the LGBTQ+ community in the Washington area. The festival ...
A Washington County organization is one of 93 nonprofits statewide to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD)’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program, the commission announced earlier this week. On Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, chairman of the ...
