Dear Friends
This holiday season, as we gather family, friends, and our family of choice together to celebrate Thanksgiving, Equal Magazine would like to raise a glass and toast you Pittsburgh. We give thanks to you for allowing Equal Magazine the opportunity to share the stories of our community and the issues that are important to you and your loved ones. We share a milestone with our
community with this, our one-year anniversary issue.
This issue is stuffed with a cornucopia of fresh new articles and a few traditions that you have come to know and love. We celebrate our new Mayor Bill Peduto with a cover story to help welcome him to his place at the proverbial “family” table. Pg. 12
Former Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy is highlighted in this issue as our straight ally, and his reasons for championing LGBT equality hit close to home with an inspiring story about real family values. Pg. 30
Taking a cue from a recent incident in our community, we take a serious look at the definition of a hate crime as we all struggle to understand why occurrences like this still happen and how the law effects our community. Pg. 18
Hungry for more?…we also share with you Thanksgiving fixes that may help turn your dinner oops into an ahhhhhhh pg. (34) and we’ve got some little known gay facts surrounding Thanksgiving that you may want to share with your entire family when you gather together to give thanks. pg. 40 For desert we tease you with a fun read that explores a radical idea “If gays planned the first Thanksgiving.” pg. 38
There is so much more to be found within the pages of this issue and even more exciting things we are working on for upcoming issues, the best way to ensureyou don’t miss a single installment is to subscribe and Equal Magazine will arrive at your home every month for less than a cup of coffee. You can also send Equal Magazine to your family of choice with a gift subscription to keep them up to date on all things gay and Pittsburgh.
We hope you enjoy this issue and keep coming back for more.
LGBT visibility everywhere.
With love,
Joe King
Editor-in-Chief
