Pennsylvania Equality Project Announces New Initiatives

The Pennsylvania Equality Project (PEP) has launched a new program on YouTube and Facebook called "PEP Talks Uncut." Each episode is unedited, unscripted and lasts about 30 minutes. PEP Talks Uncut features members of the LGBTQ+ community or allies, and is particularly interested in interviewing married couples in which at least one person is part of the community. We are also doing some episodes about polyamorous relationships, and would like to interview people who are in such relationships. Each new episode is published on our YouTube and Facebook channels on Sundays at 1 PM.

In late May, PEP launched another program on YouTube called, "What's Trans or Gay in PA?" The show which ran from Monday through Saturday was a news and events show featuring stories predominantly from Pennsylvania. With declining viewership, PEP leaders decided to re-tool the show and move it from YouTube to TikTok. The new version of the show will have shorter episodes and launches September 1.

PEP is also conducting our third annual survey on discrimination in Pennsylvania. If you are interested in participating in the survey, go to our website at paequality.com/survey.html. The purpose of the survey is to assess where discrimination is happening in Pennsylvania, and whether there has been an overall increase or decrease in the number of reports of discrimination. The survey runs through October 31.