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Maria Montaño
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Former spox for the City of Pittsburgh; Currently Manager of Public Affairs @actreasurer.alleghenycountytreasurer.us‬. Opinions my own.
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Maria Montaño @themariamontano.bsky.social · Nov 15
For those who don’t know me; I’m Maria Montaño, former Comms director for the city of Pittsburgh, the first trans person to serve as the spox. Helped ensure trans people are protected at work and in housing, and worked to help organize workers across PA. Also named best thirst trap in PGH.
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Today is a beautiful day to remind yourself that you deserve a life filled with love and joy.
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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actreasurer.alleghenycountytreasurer.us
There has been a water main break downtown that has taken out water service and heat to the County’s downtown campus. For that reason, county leadership has closed the county courthouse today (Friday, December 5).

Offices are expected to reopen on Monday, December 8.
December 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds on their USL Championship Victory!
A smiling person with short dark hair and red cat-eye glasses stands beside two large silver USL soccer trophies displayed on a round table covered with a black Pittsburgh Riverhounds tablecloth. They rest one hand on the bigger championship trophy. The person is wearing a red sweater with black polka dots and light-wash jeans. A bright window is behind them.
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The Renee Richards factoid that keeps poking my brain, is that the guy who outed her as trans, who previously outed Elizabeth Carmichael as trans, was Dick Carlson - Tucker's dad.
I guess transphobia runs in the family.

(Link to Dick Carlson's obit which briefly recounts the above)
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December 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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The Next One Here's what's going to happen next. Somewhere, right now, a trans person is teaching a class, or coaching a team, or working at a library, or providing healthcare. They're doing their job. They're probably good at it. And at some point, someone is going to have a problem with them. Maybe a parent, maybe a student, maybe a coworker. The problem won't really be about job performance. The problem will be that they're trans. That person, or someone connected to them, will take their grievance to social media. If they're lucky, Libs of TikTok will pick it up. Or Turning Point. Or one of the other accounts that have built massive followings by turning trans people into content. The post will frame the trans person as a predator, or a groomer, or a bully, or a tyrant. It won't matter what actually happened. The framing is the point. Then the calls will start. To the school board, to the administration, to the HR department. Local news will cover the "controversy." A state legislator will demand an investigation. The institution, desperate to make the problem go away, will put the trans person on leave. Maybe they'll be fired outright. Maybe they'll resign because the harassment makes it impossible to do their job. Either way they're gone. And then the person who started it all will go on Fox News. They'll get a GoFundMe. Maybe a speaking gig at a conservative conference. If the story is big enough, if it goes viral enough, they might get something more. A podcast. A book deal. A center with their name on it. This is not a guess. This is a pattern. We've watched it happen over and over again, and we will keep watching it happen until the institutions that capitulate to these campaigns start recognizing them for what they are: coordinated attempts to purge trans people from public life, dressed up as individual controversies.
December 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Good morning. Snowy morning.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Loved this performance by Quaker Valley today.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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@profanity.accountant Let’s see it!
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Happy caturday to all who celebrate.
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
The Washington Post headline reads: "Try a ‘fart walk’ to ease the pressure after that big Thanksgiving meal Whatever you do, resist the urge to lie down. November 24, 2025" Accompanying the article if a black ad white photo of someone walking on what appears to be a cold fall day. The camera is capturing their back as they're walking in a park with leaves on the ground. They are wearing a black coat and black leggings. The Washington Post has added radiating yellow lines from their butt to suggest they're farting. The photo credit says the image is from iStock.
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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I’m thankful for all the courageous doctors who are willing to provide life saving healthcare for trans kids, for community members helping our immigrant communities protect themselves and their families, for everyone who came together to help provide food to those who need it.
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Allegheny County Treasurer’s Office Issues Over 1,000 Tax Rebates to Volunteer Servicemembers in 2025 Tax Year
The office issued more than $600,000 in tax rebates through the Volunteer Service Tax Credit Program

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PRESS RELEASE: Treasurer’s Office Issues Over 1,000 Tax Rebates to Volunteer Servicemembers in 2025
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November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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actreasurer.alleghenycountytreasurer.us
Our office will close THIS AFTERNOON (Wednesday, November 26) AT 2 PM, and remain closed THROUGH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Normal operations will resume Monday, December 1.

We wish you a happy and restful Thanksgiving surrounded by your loved ones.
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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While I am glad that UPMC has yet to hand over any records, UPMC continues to refuse to take bold action to protect trans kids. "Crucially, UPMC’s brief does not oppose the subpoena itself, but instead takes a neutral stance, calling for “clarity” from the court on its obligations."
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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School consolidation in Pittsburgh won't happen any time soon after the PPS board voted down a plan two years in the making that would have closed 12 schools across 9 buildings www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-p...
Update: PPS board rejects school closure, reconfiguration plan after 2 years of planning
Pittsburgh Public Schools will vote tonight on a plan to close 12 schools. Nearly 80 speakers at a recent hearing urged school directors to reject the plan.
www.publicsource.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Honored to be at today’s dedication of the Mosaic Apartments, Pittsburgh’s first supportive LGBTQ+ affordable housing community. 🌈🏘️

Serving on the advisory committee was a reminder of what our community does best — showing up for one another with love, dignity, and care.
A person holds a program for the “Dedication and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony” of Mosaic Apartments. The cover shows an architectural rendering of the building, along with event details: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., 3221 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh. People seated under a white event tent are visible in the background. A low-angle view of the Mosaic Apartments building on a cloudy day. The exterior features green and blue panels above a dark brick first floor. A vertical sign on a corner pillar reads “MOSAIC.” Colorful murals decorate the wall near the entrance, and a gray SUV is pulling out of the driveway in the foreground.
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Join us tonight as we remember and celebrate the lives taken from us this year.
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Trans Day of Remembrance
🕯️ Nov 20 | 6–8 PM | City County Building
Join us as we honor those we’ve lost and stand together in love, strength, and remembrance. Warm food, coffee, and tea will be provided bundle up and come hold space with community.

#TDOR #TransYOUniting
November 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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The infodemic just got a booster shot. The CDC, one of the world’s most powerful health agencies, is now promulgating disinformation.
mirandayaver.bsky.social Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 16d
The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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middlebury college student lia smith killed herself one month ago after facing harassment for being a trans athlete

you will not hear her name once on cable tv

don’t let them erase her

#TDOR #TransDayOfRemembrance
Wikipedia: Lia Purcell Smith (March 7, 2004 - October 18, 2025) was an American student at Middlebury College who died by suicide on October 18, 2025, at the age of 21. She was reported missing by her father on October 19, 2025, and her body was found by the Vermont State Police near Middlebury College's organic farm in Cornwall, Vermont, on October 24, 2025. Smith had been a member of the Middlebury Panthers women's swimming and diving team but left the team in 2023.
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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No contract. No coffee.
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Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.

The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.

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November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Breaking: With a federal court order in their favor, the journalists of @pghguild.com have voted to end their strike and on Monday notified the PG that they intend to return to work next week: www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pittsburgh journalists vote to end country's longest strike and notify the PG they are returning to work - Pittsburgh Union Progress
The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh’s most momentous gathering since the formation of a strike picket line more than three years ago began last week in the manner of all big strike meetings – with the a...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Attorney Barbara Schwabauer explains her decision to leave the Justice Department's Office of Civil Rights rather than comply with a Trump administration order to subpoena the medical records of transgender teens
The Justice Department subpoenaed more than 20 doctors and hospitals that provide gender-related care to minors (including puberty suppressants, hormone therapy and surgeries) accusing them of having “mutilated children in the service of a warped ideology.” Trump had already issued a series of executive orders dismantling protections for trans people, banning them from military service and allowing open discrimination by federal workplaces. The subpoenas demanded patient information protected by privacy law. Barbara Schwabauer, Civil Rights Division: It’s one thing to say we’re no longer going to stand up for trans people in this administration, we’re not going to file briefs in support of them. But to affirmatively go after them? I could not in good conscience continue to be a part of that. These are teenagers.
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Trans Youniting does incredible work supporting Pittsburgh’s trans and gender non-conforming community. They help with employment,
Housing, clothing and soon a new food pantry. Help them meet their goal today at: giveb.co/s/Ebqxay
The Gilded Decade Gala
Celebrating a Decade of Trans YOUniting: Honoring Our Past, Sustaining Our Future
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November 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM