Your Weekend has Begun ...  + ... Proposed building in the Strip and the mayor's comments ... + ... UPMC's profits are in

Born (again) This Way:  Coming Out, Coming to Faith, and What Comes Next ... GUEST Rachel Gilson 

It’s time for The Friday Feature!  Each week, we’ll give you a few recommendations of fun stuff you might consider that’ll get your out of your house and off your screen, as your weekend approaches.  The Friday Feature this week is: 

Women in Mexico are urged to disappear for a day in protest (NYT)

Your Weekend has Begun ... + ... Emmett Till bill makes lynching a federal crime (ABC)

 The president of a college teaches a class on the US Constitution:  Why? ... GUEST Paul J. McNulty

The Week in Review

Pittsburgh ordinance would ban ownership of crocodiles, alligators and turtles (Trib)