Colby Love, 18, of Bethel Park laughs as he’s cheered on by his fellow Bethel Park swimmers on senior night after their meet against Canon MacMillan Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at Bethel Park High School in Bethel Park. It’s a tradition that all senior swimmers belly flop off the block on senior night. Love did a cannonball instead. For the past two years, Colby has battled with severe depression and anxiety and gender dysphoria. Read more about Colby’s journey here. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)Maddie Love, left, 15, and her brother Colby Love, 18, both of Bethel Park laugh after Love had a brief panic attack during a swim meet against North Allegheny, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, at Bethel Park High School in Bethel Park. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)Colby Love, center, 18, of Bethel Park looks up toward the stands where his mother, Kim Love, watches a swim meet between Bethel Park and North Allegheny, Tuesday Jan. 29, 2019, at Bethel Park High School in Bethel Park. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)Noah Boone, left, 22 months, gets pulled by his brother Joshua, 5, as they play in the snow, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in their neighborhood of Wilkinsburg. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Majeur Davis, 1, of North Braddock, left, smiles as his grandmother Nicole Glaze of North Braddock, owner of Great Start Daycare, attempts to get a kiss from him, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, at Great Start Daycare in North Braddock. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)Bella Schreiner, left, 12, holds still as her mother, Dayvanna Schreiner, dresses her for her first time as Atabey in a Taino Full Moon Ceremony, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, at the O.W.L. Natural Native Reserve’s Caney House in Hazelwood. The ceremony marked the last full moon for the winter season and honors the monthly cycles of the earth, human women, and Atabey, or the cosmic matriarch in the Taino people’s tradition. “I get to witness you and all the studies you’ve done to be able to embrace this moment for yourself,” said Ms. Schreiner to her daughter, who was excited to take on this new role as a young woman. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)From left, Pirates pitcher Chad Kuhl, catcher Francisco Cervelli, pitcher Chris Archer and infielder Cole Tucker warm up before workouts, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Pirates fan Paxton Larson, 2, of Clarion, gets a little shut-eye in the Florida sun as he waits for autographs on his father’s shoulders, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Neil Stanger, 6, of Aspinwall, left, laughs as Alex Chen 18, of Gibsonia and Zitao Wu, 23, of Squirrel Hill dance toward him in a lion costume during the Lunar New Year Parade, Sunday Feb. 17, 2019, in Squirrel Hill. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)Virginia Tech forward Kerry Blackshear Jr. reaches for a rebound against Pitt forward Kene Chukwuka in the first half, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, at the Petersen Events Center. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)Matthew LeMay, a student at Blackburn Study Center, looks into skull while playing the Grave Digger in a scene from “Hamlet” during Pittsburgh Public Theater’s 25th annual Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Competition, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, at the O’Reilly Theater in Downtown. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette)Tevin Webster, 4, shoots a basketball in the living room of his home while waiting for his mother Destiny Clark, 22, to prepare breakfast, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in the newly built Family Scholar House campus in Louisville, Ky. Family Scholar House is a program for single parents and their children that helps to end the cycle of poverty and by providing help with education and housing to help empower the families and youth to become successful and be self sufficient. Click here to read about how Louisville has made progress in fighting child poverty. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)Mark Pence looks in the mirror to see how a sneaker looks on him, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, in Louisville, Ky. “I buy shoes because I just want to feel youthful. I didn’t really have a childhood,” he says. “I was too busy helping to raise a household.” At one point with his mother working and going to school, he was left with taking care of his younger brothers, which he feels left him out of having a real childhood. Pence is a member of the Louisville Youth Action Board at the Coalition for the Homeless and says his experiences with homeless led to his advocacy work. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)Laneyia Keating, left, looks up and listens to Leighanna Thompson of Louisville, a volunteer with Volunteers of America, right, as Thompson give her words of encouragement during the Study Buddy program, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, at Transitional Housing Program & Emergency Family Shelter in Louisville, Ky. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)Peter’s Township’s head coach Gary Goga reacts after his team scores during their WPIAL playoff game against Penn-Trafford, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, at Mt. Lebanon High School in Mt. Lebanon. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)McKeesport Area High School cheerleaders lounge by the bleachers in between the school’s boys and girls games in the WPIAL basketball playoffs, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, at Fox Chapel Area High School. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)otos:
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