Pa. House panel advances package of bills to codify LGBTQ protections

A state House committee advanced a package of bills intended to enhance and codify protections for LGBTQ Pennsylvanians Tuesday. The seven proposals would: Support fell ...

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What does it mean to transform a lifetime of experience into art? In this episode of From Then to Now to When, we spend time with Treasure Treasure (she/her) — a Pittsburgh-based performing artist, comic, composer, filmmaker, and multi-instrumentalist whose stage career spans more than three decades. Driving through the city together, Treasure reflects on her early years as a child actor working in New York City, navigating an intense professional world while also growing up as a trans kid without the language to fully understand her identity. Those experiences, along with the questions and frustrations they created, eventually became creative fuel. Treasure recently premiered her theatrical work “Agnus Teaches Acting” at The New Hazlett Theater, a piece that imagines an acting teacher who goes rogue and transforms class time into her own unexpected performance. Beyond the stage, Treasure’s debut EP HYPNEROTOMACHIA is available on all platforms and in rotation on 91.3 WYEP in Pittsburgh. Her short film exploring trans identity and school portraiture was recently exhibited at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center and received honorable mention in the 2nd Annual “Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh” Award, presented by the University of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Through theater, music, and film, Treasure continues to explore identity, freedom, and the power of creative expression. “I want to live. I want to explore. I want to learn. I want to grow. I want to create.” This is From Then to Now to When — a video series exploring the past, present, and future of Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ community.
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Treasure Treasure on Art, Identity, and Creative Freedom

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Holding Queer Memory with Harrison Apple

At The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Harrison Apple (they/them), co-director of the Pittsburgh Queer History Project, unfolds the city’s queer past like a fragile letter pulled from a back pocket. What started in 2009 as an art student helping ...

A pride flag, a bathroom ban, a job change: LGBTQ+ federal workers challenge Trump in court

This story was originally reported by Kate Sosin of The 19th. Sarah O’Neill loved her job as a data scientist at the National Security Agency (NSA).  “The ...

“It’s About Time” to be a Fashionably Fierce Farewell at Pittsburgh Opera

The Pittsburgh Opera’s annual fashion show, titled “It’s About Time,” will take place on Monday, March 23, at the Bitz Opera Factory. The event will ...

Federal Judge Slams DOJ’s Attempt to Seize Trans Youth Medical Records from UPMC

A federal judge in Pittsburgh just handed the U.S. Department of Justice a very public, very pointed rejection, and the language she used? Not subtle. ...

‘I’m heartbroken’: Trans Kansans struggle with reality as driver’s licenses are invalidated

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