Linda Perry has spent most of her career behind the curtain — and she’s built an empire there. She wrote “Beautiful” and handed it to ...

Updated August 11, 2026 at 2:52 pm. An estimated 200 LGBTQ+ people and allies took to the Youghiogheny River Sunday for Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Big ...

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A disastrous situationship became a 90-minute spectacle of drag, puppetry, poetry, live music, and queer resilience in Theocracy's genre-defying one-person show. ...

This story was originally reported by Brooke Migdon of The 19th. Transgender actress and social media star Dylan Mulvaney found herself back in the spotlight over the weekend, after President Donald Trump mentioned her several times during Friday night’s rescheduled White House ...

Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ community is mourning the loss of Geraldine “Geri” Lupin, one of the original founders and owners of Blue Moon Bar, who died on ...

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For 31 years, Pittsburgh Black Pride has created space for Black LGBTQ+ people to gather, celebrate, organize, and simply be themselves. It has become a ...

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Hey queer college students: welcome to Pittsburgh! 

New city. New school. New people. Maybe even a whole new you. We put together a guide to queer Pittsburgh to help you find community, events, nightlife, sober spaces, healthcare & more. Check out the full guide, link in bio.
How do you grieve a future that never arrived? In “Spawning Season,” Joseph Osmundson turns to salmon, science and queer family-making to give shape to the loss of a child who never was and the life he once imagined. Full story link in bio.
For 30 years, Linda Perry wrote everyone else’s truth. Now she’s telling her own.

The queer rockstar opens up about hiding behind the hits, finding her voice again, Pink, “Beautiful,” the Indigo Girls & finally turning the lens on herself. Read our full interview, link in bio.
A win for trans youth and their families in Pittsburgh.

The Trump DOJ is abandoning its appeal seeking private medical records tied to young patients who received gender-affirming care at UPMC. Read the full article link in bio.