Sea Sombar

Sea Sombar is a filmmaker and activist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has focused on covering and examining transgender and diverse stories within the Pittsburgh area. Including intending and documenting local protests, speaking with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, and making narrative and documentary films capturing the human experience. She has been recognized by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, WTAE, and Germany's Missy Magazine. Some of her work includes "NAIL POLISH," "Transcribe Documentary," and "Then to Now to When."

Headstone Salon and Gender-Affirming Care through Hair

At Headstone Salon in Millvale, a haircut can be much more than just an aesthetic; it can be transformational. Co-owners Aiden Sin Flame (she/they) and ...

From Then to Now to When: Treasure Treasure on Art, Identity, and Creative Freedom

For Pittsburgh artist Treasure Treasure, performance has always been a way of exploring the self. A performing artist, comic, composer, filmmaker, and multi-instrumentalist with a ...

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 cityā€™s queer past like a fragile ...

WHEN: The Soft Spot Is a Queer Pittsburgh Dream for the Future

For this episode of From Then to Now to When, we meet Aerin Adams, the self-described ā€œLesbian in Chargeā€ of The Soft Spot, a new ...

NOW: Building Queer-Centered Safety with K8 Do It

In the ā€œNowā€ installment of “From Then to Now to When,” we sit down with Kaitlin and Stephanie Muczyk, wives and business owners behind K8 ...

THEN: 40 Years of the Pittsburgh Pride Choir

In the first installment of From Then to Now to When, a new video series honoring the past, present, and future of Pittsburghā€™s LGBTQ+ community, ...