LGBTQ History

Saving Our Stories: Inside the Carnegie Library’s Recollection Studio

Immigrating while queer: America has a complex history of exclusion

Beyond lavender marriages: What queer unions and relationships can teach us about love and safety

Pennsylvania’s First Openly Trans Mayor Elected in Downingtown, PA

Portion of the Q Archives launches for LGBTQ History Month

‘A Church with AIDS’: Podcast reclaims the sacred sound of queer survival

Li Shiu Tong: The man behind Magnus Hirschfeld

Local laws filled the federal void for LGBTQ+ rights and offer a path forward today

The need to preserve LGBTQ+ histories of rural America

From silence to action: Day of Silence co-founder vows ‘We’re not going anywhere’

Dancing Through Time: Pittsburgh’s Queer History Uncovered

Remembering Mark Bingham 24 Years Later, A Gay Hero of 9/11

40 years ago, the first AIDS movies forced Americans to confront a disease they didn’t want to see

Ryan White’s Legacy: 35 Years of Care, Advocacy, and Hope

The Legacy Lives in the Frame: Preserving Wendi Miller’s Radical Trans History in Pittsburgh

Queer Symbology

Pittsburgh City Council Votes Against Historic Landmark Status for Donny’s Place

10 years after winning marriage equality, Jim Obergefell wants to aim higher

Where Love Led The Way

Remembering Pulse Nightclub 9 Years Later

What Do All the Pride Flags Mean?

History Moving Backwards: A Timeline of Trans Healthcare

Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Legends Ready for the Walk of Fame

Digitizing Pittsburgh’s Queer History: A Labor of Love and Preservation

“But the Bible says!”

Is this the End for Pittsburgh’s Oldest Gay Bar?

Stonewall Uprising 55 Years Later: “I WAS THERE.”

Queer Code 101

In Memoriam: Donny Thinnes

What Do All the Pride Flags Mean?

Remembrance! Snippets of Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ History

Backlash to transgender health care isn’t new − but the faulty science used to justify it has changed to meet the times

22 Years Later, the Pursuit of Justice for Jamie Stickle

Donald Thinnes, Long Time Bar Owner & Community Stalwart, Has Died

Playboy Magazine was a model of reporting on HIV/AIDS in the 1980s

She’s Still Standing

The Evolution of LGBTQ+ Online Dating

Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people

The Legends and Myths of Stonewall

LGBTQ History, move over NY and California

Pittsburgh Pride Through the Years

What Do All the Pride Flags Mean?

50 Years of Pittsburgh Pride

Mayor Gainey Appoints Openly LGBTQ Pittsburgh Police Chief

PA House Votes to Approve LGBTQ Nondiscrimination Legislation

True Colors of Stonewall

Trailblazing Pittsburgh Transgender Advocate Wendi Miller Has Died at 75

Mayes Sworn in as Pennsylvania’s First Out Lesbian State Representative

They Were Not ‘Disposable Lives’

Faces & Places: World AIDS Day 2022 Memorial Service Reflects on Over 40 Years