The Allies Ball is the largest fundraising activity for Allies for Health + Wellbeing and is known for being one of the best parties in Pittsburgh. For a second year, Allies for Health + Wellbeing also will be using its event to ...
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It was the Southern Ladies Party at 5801 on Saturday featuring Sunday’s best dresses, fascinators, and pearl necklaces! Photos by G Michael Beigay. ...
A shout out and a “Hell yeah!” to Montana State Rep. Zooey Zephyr, Nebraska State Sen. Megan Hunt and Nebraska State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh who are standing up against anti-trans hate in their states. Since February, Sen. Cavanaugh has been ...
Dr. Ken Ho thought that he would become a primary care physician and go into practice with his father but found himself drawn to work with HIV instead. “I graduated residency in 2007 and then took a position in the ...
Allegheny County Police are urging QBurgh readers and the community to use caution when meeting up for dates from popular apps such as Grindr and Hinge. Always be aware and cognizant of your drink while on a date. We have ...
You can’t stop Billy Porter’s drive to do everything he sets his mind to. The “Pose” star and collaborator Dan McCabe (“Fruits of Thy Labor”) are going to adapt David Leeming’s book “James Baldwin: A Biography” as the basis for ...
Jordan Botta, 32, is a 5th generation resident of Pittsburgh City Council District 7 which consists of the city neighborhoods of Bloomfield, Friendship, Highland Park, Lawrenceville, Morningside, Polish Hill, Stanton Heights, and the Strip District. Botta explains that he has ...
Dear A League of Their Own, Having watched hours and hours of queer content equating to what is at this point a significant amount of my life, I’ve seen a lot of stories. Some are classic films directed by legends ...
Things are heating up in Florida, and I’m not just talking about the weather. The state is gearing up for one hell of a Hot Fascist Summer. On April 16, Florida’s Voice tweeted: “Survey: Majority of ‘queer parents’ consider leaving ...
The Awareness and Wellness Center (AWC), Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh, Bear Lee Crafting, Creative Reuse, Artist and Craftsman Supply, and Proud Haven invite you to create art on giant letters expressing what COURAGE means to you during ...
On Wednesday, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey made the long-anticipated announcement of his new Police Chief picking former Pittsburgh Assistant Chief Larry Scirotto to helm the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. Scirotto is the first openly gay person to hold the position. ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. — In a 102-98 vote this afternoon, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted to advance HB 300, which is legislation that would provide nondiscrimination protections in employment, housing, and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation and ...
Dear ‘A League of Their Own’, The story of the first year of women’s professional baseball and the history around it may have already been told, but you took every new opportunity to teach and engage the audience as you ...
It’s hard to imagine Jeff Hiller making people mad. But in 2004, that was the 46-year-old comedian and actor’s job. It was his responsibility to get folks angry — those people being contestants on MTV’s hidden-camera reality show “Boiling Points” ...
Another day, another mass shooting in the United States. Actually, that’s being optimistic as there have been more mass shootings than there have been days in 2023 so far. That’s a lot. And no other country — aside from countries ...
As proud lifelong yinzers, we so deeply cherish the multicultural fabric that makes up Pittsburgh. People of so many backgrounds, faiths, races, and genders call our city home, and we are stronger for it. We were at separate events on ...
The Fairness Act — which seeks to amend Pennsylvania’s Human Relations Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity protections in housing, education, and public accommodations — was introduced in the state House on April 14. The prime sponsors of ...
They say you can tell a lot about a man by what motivates him to firebomb a building. And if the man says his motivation was a drag queen story hour, that tells you he’s a Nazi. Such is the ...
Imagine if you could go back to Stonewall the first night of the riot. What do you see? Red, brown and black. That’s my answer to anyone who asks me what the inside of the Stonewall looked like before that ...
A new version of Annie Proulx’s short story, “Brokeback Mountain,” is coming to London’s West End, and it will star BAFTA-nominated Mike Faist (he was Riff in Spielberg’s “West Side Story”) and Academy Award-nominated Lucas Hedges (“Manchester by the Sea”). ...
G2H2 took their monthly happy hour to Trace Brewing in Bloomfield on Friday. You can connect with G2H2 on their Facebook page. Photos by G. Michael Beigay. ...
Dear ‘A League Of Their Own’, Writing a declaration of love to a television show that came out months ago after ten rewatches, several fan-made merch purchases, and casual conversations with friends, family, and co-workers where I masterfully found ways ...
An annual drag pageant is shining the spotlight onto up-and-coming drag queens. The 5th annual Miss Tri-State All-Star Newcomer Pageant takes place this weekend. The pageant is run by Kierra Darshell, the legendary drag queen from Pittsburgh. Darshell shared what ...
The expectations of gender, and how those expectations impact each of us, will be explored in Contemporary Craft’s upcoming exhibition, Self, opening Friday, April 14, 2023. The exhibition highlights the work of artists matt lambert and Erika Diamond, who explore ...
The concerted effort to ban books that offend Christian fascist sensibilities rages on across the United States. While I suspect the 2023 numbers will be even higher, 2022 was The Year of Banned Books, according to the American Library Association, ...
Over the last four years, Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation has been providing nimble need-based services to raise health, cultivate joy and connection, and reduce isolation in LGBTQ+ communities in Western PA and beyond. Now, with at least 451 anti-trans and ...
Wendi Miller, owner of the renowned Miller Frame for 50 years, passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at her home. Miller was a trailblazing advocate for the transgender community of Pittsburgh in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. Wendi employed ...
Recently the news around Trans rights and visibility has been bleak, with over 400 bills and laws waiting to be passed by various state and local governments to govern our bodies and identities. It was with this in mind that ...
There are many places where you’ve probably seen Matteo Lane — among them, on Netflix’s queer comic showcase “The Comedy Lineup” and on his something-for-everyone Instagram, where he’s been wearing more shirts. This shift happened during the pandemic. Lane tells ...
“Of an Age” lingers languidly over a hot summer day in Melbourne, where practically nothing of consequence happens, except the complete implosion of main character Kol’s (Elias Anton) entire worldview and self-identity. Australian filmmaker Goran Stolevski is already winning prizes ...
Stonewall Sports Pittsburgh is all set to kick off the first season of Stonewall Ultimate Frisbee this spring. The community-based sports league will offer a space for LGBTQ+ individuals and allies to come together and enjoy the game. Registration is ...
In the grand tradition of the Log Cabin Republicans siding with people who hate them, they have asked far-right commentator and self-proclaimed internet troll Isabella Riley Moody to be one of their 2023 Outspoken Ambassadors. LCR describes their ambassadors as ...
This past weekend, Pittsburgh queens Leia Way LeStat and Alexa Van-Cartier won the Ohio National Showgirl pageants. LeStat was crowned Ohio National Showgirl At Large 2023 and Van-Cartier as Ohio National Showgirl 2023. The Ohio National Showgirl pageants are preliminary ...
The Rally and Response to Protect Trans Lives, held in honor of Trans Day of Visibility, at the University of Pittsburgh began on a jovial note, as around 200 folks gathered in the big tent at Schenley Plaza. There were ...
Kit Connor’s had quite a year. The 19-year-old British actor experienced the darker side of internet fandom when he found himself coming out as bisexual after overly entitled internet “fans” with no boundaries demanded that he declare his sexuality or ...
It was LGBTQ+ and Ally night with the Pittsburgh Opera on Saturday with a performance of Il Trovatore at the Benedum Center. A pre-show reception of meeting and mingling was held for LGBTQ opera fans. A portion of ticket purchases ...
In response to the first of a series of transphobic speakers appearing at the University of Pittsburgh, Pitt students and the greater community protested at the Cathedral of Learning in support of trans lives Friday evening. Over 300 people were ...
They say you learn something new every day, and today I learned about Bryson Gray, a rapper (I’m using that word loosely) and social commentator (using these words loosely, too) who just released an Eminem “diss” track called “Like Eminem.” ...
The 42nd season of the Steel City Softball League is now open for registration, accompanied by a fresh new look featuring a brand new logo, updated branding, as well as revised mission and vision statements. To celebrate the new season, ...
1. It is a tough moment to be queer, trans, and nonbinary in the United States. A lot of people in this country are scared right now. I’m talking about those who are afraid of losing their grip on power; ...
It was a gruesome scene at the Blue Moon on Saturday night as Scarlet Fairweather was “murdered” by one of her fellow queens. The suspects: He-Be Buffay, Jamie Lee Coitus, Miss Demeanor, Viivian Spice, Venus Doom, and Wanda Bread. All ...
If you didn’t know who Paul Mescal was before his Academy Award nomination for the film “Aftersun,” or Andrew Scott before his turn as the Hot Priest in “Fleabag,” it’s safe to assume you’ve now had time to incorporate both ...
I’m currently in Florida visiting my sister and my in-laws who live here for some reason. I mean, I know there are good things about Florida. But this state has elected some exceptionally terrible leaders. The people running the state ...
Facts: drag queen story time was invented in 2015 by a woman named Michelle Tea who felt that story time events at libraries were too heteronormative. Another reason was that we needed to get kids back to children’s stories rather ...
Instructed by Hazel Revlon, True T PGH is hosting a Vogue 101 workshop series this month sharing the art of voguing femme with Pittsburgh’s finest. Voguing is a special and unique art form that lives in the underground Ballroom community, ...
It took five “Scream” movies and 25 years before LGBTQ+ horror fans got what the original film only alluded to: full-blown, uncoded queerness. Kevin Williamson, the openly gay screenwriter of Wes Craven’s 1997 slasher satire, pleased many queer fans last ...
It was drag brunch Sunday at The Bridge in East Liberty with Pittsburgh’s First Lady of Drag Kierra Darshell and featuring performances by Georgia Bea Cummings, Jezebel Bebbington D’Opulance, and Boo Barrymore. ...