With Pittsburgh City Councilman Bruce Kraus (District 3 – South Side) retiring at the end of the year, Pittsburgh will be losing LGBTQ representation on City Council. Lita Brillman hopes to change that. Brillman, 27, grew up in Squirrel Hill ...

When is the last time you or one of your queer friends suggested going to a brewery for a fun activity? Has it been a while? Does it happen often? Probably not, right? Going to a brewery just seems like ...

It was a retro gameshow night at the Oaks Theater in Oakmont for the Match Gayme, “Devil Wears Prada” style. Hosted by Joe King with entertainers, impersonators, and drag queens, audience members were chosen as contestants and won prizes such ...

G2H2 Pittsburgh held their monthly happy at August Henry’s Burger Bar on Friday. Photos by G. Michael Beigay. ...

Updated March 22, 2023, at 10:11 am. Three transphobes will be featured at the University of Pittsburgh in the coming weeks. Technically the University itself hasn’t invited these speakers. Two student groups – Pitt Republicans and a chapter of Turning ...

A few years ago my wife, son, and I drove across the country to Yellowstone National Park. We had cell reception the entire trip except in South Dakota where our phones didn’t work at all. Which meant no GPS. Thankfully ...

Last weekend, members of the Pittsburgh leather community welcomed the Empire City Motorcycle Club to a dinner in Bloomfield. The club is one of the nation’s oldest all-riding motorcycle clubs organized by and for gay men. The dinner, held at ...

The Shepherd Wellness Community building in Bloomfield was vandalized with graffiti in the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 1. Pittsburgh police believe the suspects, who were caught on security footage, were a man and a woman. “Really is saddening ...

On Zoom, where I recently met with Cara Delevingne, my ’90s-retro, rainbow-speckled button-down was, to my surprise, the first thing that came up. “Nice shirt,” the model-actress told me, gushing when I mentioned picking it out of my closet in ...

JD Davids has long played an important and visible role in the HIV response. He continues to do so today, working at the center of many intersecting issues, including chronic illness, social justice and — as the founder of Strategies ...

Set to debut at the Berlin International Film Festival, “Femme” looks to be the kind of satisfying queer thriller we won’t miss. The neo-noir features rising stars Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (“Candyman”) and George MacKay (“1917”) locked in an all-too-familiar battle. Stewart-Jarrett ...

At its recent annual meeting, the Allies for Health + Wellbeing Board of Directors welcomed six new members. Dr. Ken Ho, who served on the Allies’ board for nine years, including as vice president, completed his term on the board. ...

I just read an article about the murder of Brianna Ghey, a transgender teenager found stabbed to death in a park in England. As NBC reports, Ghey had “visible stab wounds” and, just in case you didn’t think this story ...

The first time I connected with Shania Twain in 2017, the country-pop music icon didn’t pull any punches, saying “equality should be a no-brainer” as she spoke thoughtfully about her relationship with the LGBTQ+ community. Twain stood firm on that ...

On Saturday, February 25 the Steel City Stonewall Democrats held their annual Endorsement Meeting where members of the Democratic club vote on the candidates to endorse in the spring primary election. Voting is open to all members of the Stonewall ...

Orion Story, of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 14, joined Indi Skies, Victoria L Van Cartier, Catty Wampus, Calipso, and Luna Skye for a stunting drag show at Brewer’s on Friday. ...

Things are heating up in the kitchen. Writer and Director Seamus Ricci brings their iconic drag diva, Deep Violet, to Pittsburgh in “La Cucina (the Kitchen)” April 29. Ricci, who has returned to Pittsburgh after attending the University of Essex’s ...

I’m about to do something I really don’t want to do. Something I have known was coming no matter what I did, yet I still tried to ignore it and hope it would go away. And yet, here we are. ...

I’m writing this on Valentine’s Day, and for those romantics out there, I think you’ll appreciate this column. To all others, be warned you’re about to read a column that should be described as full of saccharine. Growing up and ...

In the opening minutes of M. Night Shyamalan’s new thriller “Knock at the Cabin,” a little girl named Wen (played by Kristen Cui) is approached by Leonard, a hulking stranger (Dave Bautista), who offers to help her catch grasshoppers while ...

Snow White? I don’t know her. These days, the delicate, demure princesses from the earliest days of Disney films are history, replaced by a more socially progressive kind of young lady royalty that puts leadership and skills first, frilly dresses ...

It was a new take on a classic gameshow at 5801 in Shadyside with Dixie Surewood’s version of the Newlywed Game! Newlyweds, “just datings”, random hookups, and BFFs, battled it out to win prizes during Valentine’s Day Week. Did couples ...

A drag brunch slated to feature Pittsburgh’s Luna Skye and Indi Skies at a Primanti Bros. in Wheeling, West Virginia on February 26 had to be canceled and tickets refunded after threats were sent to the entertainers, Primanti Bros., and ...

It’s 4:00 in the morning and I have to admit, I would much rather be sleeping than writing this column. But sometimes sleep is elusive. Too often, for me, which is not great. Also not great? The word “great.” Conservatives ...

Italian filmmaker Emanuele Crialese (“Golden Door,” “Once We Were Strangers”) has been open about being a transgender man for years now, but he has taken the opportunity of his new higher-profile, Penelope Cruz-starring film “L’immensità,” to remind the world of ...

A billboard expressing an inclusive, welcoming message to Armstrong County has been deemed “objectionable” and removed by the billboard company. In the face of an electronic message board in their community for several years with constant messages expressing racist, bigoted, ...

The Stonewall Sports Pittsburgh Kickball Spring 2023 season will soon be here! Stonewall Sports Pittsburgh announced the dates and details for the upcoming kickball season. The league will host games on Sundays beginning April 16 at Meadow Park. This will ...

On January 17, Madonna announced her first retrospective hits tour, with the first tickets going on sale a whole three hours later. “Take my money!” gays often say when their divas pull up with fresh product. But nobody is happier ...

In Florida, teachers are no longer legally allowed to choose books for their own classroom libraries because they might choose a book that offends the delicately hateful sensibilities of Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis signed a law mandating all books that ...

From “Portrait of Jason” and “The Queen” in the late 1960s, to the landmark ’70s film “Word Is Out,” the documentary is where real queer stories usually get told first. It’s a tradition that continues to the present day, and ...

Abigail Salisbury, an attorney, won the special election Tuesday to fill the State House vacancy left when Summer Lee was elected to Congress. Salisbury defeated Republican Robert Pagane 87.7% to 12.25%. Salisbury will be the second openly bisexual elected State ...

Erie-area queens Rebecca Mae, Shea D’Heaux, Tammy Joe Hammertoe, and Priscilla Godzilla “invaded” Brewer’s on Saturday, February 4 with a stunning show showcasing the talents of our friends from up north. ...

This morning, Pride on the Shore announced their long-anticipated headliners and lineup for their event on the evening of Saturday, June 3 for the Pittsburgh Pride weekend of events. Co-headlining the main stage at Stage AE will be award-winning performers ...

We are excited to announce that the publication of QBurgh’s annual print issue, the Pittsburgh Pride Guide, is coming soon. Last year’s inaugural issue featured 80 pages highlighting local community volunteers, spotlighted community organizations and resources, covered the hottest topics ...

You could say Billy Porter was born to play just about all of his roles. This, of course, is true of his portrayal of Pray Tell, the actor’s Emmy Award-winning part on “Pose,” and his star-making, Tony Award-winning role in ...

Pittsburgh’s Steel City Softball League has rejoined the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA). League treasurer Bobby Angelo attended the NAGAAA Winter Meeting in Minneapolis from January 28 and 29 to present and petition for membership in the alliance. ...

Following in her father’s footsteps, Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the new governor of Arkansas. Which really sucks for the people of Arkansas and isn’t good for the rest of the country, either. You’ll remember that her dad, Mike Huckabee, was ...

From Paris, Texas to the Paris of Appalachia, drag legend Shangela is bringing her Fully Lit Tour to Pittsburgh on Saturday, February 4. Shangela’s first solo tour in the United States, which will play at the Carnegie of Homestead Music ...

It was Bear Night down at P Town on Saturday, January 28 hosted by Anita Coxx celebrating all things bears, otters, and pups. Bear Night is a monthly event every fourth Saturday at P Town. Cover charge proceeds benefitted Central ...

With a packed crowd on a rainy and cloudy Sunday night in Pittsburgh, the Blue Moon Bar in Lawrenceville shone as bright as the sun as Akasha L. Van-Cartier was crowned Miss Blue Moon 2023. Akasha is the first person ...

The same music industry that initially embraced D. Smith when she was presenting as a man turned against her when she transitioned. She lost her house, her car and her music studio. This was 2014, the year Smith, who has ...

Republican Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano plans to introduce legislation that would ban drag shows on public property or in areas where minors could see, effectively banning Pride events across Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh Pride. In a memo published Tuesday, Mastriano ...

Arizona starts the year off right by protecting children from lace front wigs, stoned tights and faces beat for the gods! The list of threats to children in the United States is very long. Off the top of my head ...

During the Mid-Atlantic Leather weekend in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh’s Daniel DeLuca captured the title of Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2023 continuing a tradition of Pittsburgh being the City of Leather Champions. Mid-Atlantic Leather (MAL) Weekend is hosted annually by the Centaur ...

Registration has opened for the 2023 Pittsburgh Pride March and Parade on Saturday, June 3. This year’s march features a new route through the historically LGBTQ district along Liberty Avenue and the much-asked-for return of vehicles and floats. The new ...

“Be Gay [Do Crime]” hits the stage Friday, February 10th in the Funhouse at Mr. Smalls Theatre with shade, stunts, and shenanigans all for an 18 and over crowd. Hosted by Miss Demeanor and music by DJ Nick @ Nite, ...

I don’t have time or patience for conspiracy theorists. Especially not ones who use their convoluted logic to further a right-wing agenda, something we’ve all had a front row seat to lately. The 2020 election, clearly and definitively won by ...