In the wake of anti-trans advertisements running on at least eight local radio stations, the stations that have continued to run the ads or failed to respond to community criticism have been banned from Pittsburgh Pride 2023 according to organizers. ...
5801 Video Lounge in Shadyside hosted their annual Halloween party, “Nightmare on Hellsworth”, this past Saturday featuring a headlining performance by Angeria Paris VanMichaels of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 14. Joining Angeria on stage were amazing local queens Blade Mathews, ...
Updated October 18 at 10:36 am Updated October 17 at 6:36 pm to include additional radio stations. Starting Friday, October 14, 2022, an aggressive anti-trans advertisement campaign began airing on local Pittsburgh radio stations 96.1 Kiss, WAMO 107.3, 102.5 WDVE ...
When you ask about or Google the murders of gay men in Montreal in the ‘90s, it all leads to the podcast “The Village: The Montreal Murders.” LGBTQ advocates encouraged me to listen to the podcast. And with online research, ...
It’s time, really. After decades of queer audiences extracting every bit of subtext from the 1939 classic film, “The Wizard of Oz,” including employing the expression “friend of Dorothy” to describe themselves to uncomprehending straights, and after the monster musical-theater ...
In Iran, Islamic religious police detained Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, for wearing her hijab too loosely. Reports say that some of her hair was visible. That is forbidden. Amini died while in custody. Her family says she was beaten. ...
I don’t even ask Lachlan Watson about the Value Village cow onesie until halfway through our interview. But that’s how Watson first appears on Zoom, at one point even standing up to extend their arms out to proudly show off ...
When Urvashi Vaid died at 63 in May 2022 after a valiant fight with breast cancer, thousands of LGBTQ people who had been touched by her decades of activism mourned her passing. Over a half-century of activism that began when ...
I grew up in a house with no privacy. My family didn’t knock on doors, and on the rare occasion when they did, the door was already opening. The constant threat of inspection loomed over my bedroom, under the guise ...
“Oh, I have a study that you’re going to join,” my doctor, Lisa Sterman, MD, MPH, said to me almost flippantly. It was August 27, 2020, and I had gone to see her in San Francisco for my regular checkup. ...
On September 29, Lebo Pride donated and dedicated a tree, a Bracken’s Brown Leaf Magnolia, to the students of Mellon Middle School in Mt. Lebanon. Remarks were given by Lebo Pride Chair Asta Kill, Superintendent Steinhauer, School Board Member Valerie ...
In the assault on reproductive freedom in the United States, there’s one thing I can’t really wrap my brain around. According to the people who claim to be “pro-life,” being a mother is a gift from God; the most esteemed ...
The 37th annual Reel Q: Pittsburgh International LGBTQ+ Film Festival kicked off on Thursday, October 6 with an opening reception and a screening of “In From the Side.” The film festival continues through October 15 with in-person and virtual screenings ...
On Saturday, October 1, 2022, the Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Awards were held in Philadelphia. Among this year’s winners was Joe Wos, host of “Cartoon Academy” which is produced by WQED and airs on PBS affiliates. Joe Wos is also an award-winning contributor ...
iCandy Pittsburgh returned with a night of laughs aboard the Burgh Bus this past Saturday. The Burgh Bus is Pittsburgh’s first and only comedy club on wheels. iCandy Pittsburgh promotes fun LGBTQ parties with comedy, karaoke, dance, and various other ...
On September 28, the Stonewall Alliance Board elected Steve Zanella to the role of Executive Director. Zanella previously served as Commissioner of the Sand Volleyball league for two seasons from 2018 to 2019 and has since served as Board Coordinator in an executive capacity ...
Reel Q, Pittsburgh’s annual LGBTQ+ film festival and one of the oldest LGBTQ+ film festivals in the world, will be hosting the world premiere of Halloween 1987. The film is based on the memoir of Jenny Jae Cory of Towanda, ...
Pride at Work PA honored Attorney General Josh Shapiro with the “Champion of LGBTQ+ Award” at a ceremony on September 29th. It is only the second time the award has been bestowed to a LGBTQ+ advocate or leader. “We are ...
Crush Hour, a monthly happy hour for Pittsburgh’s queer ladies, returned to the Alcove in Green Tree this past Friday with games of darts, pool, beverages, and good food. You can connect and follow Crush Hour on Facebook and Instagram. ...
No one likes to talk about their age. Still, Rich Cummings, founder of Reel Q: the Pittsburgh International LGBTQ Film Festival (then known as Pittsburgh Lesbian & Gay Film Series) wants to talk about it. He is looking for folks ...
Stephen Lachs remembers the 1970s as being a particularly wonderful era in the history of the LGBTQ liberation movement. Lachs, 83, was the first out LGBT person appointed to a judgeship in the United States. Tapped by then-Governor Jerry Brown, ...
412Step is a waltzing, 2-stepping, and line dancing community for the LGBTQ+ Community of Pittsburgh. Holding twice monthly line dances, each dance evolves with the vibe of the crowd while typical events start with open dancing and a primary lesson ...
On Saturday during Pittsburgh Leather Pride weekend, new Mr. Pittsburgh Leather Fetish, Mr. Pittsburgh Leather Bear, and Iron City Pup were crowned. Mr. Pittsburgh Leather Fetish 2022 is Gunner Scout, Mr. Pittsburgh Leather Bear 2022 is Dan Bear, and Iron ...
Casting roll call time! Filmmaker Rian Johnson (“Knives Out,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”) has assembled an enormous cast for his next project, the 10-episode Peacock series “Poker Face.” It’s a mystery drama and being referred to as something of ...
Right-wing radicals love to rail against “identity politics” while at the same time asserting that the United States is a white, Christian nation. As if being white or Christian or a white Christian is not an identity. To them, identity ...
In light of the wave of anti-trans legislation that is sweeping the US, we invite you to Trans Existence as Resistance, a virtual protest event, on Saturday, October 1 at 7 p.m. EST (4 p.m. PDT). Trans and non-binary people ...
I wasn’t Jewish when I first joined Bet Tikvah, a queer-centric, independent minyan, or nondenominational Jewish prayer group, for the High Holy Day Services in 2018. Actually, I didn’t know much about Judaism at all then. However, in part thanks ...
Reel Q, Pittsburgh’s annual LGBTQ+ film festival, has released its line-up of provocativefilms and special events for season 37. Running October 6 through the 15th, the in-person and online festival is highlighting a local independent production and features the largest ...
It has been exciting to see so many music documentaries embracing their weird side in recent years. Films like Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers and Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground have taken on luminary bands by not just telling the ...
The Steel City Softball League annual banquet and pageant returned this Saturday after a two year hiatus. Chi Chi de Vivre was crowned Miss Steel City Softball and Camila Crush was crowned with a new title, Miss Steel City Amateur, ...
I don’t know about you, but when I want to blow off some steam and air some grievances, there’s just no more perfect target than a children’s hospital. Whether it’s the staff, the administration, the families, or even the children ...
On Wednesday, the local arm of the Human Rights Campaign delivered thousands of letters of support for the Respect for Marriage Act to Senator Toomey’s office in Downtown Pittsburgh. The Respect for Marriage Act is legislation that passed the House ...
We loved Ryan Murphy’s limited series “Feud” with Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange, and we wondered what might come next. And now there’s an answer: “Feud: Capote’s Women,” based on the bestselling non-fiction book by Laurence Leamer, “Capote’s Women: A ...
Pennsylvania remains the only state in the northeast region without basic LGBTQ+ civil rights protections in place, according to the Movement Advancement Project. Nine nearby states from Vermont to Maryland as well as the District of Columbia have laws on ...
Picture it. You and your significant other have ridden your bikes to the Point along the Three Rivers Heritage Trail and are now exploring Downtown. Then you see it. Through the windows bunnies, cats, and coffee. Is this heaven? No, ...
There are far worse things happening in the world, clearly, but political-parody sensation Randy Rainbow does have a bone to pick with some folks. And this time, it’s not with Marjorie Taylor Greene. Not even with Donald Trump. “I’m throwing ...
OUTrageous Bingo returns September 18, a rare Sunday edition, with intermission performances by local legends Phat Man Dee and Jezebel Bebbington D’Opulence. Phat Man Dee is a cosmic jazz and cabaret vocalist, bandleader, events producer, videographer, poet, freelance sideshow marvel, ...
Tensions and controversies continue to emanate from the Persad Center in Lawrenceville. In August, an attorney from Leech Tishman representing both Persad Center as an organization and Persad CEO Marty Healey personally sent letters by email, FedEx Overnight, and hand delivery ...
In recent decades, trans people have achieved limited rights. At the same time, anti-trans views and political backlashes have become more visible and effective in contesting those rights. For example, since 2009, according to the Independent Press Standards Organization, there has been a ...
I feel like I’m trapped in a decades-long episode of “The Twilight Zone” where I am the only one who can see the monster on the wing of the airplane, and that monster is the Republican Party. It’s hard to overstate ...
Dr. Anthony Silvestre, the long-time co-investigator at Pitt Men’s Study researching HIV/AIDS, passed away peacefully Thursday morning at his home in Vermont where he lived with his husband Michael Sutherland for the past five years. Dr. Silvestre’s research with the ...
It was the perfect day for softball on August 27, 2022, when the Steel City Softball League were able to finally finish their season playoffs in North Park. The remaining teams from the previous week’s competition took to the fields ...
Season 11 of “American Horror Story” is on the way, and the roster of stars is quite satisfyingly queer. Zachary Quinto is back for another round; Russell Tovey will make his “AHS” debut; Joe Mantello and Charlie Carver, from 2018’s ...
The Pittsburgh field office of the FBI is hosting a virtual Diversity Agent Recruitment (DAR) event on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. The FBI’s DAR event will allow the opportunity to discuss the rewards of pursuing ...
Crystal meth use, a longtime and still prevalent health concern in the LGBTQ community, started to become an issue in the late 1990s when gay and bisexual men in New York began using the drug as an aphrodisiac. A stimulant which releases ...
With hyper-partisan political battles axing the nation in two, simply living as an “out” queer person can seem like a radical act. “All of us who are openly gay are living and writing the history of our movement,” the U.S. ...
Whether it’s your first time coming to university in Pittsburgh or you’re entering your final year of study, QBurgh is here to tell you how to get more involved in the local queer community. Each university in Pittsburgh has its ...
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh strives to defend the potential of all youth in our community. It has been proven that youth can benefit greatly from having a consistent role model in their lives. This is especially the ...