The Steel City Softball League (SCSL) completed their 41st Season last weekend. The final standings are now complete. “It was a great season for the League this year,” said Commissioner Ronny Campbell. “Coming out of COVID there was a lot of ...
Tuesday, Governor Tom Wolf (D) signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect against and limit conversion therapy in Pennsylvania. The Executive Order directs commonwealth agencies to discourage conversion therapy in the commonwealth. It directs commonwealth agencies to take steps to actively promote ...
On a regular Saturday night around midnight at the Hollywood Theater in Dormont, a poster stands outside, illuminated in flashing bulbs, advertising The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with a pair of luscious red lips emblazoned in the center. Aside from ...
If you’re queer, it’s the law that you love Chucky, the murderous doll that first appeared in the 1988 film “Child’s Play” – look, people make up arbitrary laws all the time, it’s our turn – and the killer toy’s ...
Tuc Watkins hasn’t just seen how gay relationships have evolved on television — he’s been a part of that evolution. On “Desperate Housewives,” Watkins portrayed one half of gay couple Bob and Lee, who became residents of Wisteria Lane in ...
Central Outreach Wellness Center North Shore is hosting a Monkeypox vaccine clinic today, Saturday, August 13, 2022, for the first 200 people who meet the criteria set by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The clinic will run from 9:00 am ...
The Board of the Stonewall Alliance, the nonprofit that oversees the Stonewall Sports Pittsburgh leagues, voted to approve an Ultimate Frisbee expansion league to launch in late spring 2023. The new ultimate frisbee league will be overseen by Commissioner William ...
A bill to protect marriage equality passed in the U.S. House recently and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is raring to get it passed in the Senate. Which would be nice! (And which would also be more likely if ...
This year’s Pride events in Pittsburgh brought a lot of fun – Billy Porter made several appearances, local Drag Queens and Kings performed for large audiences, local businesses came out to take part and provide resources, and so much more. ...
Jonathan Bailey played Anthony Bridgerton on the wildly popular Netflix series “Bridgerton,” but he’s about to trade in his aristocratic period costumes for a different sort of journey into the past, alongside Matt Bomer and Allison Williams in the upcoming ...
Back when the world thought I was a girl, I sat in a church for Black youths pressed shoulder to shoulder with other fellow Black teenagers listening to our pastor preach. I do not remember what exactly her sermon was ...
If you have the mental and emotional fortitude to follow the news on a regular basis, you probably know that things aren’t great for the queer community right now. Anti-LGBTQ+ legislation is sweeping the nation and hate crime rates are ...
Pittsburgh Black Pride celebrated 27 years with a series of events including a welcome reception at 5801 Video Lounge, a community festival and BBQ in Schenley Park, and a concert featuring singer, songwriter, dancer and actress Mýa. ...
Late Monday afternoon, after 10 months of legal filings and back and forth procedures, the Pittsburgh LGBTQ Community emerged victorious in the fight to reclaim “Pittsburgh Pride” from the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh. The Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh, through their ...
Kevin Bacon is back at camp. Not Camp Crystal Lake, where the 64-year-old actor met his gruesome demise in the original 1980 horror classic “Friday the 13th.” But at the kind of camp that is a horrific reality for queer ...
Are you looking for something creative for your Teens and even Adults 19+ years young? Great news! There are some workshops happening here soon that might be interested in attending. We Are Stardust is a workshop that celebrates the wisdom ...
I am sure by now you have heard the devastating news about Brett Kavanaugh, credibly-accused sexual assaulter/Supreme Court Justice/man who likes beer. It’s hard for me to even write this. But you need to hear it. On July 6, Kavanaugh ...
PFLAG Pittsburgh has announced a return to in-person monthly meetings for the first time since before the pandemic. The meetings will be held the second Sunday of each month at the new Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation in East Liberty. Their ...
“What we’re seeing right now with the [U.S.] Supreme Court is what happens when people don’t pay attention, when they don’t vote, or when they achieve a victory then walk away,” Jim Obergefell told the Pennsylvania Capital-Star by phone last ...
Central Outreach Wellness Center has officially received the monkeypox vaccine, called JYNNEOS, from the Strategic National Stockpile. Central Outreach will offer the vaccine to people who have been confirmed exposed to monkeypox by the health department or are suspected to have ...
Pittsburgh Black Pride commemorates 27 years with a series of events which includes a concert with Mýa. The celebration kicks off at 5801 on Thursday, July 28, with the concert at the August Wilson Center on Friday, July 29 and ...
No matter what Republicans tell you, there’s never a bad time to get lost in a queer book. But now just happens to be a really good time to do so as parents pressure administrators to ban books with LGBTQ+ ...
The legendary gay Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar made a stunning short film during 2020’s lockdown, “The Human Voice,” with Tilda Swinton, and it was as deliriously gorgeous and satisfying as any of his full-length features. So why not another one? ...
Well, this sucks. Even when you know something terrible is coming, you’re never quite prepared for the moment it happens. And yet here we are: The United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24. Pregnant people no ...
As promised, Governor Tom Wolf (D) has vetoed anti-trans state house bill 972. The bill, dubbed the “Protect Women’s Sports Act” would have banned transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ and women’s school sports in Pennsylvania. “I have ...
Updated July 13, 2022 at 10:08 AM When local community organizer La’Tasha Mayes was asked how her life has been since announcing her run for State Representative, she responded with a laugh and “You got enough time?” Mayes announced her ...
By now we’ve all heard the statistics: 50% of people living with HIV (PLWH) are overthe age of 50, and by 2030 it will be 70%. When we talk about HIV and aging it always tends to sound like a ...
I woke up this morning with TLC’s “No Scrubs” stuck in my head, that anthem lambasting “deadbeat ass” men. And then I open my computer to read an article about the Texas Republican Party adopting their most anti-LGBTQ+ platform yet, ...
Once upon a time, in a not-so-faraway land, an eclectic assortment of fairies, bears, and other magical folk gathered for a musical celebration… it was Pride month karaoke night at P-Town Bar. A young man stepped up to the microphone ...
Congratulations to Rebel Wilson, who has come out as queer — no thanks to The Sydney Morning Herald, the paper that that gave her an ultimatum before trying to out her — and is currently part of a project that’s ...
We don’t stop just because June is over! Here’s whats queer and going on in July: ...
As Pride Month comes to a close let’s take a look back on some of the events that took place celebrating the LGBTQ+ Community of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. Billy Porter jumped on stage at Pride on the Shore, June ...
With monkeypox cases exceeding 300 in the United States, the first case has been confirmed in Pittsburgh. A patient whose primary care physician is Central Outreach Wellness Center received testing for monkeypox, and the Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed the ...
Pride Month is nearly over, and what a month it has been so far. It’s awesome to see photos from the many Pride events and marches across the country and the world. It is NOT so awesome to see photos ...
In a proclamation sponsored by Pittsburgh City Councilman Bruce Kraus and the entirety of Pittsburgh City Council, June 2022 has been declared “Pride Month” in the City of Pittsburgh. Full text of the proclamation: WHEREAS, in the early hours of ...
In the early morning hours of Saturday, June 28, 1969, the spark that ignited the LGBTQ rights movement and the annual Pride marches and celebrations was lit at the Stonewall Uprising. LGBTQ icons like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera ...
Pride 2022 came to a close with one final weekend of events to celebrate the people and places that make the LGBTQ Community of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania such a vibrant community. Even though Pride has come to a close, ...
Watch the Renaissance City Choir’s Pride 2022 Concert live: Please consider donating to the Renaissance City Choir here. ...
Jonathan Alexander is an English professor with a scholarly interest in the interplay between sexuality and literature and serves as the children’s and young adult fiction section editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books. Here is what he considers “must-read” young ...
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the constitutional right of women to choose abortion. Roe, and Casey after it, established a constitutional right to privacy. With the fall of Roe, any laws, legislation, and rulings built on ...
It’s the last weekend of June. You didn’t think the Pride celebrations were over yet did you? You’re going to be busy for one more weekend! Here’s how to close out Pride month in style! Friday, June 24 Pride Comedy ...
On Tuesday, the Education Committee of the Pennsylvania State Senate passed two anti-LGBTQ bills that community members and advocates are declaring worse than Florida’s notorious “Don’t Say Gay” laws. The bills, sponsored by State Senators Ryan Aument (R – Lancaster ...
May was Older Americans Month. The theme of this year’s observance was “Age My Way,” a phrase I continue to reflect upon as we find ourselves in the midst of Pride Month celebration activities. For LGBTQ older adults, ageism piles ...
For now, at least, it’s the end of “Venji.” Many watched Victor (Michael Cimino) and Benji (George Sear), the romantic heart of “Love, Victor,” to find a much-needed love rush amid pandemic weirdness. The series launched on Hulu in 2020, ...
Updated June 22, 2022, at 11:48 a.m. to clarify recipients of money raised at PNC Pride Night It was another jam-packed weekend of Pride events across Pittsburgh with the Pride Night at PNC Park, which raised money for Hugh Lane ...
Pride month may be coming to an end soon, but the celebrations are still going. Dormont Spark/Pride will take place on Saturday, June 25 in the “busy Potomac Avenue business district and will close the street from Belrose to West ...
QBurgh introduced the Pride Star Awards for Pride 2022 to celebrate the volunteers and community members that help make all of our organizations possible. The Pride Star Award is designed to acknowledge the many valuable contributions being made by our ...
We’re halfway through Pride Month and we aren’t done celebrating! Here’s how you can celebrate your Pride this weekend! Friday, June 17 Pride Night at PNC Park Game at 7:05 PM, happy hour at Mike’s Beer Bar 5:00 PM – ...
It’s June 16, 1972. Jane Fonda had a Best Actress Oscar at home. Watergate was just a condominium complex. Several East Coast states were cleaning up after Hurricane Agnes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was hovering in the 900s, and ...