Luca Guadagnino (“Call Me By Your Name”) has his next project lined up. “Challengers,” from a script by newcomer Justin Kuritzkes, and starring Zendaya (“Euphoria”), Mike Faist (“West Side Story”) and Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”), drops its three leads into ...

Kerri Colby, of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 14, was seen all across town this weekend! She was spotted at 5801 Video Lounge, Donny’s Leather Central, Lucky’s, Rock Bottom, P Town, and more. Luna Skye and Indi Skies with S&S Productions ...

Friday, high school and middle school students in Pittsburgh participated in a walkout as part of a national student movement in response to the recent series of anti-LGBTQ laws across the country. “The idea was actually brought forward by a ...

Former Pittsburgh assistant police chief Larry Scirotto has been fired from his new role as Chief of Police in Fort Lauderdale after an internal investigation alleges that he focused too much on the diversity of the department. Scirotto, who is ...

Texas and Florida continue competing in their race to be named The Worst State in the U.S. It’s an absolutely exhausting display of anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry, especially exhausting for LGBTQ+ people and their families. People are under enough stress, damn it. ...

Australian politician, Jay Weatherill, once said, “You don’t get unity by ignoring the questions that have to be faced.” Lyam Gabel’s newest production, the dance floor, the hospital room, and the kitchen table is asking the tough questions to unite the ...

SisTers PGH is hiring an Administrative Assistant. The deadline to apply is Monday, March 14, and can be done by emailing a resume and cover letter to info@sisterspgh.org. Review the full job description below.  Sisters Pgh is looking for a ...

You can probably chalk this up to the current online “Wordle” craze, but America’s most famous drag queen, RuPaul, is about to crash CBS’s primetime lineup with an updated version of the vintage ’80s series “Lingo.” After multiple iterations of ...

Twenty years ago this past month, Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ Community suddenly and shockingly lost a beloved member. Jamie Lynn Stickle had moved to the city to live with her long-term girlfriend. She took up bartending at Downtown gay & lesbian clubs, ...

Updated March 4, 2022 at 11:07 am. Thursday, over 40 LGBTQ+ leaders from across Pennsylvania endorsed Attorney General Josh Shapiro and State Representative Austin Davis for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The endorsement comes from a diverse group of LGBTQ+ leaders, including public officials, leaders ...

In QBurgh’ s continuing effort to bring you personal accounts on how gay life was in Pittsburgh we are very proud to have an excerpt from Ronald Lawrence’s upcoming book, “Reflections of a Warrior Therapist.” It describes the experience that a gay ...

With the war in Ukraine rightfully dominating the news cycle, it is easy to miss the devastating attacks on trans kids happening in our backyard. Over the last few weeks, extremists have pushed some of the deadliest legislation targeting LGBTQ ...

Jim and Jason are back talking about all the things that have started off 2022 for the LGBTQ Community, both good and bad. Pittsburgh Pride is just around the corner! Pre-order your copy of the QBurgh Pride Guide magazine to ...

The Steel City Stonewall Democrats held their annual spring endorsement meeting Sunday at P Town in Oakland. Along with the endorsement of the following candidates in the spring Democratic Primary, the membership elected C. Lee Hill to lead the organization ...

Leslie Jordan and Cheyenne Jackson, co-stars in the Fox multicam sitcom “Call Me Kat,” are in separate locations on Zoom, tenderly admiring each other. As an openly gay actor, Jackson (“30 Rock” and “All Shook Up,” his first lead role ...

The school banned a book today, we’re not allowed to read it.I never wanted to read it before, but now I simply need it!The school banned the book because a senator was upset.I’m not sure what upset them, but it’s ...

Remember when Donald Trump won the 2016 election and his supporters called Hillary Clinton voters sore losers for their outrage and disgust? And then, when Trump lost the 2020 election his supporters threw a deadly temper tantrum, storming the U.S. ...

As I get older, I’m actively trying to set healthy boundaries. Those Instagram self-help accounts finally got to me. I recently saw a reel on Instagram that perfectly illustrated how boundaries can improve your life. Think of yourself as a ...

The first thing Pierre Jean Gonzalez is going to do when he arrives in Pittsburgh is run. Getting lost is his favorite way to immerse himself in a new city. Pittsburgh will be his eighth city since August touring the ...

As I write this, COVID-19 has killed over 900,000 people in the United States. It’s a hell of a number. 900,000 deaths in just a couple of years, and that’s likely an undercount. The COVID-19 pandemic is the deadliest mass ...

The recent news of a woman who was cured of HIV through a stem cell transplant to treat cancer is a promising development in HIV/AIDS research, according to Allies for Health + Wellbeing. Allies, formerly the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force, ...

Today, Pride on the Shore announced their long-anticipated headliners and lineup for the event this June for Pride. Headlining the main stage will be Grammy award nominee Jessie J, a global vocal powerhouse sensation and songwriter, selling more than 20 ...

There has been little to no time wasted by Mayor Ed Gainey since his historic win as Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor.  And with a historic win, Gainey is shaping the cultural landscape of the City for an arguably equally historic ...

It may be Valentine’s Day but all eyes are turned toward the warmer weather, sunshine, and rainbows of Pride. QBurgh’s printed Pride Guide with all the details on EVERYTHING PRIDE will come out in May but here are some details ...

Ivory Aquino makes history in ‘Batgirl’ for DC Ivory Aquino has been cast in the HBO Max feature film “Batgirl” as Alysia Yeoh. In the DC comic book series Yeoh is Barbara Gordon/Batgirl’s best friend, and she is also transgender. ...

Great news, everyone! “Maus,” Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel about the Holocaust, is a bestseller 30 years after it was first published! In the book, Spiegelman, the son of a Holocaust survivor, depicts Jews as mice and Nazis as cats. It ...

Jelly Fish PGH (Feb. 12th, 9:30pm @ P-Town) One of Pittsburgh’s most sought-after, queer-inclusive dance parties is back this Saturday, February 12th, 2022 starting at 9:30pm that evening.  The event, hosted by Ricky Moslen, Stephanie Tsong and Adam Shuck, will ...

Before I talk to Jonathan Van Ness about their new Netflix show, “Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness,” they take me on a little on-camera adventure that involves them “needing cuter light.”They do a 180 with the computer. They swivel ...

Eleven Pittsburgh-based companies received perfect scores on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index which measures corporations’ inclusive, equitable policies and environments for their LGBTQ+ employees. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Community Care Behavioral Health Organizartion, Giant Eagle Inc, Highmark, ...

It’s 2022 but you wouldn’t be wrong in thinking we’re taking a few steps backward with school boards, parents, and politicians from Texas to Florida banning hundreds of books from schools and libraries that trigger their straight fragility. In states ...

A wise man once said, “What a stupid son of a bitch.” And that wise man was President Joe Biden, talking about Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy.  I have watched the video several times because this particular moment ...

Bridget Everett is surrounded by queer people in her everyday life. She’s got queer friends, queer family, queer fans –– the latter of which she courted while performing her alt-cabaret (alt as in she’s been known to sing about buttholes ...

Shepherd Wellness Community is seeking applicants for the role of Coordinator of Administration starting at $17.50 an hour. Cover letters and resumes can be submitted through Indeed by February 15, 2022. Full job description below: The Shepherd Wellness Community is ...

The Three Rivers Business Alliance, Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, joined by the Keystone Business Alliance (Philadelphia) and Independence Business Alliance (Harrisburg), representing the three Pennsylvania affiliated chambers of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, expressed their disappointment with the ...

Writing and directing for the first time in his filmmaking career, Antonio Marziale didn’t make “Starfuckers,” which he also acts in, with the intention of it being among the short films to premiere at Sundance this year. But on Jan. ...

Not sure if you know this, but I am a big fan of heavy metal music. It’s not the only music I like, but it’s the music I like the best.  In fact, soon after Trump’s election, I turned to ...

Washington PA Gay Straight Alliance – Bowling Night WCGSA presents a Free Bowling Night at Alpine Club Lanes in Washington PA on Friday, January 28th, 2022, from 7:00pm-10:00pm. The event will be held for participants 18 and younger, with parents’ ...

Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett (fun fact: she was the first actor in history to win an Academy Award for portraying another Academy Award winner, Katherine Hepburn) will star in Pedro Almodovar’s first English-language feature, “A Manual for Cleaning Women.” ...

This is the third in a series of stories we’ve done in partnership with the FBI’s Field Office of Pittsburgh. Be sure to check out the first piece on reporting hate crimes and the second about cyber scams. Technology has ...

As we face 2022 there are some hot button questions that I know you’re dying to get answers to: Will COVID-19 ever end? Will U.S. Democracy be trashed like a used surgical mask before the year is through? Will the ...

If you’re still wondering about those homoerotic undertones 25 years after Billy Loomis and Stu Macher terrorized Woodsboro in Wes Craven’s “Scream,” you’ve been on the right track all along.  With the new “Scream” now in theaters, openly gay screenwriter ...

“We’re not like them,” says one man to another, laying atop him on a dirty roadside. “We don’t have as much time — so we’ve got to grab life by the balls and go for it.” The top in question ...

Pittsburgh yet again showed up and showed out at this year’s Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather competition, held this past weekend in Washington DC. Congratulations to Josh Englert for placing as first runner-up. Josh displayed cool confidence, stylish looks and won the ...

“Bingo Betty” announced on Friday that the monthly OUTrageous Bingos will remain on hiatus through March due to the ongoing surge in the COVID-19 pandemic and the omicron variant. The monthly bingos benefit both the PGH Equality Center and the ...

As we start this New Year, health is top of mind for many LGBTQIA individuals in Pennsylvania including right here in Western PA.  As we continue to address the impact of COVID, we know that there are still many other ...

Hey, Qburghers It’s 2022, time for a fresh start; a clean slate! Here are some of my fave things to give your look that little extra polish for ’22 and beyond! BODY Are you using a skin cream after you ...

As Sidney Prescott, fierce fighter of the knife-wielding Ghostface since the mid-1990s, Neve Campbell has represented strength and survival to generations of LGBTQ+ people. When she first appeared in Wes Craven’s groundbreaking “Scream” in 1996, Campbell’s Prescott wasn’t like other ...

As previously reported, our friends at 5801 Video Lounge & Cafe turned their extravagant holiday pop-up bar into a way to do some good in the neighborhood with The First Noëllsworth charity event. Throughout the month of December, 5801 was ...