As the wise Murray in the hit film Clueless once said, “Your man, Christian, is a cakeboy. He’s a disco-dancing, Oscar Wilde-reading, Streisand-ticket-holding friend of Dorothy, you know what I’m saying?” Though the exact origins of the phrase “friend of ...
Todrick Hall is serving bitch but making it, as he says on his latest record, fashòn. The album’s title, “Femuline,” is exactly as it seems: the blending of feminine and masculine attributes to create a greater, queerer whole. That theme ...
Art is a powerful form of self expression that often allows onlookers to catch a glimpse into the mind of the artist. Jeffrey Augustine Songco’s installation Society of 23’s Trophy Game Room at the Mattress Factory acts as this portal ...
June may be over but that doesn’t mean Pride has to stop! Here’s what’s queer and going on in July! The Fruit Bowl – Cosmic Bowling July 6 @ 7:30, Nobel Manor Lanes Feeling Fruity? Join Stonwall Sports for a ...
Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH, remembers the day he felt called to become an HIV doctor: April 23, 1995. He was a college student working on a display for the AIDS Memorial Quilt when he witnessed people paying homage to their ...
Congratulations to Gavin Grimm. If you don’t know that name, you should, especially if you give a damn about transgender rights and the attack on trans kids in this country. Grimm sued his Virginia school district because he wasn’t allowed ...
All together now with Gabrielle Union, Janet Mock and Jeremy Pope In six appearances on the final season of “Pose,” queer actor Jeremy Pope left a lasting impression as Blanca’s (Mj Rodriguez) doctor fiancé, Christopher. And there’s more of him ...
It was a jam packed, final weekend of June for Pride month! Here are just a few of the amazing events that happened this weekend. Jellyfish at P Town Photos by Jason Shavers and Megan Winters. A QBurgh brunch at ...
One of the first gay people I remember seeing in person was at my sister’s junior year high school musical. He was in the same year as her and had been in both of her previous shows. I had noticed ...
During a jam-packed weekend, both Millvale and Greensburg celebrated their first-ever Pride events. Pride Millvale Greensburg Pride Photos courtesy of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art ...
Today marks the 52nd anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. The origin of Pride. In 1969, the Stonewall Inn gay bar on Christopher Street in New York City had become home for the most marginalized of the LGBTQ Community — the ...
Sigourney Weaver almost didn’t make it to Royal Oak, Michigan to film “Prayers for Bobby.” In fact, the star of “Ghostbusters” and “Alien” didn’t think she could even make time to shoot the TV drama, which has resonated deeply with ...
I’ve gone from grocery store to grocery store buying up every box of the Kellogg’s Together With Pride cereal and I have them all listed on eBay. I’m kidding, I did not do that. Although apparently some people did because ...
Holy crap! What a busy month June has been! Jim and Jason are tired from all the Pride events but are ready to rally for one final weekend of June! Don’t miss Pride Millvale and the Pride Blowout party at ...
Today, 5801 Video Lounge and Cafe in Shadyside announced the retirement of co-owner Darin Smith in July and that Graham Miller would be joining the 5801 family as new co-owner along side Ralph Morrow. “With bittersweet emotions and a profound ...
A retrospective childhood wish of queer adults is often one for more stories of people like them, especially among those who grew up in predominantly heterosexual worlds (which is to say, all of us?). In his young adult novel, All ...
In 1911, a team of three women with “lesbian-like” relationships – Jane Addams, Sophonisba Breckinridge and Anna Howard Shaw – took control of the suffrage movement, leading the nation’s largest feminist organization. They promoted a diverse and inclusive women’s rights movement. My ...
Dear Friends: June is an opportunity to celebrate our right to love who we love and to love, and be, our true selves. I am proud to have participated in Pride events every year, including the years that I have ...
In February 2021, the University of Pittsburgh Center for Creativity and Year of Engagement sponsored “In Our Own Write,” a creative writing program for LGBTQ+ elders ages 50+. On June 28, the anniversary of the first day of the Stonewall ...
Pride-inspired products are popping up everywhere these days, with businesses big and small competing for our mighty pink dollars. But how can you tell which are genuinely interested in equality for all or just trying to make a quick buck? ...
Stonewall Sports Pittsburgh was excited to announce that the fifth season of bocce will be returning this fall with registration opening at noon tomorrow, June 23 through the June 30, with the season set to begin on August 19. Games ...
GREETINGS: It is my pleasure to unite with QBurgh to welcome everyone gathered for Pittsburgh Pride Month 2021. William Penn founded our commonwealth on the principles of fairness and tolerance, and I believe we must continue to be a place ...
In the later hours of Leap Day 2020, you could hear a distinct sound on Baum Boulevard in North Oakland. That sound was a muffled mix of talking, Italo Disco music and communal joy, and it was coming from P-Town ...
“Love, Victor,” now in its second season, refuses to navigate coming out as simply a one-note experience. The gay teen-romance, a series spinoff of the groundbreaking “Love, Simon” feature film, launched its debut season last year on Hulu. The first ...
Finding LGBTQ+ books used to be a challenge. You couldn’t just Google “lesbian romance novels” or “books with trans characters.” But now, luckily, that’s no longer the case. Especially with Pride season in full swing. Whether a breezy-beach read is ...
Aside from women daring to make their own reproductive decisions, there’s nothing right-wing conservatives hate more than Pride Month. The “rainbow deluge” the Family Research Council’s professional hate monger Tony Perkins calls it. Honestly, Rainbow Deluge sounds like the name ...
Today, the US Supreme Court held in a unanimous decision in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia that non-discrimination policies must have neutral application and enforcement. Philadelphia’s standard foster care contract includes a clause that allows for exceptions from non-discrimination requirements ...
Midway through Pride Month, Gov. Tom Wolf and Democratic allies in the General Assembly have announced their latest push to pass anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ Pennsylvanians. The legislation, which is formally known as the Fairness Act, bans employment, housing and ...
The “Art Equality” exhibit at the Manos Gallery in Tarentum opened on June 5 with over 200 visitors coming to view the works of 26 artists. Ernesto Camacho, Art director and co-owner of the gallery said that “the exhibit showcases ...
RuPaul’s queens rolled into town for “Drive N Drag Saves 2021” last night with two stunning shows. With co-hosts Lady Bunny and Asia O’Hara, queens Violet Chachki, Kameron Michaels, Aquaria, Ms. Vanjie, and fresh from Season 13 — Gotmik and ...
G2H2 (Gay Guy Happy Hour) finally returned this past Friday with hosts Dan, Wayne, JR, and Michael at 5801 Video Lounge in Shadyside. G2H2 hasn’t met since before the pandemic on March 13, 2020! Photos by G Michael Beigay. ...
Seven years before Greyson Chance came out in 2017 in an open-hearted and emotional Instagram post, he became a viral sensation thanks to Ellen DeGeneres. The year was 2010 when Chance’s profile rocketed after appearing on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” ...
It was another busy weekend in June for continued Pride celebrations, Drag shows, and queer sports galore! 5801 Pride Street Festival Before the storm yesterday, 5801 in Shadyside hosted an outdoor Pride celebration benefitting the Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation. Mayor-apparent ...
After 19 games on the final day of Stonewall Kickball Pittsburgh’s legendary season 12, the BALLics emerged as the champions with an undefeated season. Playoff results Final regular season results ...
Despite a slightly soggy field to start the day, the opening day of the 40th season of the Steel City Softball League was met with good weather and a cookout. With eleven teams playing six games, the season opener was ...
This week, Madison Vaughan of Photos Magazine, a creative photography magazine based in Philadelphia, held a photoshoot for Pride month. The idea was originally pitched to her by Eve Catharine with the hope of celebrating some of the LGBTQ+ community ...
(CC BY-NC-ND) It seems that more and more teens are identifying as transgender, gender-fluid or nonbinary. But because linguistic and cultural norms are always evolving, it’s been challenging to pin down an exact number. The 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, ...
I remember it like it was yesterday: Trump supporters flying flags that said, “Fuck your feelings,” wearing “Suck it up, Buttercup” T-shirts and making fun of safe spaces. Now, these same people are demanding that we stop teaching about racism ...
Mj Rodriguez joins Maya Rudolph for Apple+ comedy “Pose” is gone, so long live the careers of its luminous cast of trans women. That’s the collection of Pride Month wishes we sent out to the universe, and already one of ...
Updated 9:38 am 6/10/2021 The Allegheny County plumbing code might not be the sexiest item on the public agenda, but it has had a major impact on bathroom access for trans and non-binary residents. A broad coalition of advocates, politicians, ...
With a limited budget and a little under four weeks to plan and execute, Pittsburgh Pride returned this past weekend with a bang. Early estimates are that over 10,000 people participated in the events over the weekend, with 8,000 participating ...
It’s hard enough finding a role model and road map for life as a marginalized individual. Chella Man already knows this, of course. The artist, actor, model and activist is deaf, genderqueer, Jewish, half-Chinese and pansexual. Yet the Brooklyn-based 22-year-old, ...
Dear friends, I am honored, as an ally and Pittsburgher, to help welcome you to Celebrate Pride 2021. I have had the privilege of engaging with and battling alongside of Pennsylvania’s LGBTQ+ community for more than 23 years. The month ...
In August of 2020, two days after the Delta Foundation folded, Dena Stanley of Trans YOUniting, Dalen Hooks and others from the community called a press conference and announced the intention to rebirth Pride in a way that was centered ...
In 2006, after a slew of attacks on the LGBTQ Community by politicians eager to weaponize the community for quick political gain (sound familiar?), Pittsburgh Pride grew three times larger with a crowd of 8,000 participating in the events at ...
WYEP and QBurgh have teamed up to curate a Pittsburgh Pride playlist for everyone to enjoy all Pride month long. Based on over 260 suggestions from QBurgh readers, the Pride playlist is nearly six hours of music to celebrate the ...
Red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo, violet… chartreuse? With Pride month comes many celebrations and marches in support of the LGBTQ Community and the many symbols and flags that have come to represent the varying communities that make up the ...
Pride in 2021 is even more important than ever. Take this Pride month to celebrate who you are and never apologize for it but remember that Pride is more than a party. Our LGBTQ Community is still under attack by ...
Despite the colder weather, the Washington County Gay Straight Alliance Memorial Day picnic on Sunday, May 30 was well attended and Lt. Governor John Fetterman and Pennsylvania’s Second Lady Gisele Fetterman stopped by for the festivities. ...
Cher tweets biopic news and we’re hanging on her every word When one follows Cher on Twitter, one becomes used to — let’s even say enveloped in — her personal style of distributing information and opinions. There are frequent emojis, ...