This year Pittsburgh Pride is dialing up the energy for an unforgettable multi-generational extravaganza! Imagine a fusion of fresh, new-school beats with the timeless allure of old-school grooves. It’s shaping up to be a weekend of epic proportions that you ...
Are you ready to be part of something historic, bold, and unapologetically queer? We’re seeking vibrant individuals from across the Pittsburgh LGBTQIA+ and kink spectrum to star in a groundbreaking photoshoot that reimagines iconic Americana through a queer lens. This ...
Pride on the Shore, Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ Pop Music Festival, is scheduled to return to Stage AE on Pittsburgh’s North Shore, now on two days Friday, May 31, and Sunday, June 2, 2024. This year, the festival, presented by Nick Staples ...
In a post on Instagram, Pride on the Shore announced that their 2024 festivities would be expanded into a two-day music festival at Stage AE on Friday, May 31 and Sunday, June 2. Lineup announcements and additional information regarding the ...
What Pride means to me is……I am PrideI am a declaration of authenticity,a celebration of love and a testament tothe strength of the human spirit…What Pride means to me is lovingyourself and being your authentic self …I am the voice ...
P Town Bar in Oakland hosted its annual P Town Pride Pageant, and a new winner has been crowned. Joey Young, a local queer artist, has won the title of Mr. P Town Pride 2023. If you were at Pittsburgh ...
The LGBTQ community is in serious danger, and we as a community should begin to take note. While those of us in urban centers and in strongly blue states might feel better about our position in society and in politics, ...
With Pride month now ended and the celebrations of 50 years of LGBTQ liberation in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania concluded, let’s take a look back on how Pittsburgh Pride has grown and changed over those 50 years. 1973 Pittsburgh’s first ...
This past weekend was packed with even more Pride events! Millvale Pride Crafton Pride State Representative Jessica Benham’s Pride Brunch ...
Listening to his new album, you wouldn’t know Jake Shears went through a pandemic breakup. After all, he doesn’t process his personal hardships through his music, Shears admitted to me during our recent interview. And so “Last Man Dancing,” his ...
Dormont Arts and the LGBTQ Community Committee of the Dormont CDC held their second annual Dormont Spark/Pride this weekend along Potomac Avenue in Dormont. Moonlit Burgers was the title sponsor of the event. With performances by Feralcat & the Wild, ...
In 2008, Mike Marisco and Adam Knoerzer met on the ice. The two cis-gender gay men were both living in New York City and playing hockey with the New York City Gay Hockey Association (NYCGHA), an adult league for LGBTQ+ ...
Superman has a boyfriend! Superman’s son, Jon Kent/Kal-El, grabbed a sleek, updated version of his father’s costume and began fighting crime. He took his father’s mantle when Clark Kent, the original GOAT, was presumed dead in a space battle. On ...
30 more events to celebrate Pride this weekend! Be aware that outside events may have weather contingencies for inclement weather. ...
Stonewall Sports isn’t the only game in town. There are the Steel City leagues, softball and volleyball and more. The Steel City Softball League began in 1981 and remains the longest-running LGBTQ+ sports organizations in the Pittsburgh area. The league ...
Lebo Pride held their second annual Pride in Mt. Lebanon this past Saturday in Mt. Lebanon Park featuring yoga, musical performances including the Renaissance City Choir, drag story time with Akasha L. Van-Cartier, and more. Photos by Amanda Cetorelli. ...
Emerging pop artist Jordy challenged himself on his recent tour and failed. The challenge? “I tried getting through the whole tour with one manicure,” he says. “I got almost to the end of it, but I was like, ‘I need ...
Greetings from the afterlife! What? Are you wondering why I would say something like that? Well, since I’m many years past the age of 30, many younger queers don’t think I matter anymore. I’m looked down upon as obsolete, irrelevant, ...
We should fight for the rights of transgender people because it is the right thing to do and because trans rights, like Black rights, queer rights, and HIV rights are human rights — point blank, period. I recently spelled that ...
It was the second annual Washington PA Pride this past weekend and it was even bigger than last year! ...
Things are getting sporty in Pittsburgh. The Stonewall Sports franchise – and its parent organization, Stonewall Alliance – is sweeping through the LGBTQ+ community all over Allegheny County. They have a host of games and activities to keep everyone engaged, ...
Gender affirming care is something that non-trans people may not be familiar with, but for those in the trans community it can be life-saving. Missouri’s Attorney Governor recently established an emergency rule that makes gender affirming care unavailable to certain ...
Stonewall Kickball Pittsburgh held its inaugural paw pageant hosted by Akasha L. Van Cartier. League members’ dogs walked the red carpet runway for four prizes. The event raised a total donation of $1,500 for FurKid Rescue. Kai’s Creations was also ...
A new community center on the North Side is run by queer people for queer people. The QMNTY Center (pronounced Community) is run by local LGBTQIA+ organizations Proud Haven and TransYOUniting. Proud Haven’s Lyndsey Sickler shared that the center emerged ...
It was a sold-out drag brunch at Voodoo Brewery Homestead. Hosted by Danielle Attme and featuring Alora Chateaux, Eden Ivy, Glitter Devil, Lady Inferno, and Jade Uzu Maki. Earlier in the week the scheduled drag show made waves across social ...
Pride Month, for members of the LGBTQIA+ community in Pittsburgh, signals the unofficial start of the Summer season, with events lasting all month long. The young, wild and free come out in full force to celebrate, and to most, nothing ...
Imagine a space filled with women; all dancing, laughing, conversing. These women are lesbians, so lots of conversing I might add. A place where even for only a few hours, everyone feels safe and free to be themselves. This is ...
iCandy Pittsburgh hosted a Disco Revolution party at P Town during Pittsburgh Pride weekend featuring DANCING QUEEN, Pittsburgh’s hottest 70’s and 80’s disco, funk and dance band out on the P Town breezeway. Photos by Mara Rago. ...
Updated June 15, 2023, at 9:07 am. Southern Tier Brewing Co. Pittsburgh updated their statement Wednesday afternoon indicating where their donations will be sent. “This past Sunday’s sales will be donated to the Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation. We will also ...
5801 Video Lounge in Shadyside hosted a Pride street festival Sunday evening to close out Pride weekend featuring Jan Sport of RuPaul’s Drag Race and All-Stars. Hosted by Leia Way LeStat and featuring performances by Dixie Surewood, Venus Doom, Scarlet ...
You didn’t think Pride was over did you? Here are 30 more Pride events happening this weekend! ...
Sunday’s Pittsburgh Pride festivities moved to Bloomfield for a Pride street festival. Photos by Chad Isaiah. ...
Gay bars have been a staple of queer culture for decades. There, queer folk could connect and explore themselves beyond the scrutiny of cisheteronormativity of the day, finding camaraderie among their peers in the nightlife. Long-lasting friendships and romances have ...
On Saturday festivities continued in Allegheny Commons Park West with tens of thousands already at the Pittsburgh Pride Festival when the Pittsburgh Pride Parade arrived bringing tens of thousands more. Photos by G Michael Beigay. ...
With a sold-out crowd and jam-packed lineup, Pride on the Shore 2023 rocked the North Shore and Stage AE on Saturday night. The concert festival featured Indi Skies and Luna Skye hosting performances by local drag artists Alora Chateaux, Ser, ...
Happy Pride! I’m looking forward to celebrating Pride this year with so many of you in Pittsburgh and throughout the state. As the first out queer woman in the PA General Assembly, Pride means living my truth every day and ...
Celebrating 50 years of Pittsburgh Pride, the Pittsburgh Pride March and Parade stepped off from Liberty Avenue at 11th Street in downtown Pittsburgh at noon on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Joining Grand Marshal State Representative La’Tasha Mayes were Pittsburgh Pride ...
Greetings: It is my pleasure to join with QBurgh to welcome everyone gathered for the 2023 Pittsburgh Pride Month celebration. William Penn founded our Commonwealth on the principles of fairness and tolerance, and I believe we must continue to be ...
The first day of the Pittsburgh Pride Festival in Allegheny Commons Park West. We’ll have pictures from all the events this weekend and a round-up on Monday, so keep checking back! Click here for all the details about the events ...
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro will march in the Pittsburgh Pride March and Parade on Saturday, June 3 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Pride in Pittsburgh. The Governor will be joined by Lt. Governor Austin Davis, Senator John Fetterman, ...
Pittsburgh Pride Month 2023 kicked off with Too Hot for July presented by AIDS Free Pittsburgh and True T Pittsburgh featuring DreamDoll! Photos by Chad Isaiah. ...
On behalf of the residents of our great city, it is my pleasure to welcome you to Pittsburgh in celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month! Pittsburgh is a place where every member of the LGBTQIA+ community is valued for who they ...
Visitors from other major cities may be curious where Pittsburgh’s “gayborhood” or centralized area of the highest number of LGBTQ establishments and population is. While Pittsburgh does not have a formal “gayborhood” like Philadelphia or New York, the entire city ...
Happy 5-0 Pittsburgh!! Amazing that it’s been 50 years since the first celebration of Pride! I am in awe and wonder each time that I have reached back into our archives and read about the courageous and selfless efforts of ...
Here’s everything you need to know about Pittsburgh Pride weekend 2023, kicking off June 1 through June 4. 50th Anniversary T-Shirts Celebrate Pittsburgh Pride’s golden anniversary with the golden jubilee t-shirt! Thursday, June 1 Too Hot for July (5 – ...
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 ...
I came out when I was 17 years old in 2004. It feels like a lifetime ago. This was an era marked with increased homophobia and transphobia. George W. Bush was president and that year he advocated for an amendment ...
I sat down to write this column any number of times over the last weeks, and each time stumbled as I struggled to find positivity within such troubling times. In the now fifty years that I have lived my life ...
This June, we march again. To those who were there at the beginning, we thank you. To those who joined in the years following, we thank you. To those yet to come, we march for you. Fifty years ago, fifty ...