Domestic partner benefits, the fight against discrimination at the University of Pittsburgh and transgender empowerment will be among the topics of several workshops to be offered at the fourth annual “Transformation at the Roots” conference sponsored by the Statewide Pennsylvania ...
The competition will be stiff, and the winner will have a hard act to follow. That’s according to the Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania Action Fund, sponsor of the fifth annual condom packaging design contest, “Stiff Competition—Hollywood: A Hard Act ...
In public comments made after a monthly meeting of the University of Pittsburgh’s board of trustees, Pitt Chancellor Mark Nordenberg said Temple University’s recent decision to offer health benefits to the domestic partners of its gay and lesbian employees is ...
Persad Center is currently seeking volunteers to assist with the organization’s 15th annual Art for AIDS/Art for Change auction, which will be held May 12. Volunteers are needed on the following dates: May 3, 7-10pm, for the patron party at ...
Equality Forum will be held in Philadelphia April 28-May 4. The seven-day symposium and festival, formerly known as PrideFest America, is the world’s largest and most comprehensive program about the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities, featuring 76 programs and ...
This year’s Memorial Day picnic at the North Park Lodge will mark the 28th anniversary of the event—and the first sponsored by the Steel City Softball League. The SCSL took over sponsorship of this annual picnic from the Pittsburgh ...
The Gay and Lesbian Community Center has received a grant from the Three Rivers Community Fund to fund the purchase of a TTY, or teletypewriter, machine for the hearing-impaired and equipment to record gay and lesbian publications on tape for ...
Pittsburgh will mark 30 years of celebrating gay pride with a parade and street festival June 21. The Pride Parade will form at 10am at Westminster Place in Shadyside. Stepping off promptly at 11am, marchers will follow a route ...
The Steel City Softball League will kick off its 22nd season with its annual “Spring Training” event for new and returning members. The purpose of spring training is to review the basics of softball competition and to determine the skill ...
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, written by John Cameron Mitchell with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, is the first-person story of Hedwig, a transgender character born in East Berlin and influenced by American glam rock. The “angry inch” is ...
One year after the body of popular Sidekicks bartender Jamie Stick;e was found in her burned-out Jeep, circumstances surrounding her death remain a mystery. Stickle’s body was discovered last Feb. 8 by Pittsburgh firefighters called to extinguish a car fire. ...
For almost four years, Pittsburgh attorney Christine Biancheria has argued that Pennsylvania’s adoption law leaves the issue of adoptions by gay and lesbian couples to the discretion of the courts. In an Aug. 20 ruling, the state’s highest court unanimously ...
Downtown, North Shore, Squirrel Hill, even on the CMU campus—we’re queer, we’re here, we’re all over town! But that’s not an official slogan for the 17th annual Pittsburgh International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival; the theme for this year’s event, ...
Just eight days after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that gays could adopt the children of their same-sex partners, the Ohio Supreme Court declared on Aug. 28 that two lesbians could not become parents of each other’s children on the ...
Downtown, North Shore, Squirrel Hill, even on the CMU campus—we’re queer, we’re here, we’re all over town! But that’s not an official slogan for the 17th annual Pittsburgh International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival; the theme for this year’s event, ...
When the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled unanimously in August that the Pennsylvania Adoption Act does not prevent a gay or lesbian person from adopting their partner’s child, its 13-page opinion used the word “absurd” three times to describe the current ...
The Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force and owners of gay businesses in the city are launching a pilot program they hope will encourage Western Pennsylvania’s young gay and bisexual population to get tested for HIV infection. The new initiative will place ...
After six months without answers, friends of Jamie Stickle continue to hope that someone will come forward with information that will help Pittsburgh Police piece together the events that to her death. Stickle, a 33-year-old bartender who had worked at ...
A memorial of 48 candles illuminated both sides of Liberty Avenue March 22 in remembrance of Ja mie Stickle, the popular 33-year-old bartender whose body was found behind the wheel of her burning Jeep Wrangler Feb. 8. The candles, which ...
Almost a month after the body of 33-year-old Jamie Stickle was found inside her burning Jeep on the city’s North Side, Pittsburgh police are still looking for suspects and a motive in the apparent murder of the woman who had ...
Try a change of scenery and welcome the new year at Axis and Bounce. In Columbus, Axis plans a night that sizzles when guest DJ Chuck Quarles ushers out the old year and DJ Tom McBride welcomes in the new. In Cleveland, Bounce promises a New Year’s ...
We need a little Christmas, right this very minute—and the Real Luck Cafe is ready to oblige. A free buffet is the draw on Christmas Eve, and a free turkey and ham buffet with all the trimmings will be offered ...
Does the sight of Santa’s big black boots give you that, well… Kris Kringle tingle? Then you should spend the holidays at Leather Central. Enjoy a bar social Dec. 15 when Leather Central urges everyone to “Come Home for the Holidays”—and ...
Expect a cover—except on the stars—when adult performers Carl Hardwick and Scott Matthews visit the Eagle Dec. 29 to reveal just why they’re so darn popular; MC Eda Bagel will try to contain the onlookers at two hot shows, 11:30pm and 1:15am. ...
First up at Lucille’s is a Dec. 1 Christmas benefit show hosted by Thea Trix with her gal pals Vera Fierce and Laura Michaels. Then ding-dong, Avon’s calling on Dec. 7 to supply your holiday gift-giving needs. And Santa himself comes ...
Tressa wants those cha-cha heels, Montaz is into thongs, and Erin and Messy want your full attention as they perform your favorite songs. Not the Christmas carol we remember…! Then again, Vice Versa marks the month of December in its own inimitable ...
Santa visits Tuscany Dec. 17 with gifts for good (or bad) guys and gals, and DJ Billy will be in the house to play the perfect music to complement a complimentary buffet. Tuscany’s New Year’s Eve gala also will offer complimentary hors d’oeuvres ...
Less is often more—but it’s much more when the Liberty Avenue Saloon presents its no-hassle formula for ending the old year: No cover and no reservations are needed to celebrate New Year’s Eve at the Saloon. Just show up; the bar will provide the ...
Steubenville’s Club 2000 offers a firm lineup in December, starting with the best butt contest for male and female contestants on Dec. 1. Then Sassie DeHaven encourages male dancers to do their thing at the Dec. 15 Christmas show. Best butts boogie ...
Shop, shop, shop—you’re so good to your friends! Now you deserve something for yourself. Stop at Donny’s Place on Christmas Eve and the next day too for your own special treat. Then ring in the new year at Donny’s annual ...
Wanna make your holiday meals something special? The easiest way is to take that special someone to Sidekicks. The regular menu’s always a pleasure, and for the last meal of the old year, a tempting special menu is planned. Jamie ...
CJ’s jump-starts your holidays with a customer appreciation party/Christmas celebration on Dec. 14. Come for the free buffet and dancing, and stick around for a visit from Santa, who will have gifts for good little girls and boys. End the ...
Egg nog, munchies and Eddie-oke—all part of a joyous Christmas Eve celebration at Images beginning at 9pm. And you’re invited to share the boyz’ first Christmas on Dec. 25. Those packages are just waiting to be unwrapped! End the month ...
After you cruise on the river Oct. 28, you’re invited to do a little cruising at an Oakland landmark. No, not the Cathedral of Learning—the venerable Holiday Bar! The night will offer an “extreme” Sunday meal package plus male dancers! And come back ...
Donny’s Place will mark 10 years of playing country music Oct. 13, and then celebrate a real milestone on Oct. 14—the business’s 29th anniversary! The birthday bash includes a free buffet and giveaways, but you must be present to win. As ...
Divas and hunks abound at True Colors in October. Kiana Toms rules on Oct. 5, but CoCo Vega takes over on Oct. 26. And expect hard bodied dancers for days: like on Oct. 6, Oct. 12, Oct 13 and Oct. 20. Panels from the AIDS ...
Axis takes a bite out of boredom in October. You’re sure to get excited when DJ Patrick Finn spins and the club distributes free X-Factor CDs on Oct. 12. DJ Tom McBride from Chicago’s Manhole uncovers the best in tribal house music on ...
No need to sit at home until the Oct. 27 Halloween bash at the Liberty Avenue Saloon. There’s something special offered at the Saloon every day of the week: wings on Sunday, chicken and steak salad on Monday, pizza on Tuesday, ...
Steubenville’s Club 2000 welcomes the divas—Jade St. Claire, ViVi Velure and Brazon— on Oct 13, but on Oct. 20, the guys take over: the high-flying Skyler and Company, that is. Club patrons may expose some hidden talents on Oct. 20 too, at ...
Don’t be an asp—be at the Eagle Oct. 6 when Crystal St. Clair passes her crown to a new winner on Miss Cleopatra night, and return for the Miss Tri-State Show on Oct. 13, when professional divas from here and there battle ...
Tuscany hopes you’ll be on your best behavior—or your worst, what the hell—for its Oct. 31 “Saints and Sinners” Halloween party. There will be cash prizes for best costume, but you may not care once you get a look at the ...
Perchance the Halloween season is too frightening to travel, but Vice Versa has concocted some frightfully fabulous fun to coax you to journey west. The drag races begin on Oct. 5 with Eda Bagel and Sonny La Rae, then Dame FiFi Damiana ...
Pegasus offers trash with flash in October. Mahogany works hard for the money Oct. 3 in her quest for Miss Tri-State; there’s a $3 cover. Don’t miss the Oct. 10 talent night to see if hostess Marsha Mellow will intone: ...
There’s never a cover at Real Luck Cafe—well, maybe a wee one over the dancers’ lucky charms. And those male and female dancers work the room every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday! A whole lotta shakin’ going on! For a look ...
Travel the world at Sidekicks! Enjoy Polish night on Monday, go Italian on Tuesday, and head south of the border for Mexican food on Wednesday. Set sail for seafood on Fridays, and Sidekicks beefs up its Saturday menu with prime ...
Check your inhibitions at the door—along with your cologne and polo shirts—and join the men of Leather Central to cheer their seventh year as Pittsburgh’s true leather and fetish bar. Check your Levi’s too for chaps night on Oct. 20, ...
The super boyz congregate at Images all through October. First up, those champions set forth Sunday nights for hi n-r-g grooves beginning at 9pm. What a way to start the week! Then go-go boyz lighten a hero’s load every Tuesday, ...
Lucille’s now hosts gay bingo every Tuesday beginning at 9pm, but that’s not the end of the winning lineup: There’s ’80s Night on Oct. 6 and the fall CD giveaway on Oct. 13. Lucille’s concludes the month with its Halloween costume ...
The Outrageous Bingo fund-raiser scheduled for November has been canceled. A spokesperson for the all-volunteer committee that organizes the monthly event cited low attendance at the October bingo as one factor in the cancellation. Committee members are reconsidering the location of ...
The Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force said it hopes to have a new executive director at the agency sometime in January, as a search committee continues its efforts to replace former PATF executive director David Stabile. Stabile served as executive director ...