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 ...
Picture this – you’re out on a dinner date, and your date holds the door for you; they pull out your chair, they take your coat, and most importantly – they pay the bill (in this economy, yes!). They drive ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
If you’ve been to a Pride event, you may have found yourself wondering why you saw a white-faced, possibly fully-bearded nun in a colorful ensemble. If you have, consider yourself blessed, because that means you crossed paths with one of ...
Updated May 25, 2023, at 10:32 AM “I’ve always created new spaces for communities to thrive and new intersections to different groups of people. In this city of tunnels and bridges, I’m always seeking the ways we can make greater ...
In 2023 alone more than 460 bills have been introduced in State Legislatures across the country targeting drag performances, gender-affirming care, trans kids and adults, and LGBTQ+ books. This year’s Pride Month comes at a time of uncertainty and fear ...