Oversexed teenagers, invincible killers and a deserted cabin – what could possibly go wrong? Slasher movies that focus on teenagers being picked off by a killer are a horror staple. The victims were typically white and heterosexual, with villains that seemed ...
Calls are growing for Western Pennsylvania state Rep. Aaron Bernstine to resign after PennLive reported that the Republican lawmaker directed racist and homophobic slurs at fellow state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta and falsely claimed the openly gay Black legislator had AIDS. ...
The Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations is condemning UPMC’s settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice that will keep gender-affirming medical care unavailable to young transgender patients for the next decade. In a public statement issued September 29, the Commission’s ...
It’s officially Spooky Season, and if Halloween is your queer holiday of choice, you’ll be thrilled to learn that Cassandra Peterson, the queer actor who’s been playing the sexy comedy witch Elvira for well over 40 years, has a new ...
Updated on September 30, 2026 at 2:05 PM. An alleged blackface performance at Blue Moon Bar’s weekly Open Stage Wednesday has sparked anger, grief, and calls for accountability across Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ community, with Black performers asking not only how it ...
Mom always said to tell the truth. One lie leads to another and another and you have to remember them all until pretty soon, you’re caught. Fibs are hard, mistruths are messy, even little white social lies can destroy trust. ...
It’s been a long time since I thought about Lauren Boebert. I think the last time she was on my radar was when she was giving Beetlejuice handies to some guy and then crying that she was acting out while ...
Central Outreach Wellness Center has opened a new hepatitis C treatment center on Pittsburgh’s North Side, bringing hepatitis C care, sexual health services, harm reduction, and recovery support together at one location. The new HepCMyWay Center of Excellence is located ...
advertisement Listen on Spotify Well, babes. September is packing its bags. Somehow we’ve gone from sweating through Pride season to wondering whether it’s socially acceptable to put a decorative gourd on every available surface. It is. But the change of ...
We know him as Kumar in the “Harold & Kumar” movies, but Kal Penn has spent the past two decades happily refusing to stay in one lane: He left acting for a stint in the Obama administration, returned to Hollywood ...
This story was originally reported by Orion Rummler of The 19th. Penny Gautreaux has spent her career helping people in crisis. But facing her own took a village. A licensed social worker and therapist, Gautreaux struggled with an eating disorder for 24 ...
In 1990, Ian Charleson was the highest-profile British actor to die of AIDS and the first to publicly state that AIDS was his cause of death. Before that, he was one of the most acclaimed stage and film actors of ...
In journalism, we’re taught never to bury the lede. So here’s the lede: The LGBTQ+ community could be an important part of what happens in November’s midterm elections. We keep hearing predictions of a possible Democratic wave that could change ...
U=U. Those three characters stand for “undetectable equals untransmittable,” and when it comes to HIV, it’s a modern miracle. If you live with HIV and take your medication, you can achieve an undetectable viral load. When that happens, you are ...
Stop telling trans people they have to vote for anti-trans Democrats. Stop telling them they’ll be responsible for the fall of democracy unless they do. I’ve been thinking a lot about something @nome.bsky.social posted to Bluesky on Sept. 15: “I ...
For nine days this October, Pittsburgh is getting a whole lot queerer at the movies. Reel Q returns for its 41st season October 2 to 10, expanding across Pittsburgh with screenings at seven venues and a lineup stretching from lesbian ...
Disability Pride Pittsburgh is coming to Schenley Plaza to celebrate community, joy, andaccess. This year’s theme is “We Belong Here and We’re Here to Stay.” Now in its fifth year, the event centers people with disabilities and all their intersectingidentities. ...
advertisement Listen on Spotify Sometimes we talk about queer joy like it’s something you have to go looking for. Book the trip. Buy the ticket. Find the gay bar. Wait for Pride Month to roll around again. But this week’s ...
You try, and you try. Once, twice, you go back at that thorny issue, the dream you have, the punchline that’s not hitting quite right. Sometimes, time is all you need to make it better, or a new approach, or ...
UPMC has reached a $950,000 settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice that will keep gender-affirming medical care unavailable to young transgender patients across the Pittsburgh health system. The Justice Department announced the agreement Friday, September 18, saying it resolves ...
This story was originally reported by Amanda Becker of The 19th. How many women does your employer have in management positions compared to industry peers? Are a retail chain’s Black workers as likely to be in public-facing roles as its ...
Sapphic September is a month-long celebration of sapphic representation in books. Here are a few gems to add to your reading list! Bury Our Bones In the Midnight Soil Toxic lesbian vampires! Say less! I first heard about this book ...
I was at a concert recently and a person next to me was wearing a cross-body bag that read, “Speak Up for Your LGBTQ+ Friends.” This person appeared to be your average straight white guy. The fact is, straight guys, ...
It’s always a pleasure to walk along Brookline Boulevard, and experiencing it festooned in Pride flags made it even more fun. The neighborhood’s inaugural Pride was on Saturday, September 12, and most of the open businesses, if not all, joined ...
You loved them in the ’90s — or you weren’t born in the ’90s but you still love them because you’re queer and it’s the law — and now Romy and Michele are set to return. In 1997, “Romy & ...
advertisement Listen on Spotify There’s something about September that feels like everybody is finding their places again. Students are settled back on campus. Fall leagues are underway. Calendars are filling up. The evenings arrive a little earlier, and summer already ...
The 2026 annual Backyard Docs Film Festival, formerly known as the Rust Belt & Appalachia Documentary Film Festival, celebrates documentary films and filmmakers directly connected to our region. Backyard Docs Film Festival has become an annual celebration of non-fiction cinema. ...
From the Brinton Road Overpass, Lucinda Beattie has only a few seconds to reach each driver passing below. So the message has to be big. Once a week, Beattie and a small group stand above the traffic holding banners that turn ...
Twenty-five years. For those old enough to remember September 11, 2001, that number can feel almost impossible. The television screens. The confusion. The silence that fell over classrooms and offices. The phone calls to people we loved. But September 11 ...
Twelve Pennsylvania organizations are calling on the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association to clarify its policies regarding transgender student-athletes, warning that confusion surrounding recent court decisions and federal actions could lead schools to unlawfully discriminate against trans students. The organizations sent ...
The Steel City Softball League’s own Gracie Lou Freebushes proudly represented Pittsburgh at the International Pride Softball (iPride) Gay Softball World Series in Columbus, Ohio. This year’s tournament made history, bringing together 56 cities, 256 teams, and 4,200 athletes competing ...
The Log Cabin Republicans is an absolutely worthless organization. Actually, they’re worse than worthless because they gleefully help to advance the Republican anti-queer agenda. So of course they’re anti-trans now. In an Aug. 20 piece published on Town Hall, LCR President ...
At this point, performing on a national stage is second nature to Adam Lambert, who shot to fame 17 years ago during the eighth season of “American Idol” in 2009. Just six months later, Lambert went on to release his ...
There’s been something troubling me for the last couple of years about what the Trump administration has been doing. It affects me personally, but I’ve mostly kept it in the back of my mind. After all, there are so many ...
The City of Pittsburgh has dropped Prospect Drive in Schenley Park, the longtime queer gathering place known as the “Fruit Loop,” from consideration for a new Department of Public Works maintenance facility. Mayor Corey O’Connor’s administration announced the decision in ...
advertisement Listen on Spotify Well, here we are. Labor Day weekend has arrived, which means we’ve reached that unofficial little line between summer and whatever comes next. The pools are closing. The students are back. The sun is setting earlier. ...
Here’s the thing nobody’s obituary is going to lead with, so I will: Dolly Parton picked up the phone for queer press. Not just the glossies with the biggest circulation — she talked to a small LGBTQ+ paper the same way she ...
LGBTQ+ adults are more likely than other adults to miss healthcare appointments due to cost or other reasons — with a third reporting their health worsened as a result, according to a new survey by health policy research group KFF. ...
Updated September 3, 2026 at 7:33 pm. MONROEVILLE, Pa. — The controversy surrounding the removal of a Pride display from the Monroeville Public Library earlier this year is expanding beyond the display itself, as residents call for a formal code ...
Sometimes, finding your people starts with a place to hang out, study, or make a bracelet. QBurgh’s Kalliyan Winder visited the University of Pittsburgh’s Rainbow Alliance to learn how the LGBTQ+ student group helps students build community while navigating college ...
Local activist Kits Blanc, the Endo King and QMNTY Center’s Spark King, is waging a battle against endometriosis as an Endo Warrior. The trans man is fighting against a disease that is most often, but not exclusively, tied to gender ...
Come on in, the water’s fine. Wade into it up to your ankles, your calves, your waist, you’ll be okay. You’ll adjust to the waves that swirl around you so come on, dive in, it’s all good. As in the new ...
Today, a person living with HIV will have the same lifespan as someone without the virus if they start treatment early enough and stay on it. Yet pernicious myths hold sway about who HIV affects and what it means to ...
advertisement Listen on Spotify Well, babes. We made it to the last day of August. Summer isn’t technically over, but we all know what’s happening. Campuses are full again. The evenings are getting shorter. Somewhere in Pittsburgh, a decorative pumpkin ...
What did your LGBTQ+ community — or your local or state government — do to recognize our community as part of America’s 250th birthday? That 250th birthday belongs to us as much as it belongs to anyone else. After all, ...
Pennsylvania has joined 22 other states in challenging new Trump administration conditions on federal family-planning grants that target transgender-inclusive programs and diversity, equity and inclusion practices. The lawsuit, filed August 27, challenges requirements attached to the next round of Title ...
Get ready to soak up the last rays of summer for a great cause! Washington County Gay-Straight Alliance, Inc. (WCGSA) is hosting its “Gayer Than a Picnic Basket” fundraiser on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at the Washington Park Stone Pavilion. Running from ...
A recent New York Times opinion piece titled “Cutting Your Parents Off Isn’t the Answer” has resulted in a lot of chatter by people I follow on Bluesky about whether or not queer people who aren’t accepted by their parents or other ...
I remember as a baby lesbian that I wanted to read more books with sapphic characters like me, but a lot of the sapphic books at the time when I came out were more realistic fiction taking place in our ...
The City of Pittsburgh is planning a new Department of Public Works maintenance facility along Prospect Drive in Schenley Park, putting a new municipal building in an area with generations of LGBTQ history. The City issued a request for proposals ...