The dimly lit room is scattered with men in jeans with hankies poking out of their back pockets. They eye each other curiously, waiting for the right moment, sipping their drinks at the standing bar. The room is hazy with ...
More LGBTQ+ people have been fleeing their states as their governments clamp down on their freedoms, expression, education, healthcare, or legal recognition, especially for transgender folk. Queer and trans émigrés are moving to states they deem safer for them, including ...
We’ve gone over this before but it bears repeating: watch the TV series “Los Espookys” and this year’s indie film “Problemista” from our favorite gay weirdo Julio Torres, because when you’re finished with those delicious cultural products you’ll be ready ...
We’ve all dealt with it in some way. A rude comment, a strange look, doubting of the authenticity of our identity. An unfortunately all too common experience for queer folk is facing some form of queerphobia, from microaggressions to outright ...
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 ...
Shawn is going through it! He has just broken up with his boyfriend of 9 years and now has to clean his things out of the apartment he loved. The two friends he brought to help him with this heartbreaking ...
Pop quiz time! If you had a dollar for every time a book was banned during the 2023-2024 school year, you would have: The answer is $4,000, though it could also be “all of the above” because the 2023-2024 school ...
New Wave Libations and The Open Road will hold a much-anticipated non-alcoholic Pride Gala on Friday, June 21 at Sunken Bus Studios on Babcock Boulevard. Net proceeds from the gala will benefit True T PGH, the Pittsburgh Equality Center, and the Three ...
In what feels like the blink of an eye, or the turning of a page, Pittsburgh Pride season is upon us! The yearly event, celebrating the love of and for our shared LGBTQIA+ community, returns as the unofficial start of ...
🏍️ CALLING ALL LGBTQ MOTORCYCLE RIDERS 🏍️ 🏳️🌈 It’s time to RIDE for PRIDE 🏳️🌈 Come ride at the front of the Pittsburgh Pride Parade. We will be joined by members of the Empire City Motorcycle Club. Help lead the ...
The title of this piece may come across as clickbait but hear me out. I spent the past two years studying anti-LGBTQ+ Evangelicals for my upcoming book. The culmination of that research even surprised me. Two of the common themes ...
Blue Moon is unassuming from the outside. Located on Butler Street in Lawrenceville, the bar could be one of many in Pittsburgh and the United States in general. But after walking through the entrance, it’s clear why this place is ...
On Friday evening, Allies for Health + Wellbeing hosted their annual Free for All, their largest fundraising event for the year, at the Children’s Museum on the North Side. Dr. Daphne Curges was honored with the 2024 Kerry Stoner Award. ...
The national political and legal landscape for transgender youth in Idaho is… not great! While it should be absolutely appalling that elected leaders in Idaho (where they have a Republican majority) are focused on hurting a very small and very ...
When David Archuleta returned to the “American Idol” stage in April, he knew that singing his latest single, “Hell Together,” which he wrote about his mother’s show of unconditional allyship after he came out in 2021 and left the Mormon ...
Richard Parsakian moved to Pittsburgh from Upstate New York in 1971 as a VISTA volunteer with the Pittsburgh Architect’s Workshop, which provided free design services to low-income families and non-profits. His specialty of creating playgrounds from recycled materials was a ...
A witty, acerbic teen, Noam (Charlie Korman), is cleaning out his grandfather’s bedroom, shortly after sitting shiva, when he finds a keepsake box that contains a photograph of his grandfather, Heinrich, sitting in a field with another man. The other ...
This Friday, Allies for Health + Wellbeing will celebrate their annual Free for All, a fundraising event for the nonprofit. Allies’ event architect, Thommy Conroy, shares details about this year’s party, which is themed “Night of a Thousand Divas.” Allies ...
The wait is over! It’s here! This year’s issue celebrates queer freedom and joy as well as the voices and victories of our community. Dive into a journey of articles, op-eds, and spotlights that mirror our fight and celebration. And ...
Today, the Pittsburgh Pride Planning Group announced a significant shift in the location of the 2024 Pittsburgh Pride Festival. In response to unforeseen circumstances, the festival will now take place at Allegheny Commons Park West, marking a departure from its ...
Not so long ago if you were a queer stand-up comic, you were more likely to be closeted than out and proud. But that was then, and today queer comedians are everywhere, no longer forced to keep quiet. Enter “Outstanding: ...
Crush Hour, a monthly happy hour troupe for Pittsburgh’s queer ladies and non-binary people, hosted their first-ever formal dance on Saturday night at the Franklin on Penn — a new queer-managed wedding and event venue in the Strip. It was ...
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but old people get tired. Which is why disgraced former president Donald Trump fell asleep during day one of his criminal trial regarding giving hush money to Stormy Daniels that came from ...
Advertisement The Bright Young People will be honored and recognized at the Allies Free for All on Friday, May 3, register and attend for FREE here. When Pittsburgh-based nonprofit Allies for Health + Wellbeing was planning for their 2022 Free ...
There’s no clear path that leads to standing behind a set of turntables. A love of music is definitely required. A socially outgoing personality would be a plus. A sense of creativity helps. Prolific Pittsburgh DJ/Event Curators HUNY and Rojo ...
We were waiting for this moment: Elliot Page is back and ready for his close-up again. It’s been a while since we’ve seen him at the multiplex — after coming out as transgender in 2020, The “Umbrella Academy” star hasn’t ...
Advertisement On Friday, May 3, Allies for Health + Wellbeing will hold their annual Allies Free for All. The nonprofit, established in 1985, is a healthcare facility that focuses on STI and HIV treatment and testing, and provides these services ...
In a letter to the School Board of Cumberland Valley School District, Pittsburgh City Controller Rachael Heisler blasted the board’s recent decision to uninvite actor Maulik Pancholy because of his “lifestyle”. Heisler attended Cumberland Valley High School. Pancholy, who is ...
Pride on the Shore, Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ Pop Music Festival, announced today that global star JoJo Siwa will join the lineup as a special guest on Friday, May 31, at Stage AE. Pride on the Shore previously announced its full lineup ...
As president of the Steel City Stonewall Democrats, it is extremely gratifying to write to my community about how thrilled I am to see so much more LGBTQIA+ representation on the ballot than I have ever seen. Whether for Auditor General, ...
We’ve all been to a wedding ceremony before. Typically, held in a church or religious building, sometimes somewhere more interesting if the couple wants to be more unique or has enough money or some combination of the two. But typically, ...
I know that this is going to come as a shock to everyone, but I have to say it: The folks who want to ban transgender people from public bathrooms and overturn the Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling are the ...
At a time when so much is on the line for LGBTQ Pennsylvanians, we again have a battle coming to our commonwealth that we did not ask for. There are West Virginians attempting a hostile takeover of LGBTQ advocacy in ...
On April 24, Ovation Film Fest invites audiences to a free night of short films created by Carnegie Mellon University students. Ovation Film Fest’s program celebrates short films about human connection and what it means to be part of a ...
Kathy Griffin has been through even more than you probably know. She lost a lung to cancer, lost her mother and lost many of her close friends. In 2020, the same year her beloved mom Maggie died, she attempted suicide. ...
I am writing this on March 31, the 15th annual Transgender Day of Visibility. All over the world people are celebrating the lives of transgender people, affirming their right to exist, and expressing support, as they do every year on ...
The Philadelphia Gay News and LGBTQ+ leaders across Pennsylvania endorsed Joe Khan in his bid for Pennsylvania Attorney General. Joe Khan was endorsed in the Democratic primary by the Philadelphia Gay News, the oldest, continuously publishing publication uplifting the LGBTQ+ ...
Wednesday evening the Biden-Harris campaign launched the Pittsburgh branch of the “Out for Biden-Harris” program on the North Side. “Out for Biden” is a national organizing program to engage and mobilize LGBTQ+ voters, communities, and leaders across the country in ...
Pittsburgh’s Corey Dunbar has won the title of Mr. TBRU 28 Bear in the Texas Bear Roundup. 1st place winner, Dunbar, who hosts bear nights at P Town Bar, got into competing in the Bear scene back in 2022. At ...
Thanks to the era of “new media,” where no stone is left unturned when it comes to invading the privacy of every public figure from social media influencers to the Hollywood elite (and not-so-elite), you’d be hard-pressed to find more ...
Since the mid-’70s, Pittsburgh played host to an annual tradition that brought the LGBTQ+ community together under the sun: the legendary Big Gay Picnic. Running for 43 years, this event was the precursor to the meteoric rise of Pittsburgh Pride ...
Oh, hey, everybody. How are things going? Are they perfect and great? Why, yes. Yes they are. First of all, everybody’s favorite pathologically lying gay George Santos is running for office again, because of course he is. You may remember ...
Republicans did something last week that went almost unnoticed. Through one simple act in 1970, the United States became the world’s leader in making our community visible. Thanks to a Republican amendment in the federal budget that was signed last ...
Here are the biggest events we know about that are happening during Pittsburgh Pride season in 2024. As always, you can check out our community calendar to see everything that’s happening in the LGBTQ Community all year long. ...
Today, Nick Staples Presents announced a new program to cater to a larger portion of the community as they remain committed to making Pride on the Shore affordably accessible. Their Community Ticket Program aims to ensure they are inclusive for ...
Born in Mobile, Alabama, and raised in Atlanta, Dr. Leo Moore says he’s “a Southerner through and through.” Then, a decade ago, he relocated to Los Angeles. “Apparently, once you’ve lived in L.A. for at least five to 10 years, ...
In writing my recent memoir, Warrior for the Tribe, I proudly acknowledge that my life as a young gay man began in my first hometown of Pittsburgh. Preparing my writings gave me the opportunity to sift through memories, clarify them, ...
Pittsburgh’s Be Gay [Do Crime], a renowned drag concert series, is set to host its latest event, “The Fairweather Family Fun-der Dome,” at Mr. Smalls Theatre on Friday, April 5th. The event promises an evening of entertainment, competition, and celebration ...
The history of the LGBTQ+ community and its relationship to the police is a fraught one, embedded with generations of trauma, injustice and punishment, from well before the Stonewall riots to the present day. And that’s the backdrop for the ...
The Pittsburgh Penguins will celebrate the LGBTQ+ community as they host their fourth annual Pride Game tonight when the team hosts the Carolina Hurricanes at PPG Paints Arena at 7:00 PM. Fans will have the opportunity to connect with local LGBTQ+ organizations in ...