Allies for Health + Wellbeing celebrated the grand opening of Allies Pharmacy on Thursday, June 20, with a ribbon cutting at its location on Penn Avenue in East Liberty. Allies for Health + Wellbeing is a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit that empowers ...
At the end of March, Pennsylvania observed Trans Day of Visibility in Harrisburg. But what made this year’s commemoration different was the fact that for the first time in Pennsylvania history, there were publicly queer and gender non-conforming elected officials ...
Gay filmmaker Yen Tan’s indie dramas “Pit Stop” and “1985” have earned him a reputation for intimate, character-driven movies that aren’t afraid of being earnest. His latest, “All That We Love,” premiering this month at the Tribeca Film Festival, looks ...
Greetings from sunny and fascist Florida! Yes, that’s right. I’m writing this column from the least LGBTQ-friendly state in the nation. My wife, son and I are here visiting family. Do I wish that I had no family living in ...
After working as a model in 1970s and ’80s New York City, Brad Gooch became an author. He wrote poetry, novels and memoirs, including “Smash Cut,” about his decade-long relationship with film producer Howard Brookner, who died of AIDS in ...
Like the colors of the rainbow, the LGBTQ+ lexicon is just as colorful from A to Z. This queer glossary for newbies is your crash course in all things slang, history, and pop culture that have defined and shaped our ...
It’s another weekend of Pride and we’ve got over 30 events to continue the celebration! ...
Allies for Health + Wellbeing announced that the organization has received a two-year $120,000 grant from The Pittsburgh Foundation. The grant will provide operating support for Allies’ medical clinic. “We are so grateful to The Pittsburgh Foundation for their support ...
In the realm of sexual wellness, how often do we define respect for ourselves and the relationships we place ourselves in? Without an understanding of RESPECT, we set ourselves up for harm, be it physical or mental, which can produce ...
Award-winning queer filmmaker Hansen Bursic’s newest documentary film, Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania, will be having its world premiere at Frameline, The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, the oldest and largest LGBTQ+ film festival in the world. The short film tells the lost history ...
On Thursday, Fox Chapel Pride in the Park held their annual Pride festivities at Allegheny RiverTrail Park. The family-focused, youth-centered gathering featured over 15 local vendors, Drag Story Hour with Akasha L. Van Cartier, line dancing with 412Step, and much ...
Be Gay [Do Crime] Productions will present the final production of its 2024 Spring Season — “The End of Pride Spectacular,” a NEW play hitting the main stage of Mr. Smalls Theatre on Saturday, June 29th. Inspired by previous iterations ...
During Pride weekend, 5801 Video Lounge in Shadyside hosted a slew of events through out the weekend. They closed out the whirlwind weekend with a block party featuring HUNY and Insta-famous DJ Adam Wright (@adamusic_). ...
In the world of drag, the queens outnumber the kings all across the country and in Pittsburgh, it’s no different. While the drag queens seem to be thriving and the scene here flourishing with brunches, bingos, pageants, and happy hours, ...
A rare sexually transmitted ringworm caused by a fungus called Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII has popped up in the United States for the first time. This news comes from a report in JAMA Dermatology by doctors at NYU Langone Health. ...
June is just getting started so we have a weekend FULL of Pride events for you to enjoy this marathon! Friday, June 7 PRIDE NIGHT WITH THE PIRATES AT PNC PARK Presented by Duquesne Light Company Join the Pittsburgh Pirates ...
Pittsburgh Pride weekend 2024 kicked off last Thursday with Too Hot for July presented by AIDS Free Pittsburgh and True T Pittsburgh featuring Alex Newell! ...
Pink cowboy hats and glittery fringe flooded the North Side on Sunday night for Pride on the Shore headliner Chappell Roan. The pop star performed at the festival on a stop on her Midwest Princess tour. Chappell Roan, a lesbian ...
Pittsburgh Pride weekend reached new heights celebrating 51 years of Pride in Pittsburgh with over 260,000 people attending Pride events throughout the region Thursday through Sunday. The Pittsburgh Pride march and parade set an all-time record of over 103,000 participating ...
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden made a historic appearance at Pittsburgh Pride 2024 on June 1. Dr. Biden addressed the crowd with remarks about the upcoming presidential election. This is the first time someone from the White House has made ...
Excitement reached new heights at this year’s Pittsburgh Pride festival as First Lady Dr. Jill Biden delivered a powerful and heartfelt speech on Saturday as the Pittsburgh Pride parade reached the festival for opening ceremonies. Her presence and words deeply ...
As we step into this year’s Pittsburgh Pride season, we do so not only in celebration but in solemn acknowledgment of the turbulent times our community continues to face. This year, more than ever, our unity, our resilience, and our ...
Happy Pride, Pittsburgh! I’m excited to celebrate 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 ...
Saturday, June 1 marks 51 years of Pride in Pittsburgh. Come celebrate Pride month with the annual Pittsburgh Pride march and parade Downtown to the North Side. Line Up: Line up for the march and parade will begin at 10:00 ...
The facial hair comes up because it has to. After all, the unofficial rulebook for any Americana artist stipulates somewhere that wherever an acoustic guitar shall go, a full beard must too. And so Ben Platt is all about his ...
It is my pleasure to join with QBurgh to welcome everyone gathered for the 2024 Pittsburgh Pride Month celebration. William Penn founded our Commonwealth on the principles of fairness and tolerance, and I believe we must continue to be a ...
For the queer ladies of Pittsburgh looking for a space to dance, party, and connect with other queer ladies, look no further. SZR club night takes place every second Saturday from 9 pm to 2 am at The Underground, which ...
On Sunday evening the skies thundered heralding the reign of Anemia Blunt as she was crowned Miss P Town Pride 2024. “I am so honored to be your Miss P Town Pride 2024,” said Anemia. “I hope to be able ...
Fresh from the Pittsburgh Pride Group, we’ve got maps for this weekend’s Pittsburgh Pride festivals and parade. Friday & Saturday Pittsburgh Pride Festival at Allegheny Commons Park West on the North Side Saturday Pittsburgh Pride March & Parade Line Up:Line ...
Pride is Here! Pride is Here! I say this every year. June is my most favorite month of the year. Being old(er) I have been fortunate to have seen the evolution of Pride. I can remember the few dozen people ...
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 ...
Make your voice heard by filling out the PA LGBTQ Health Needs Assessment, a biannual survey conducted to evaluate health needs, health disparities, and barriers to care impacting LGBTQ+ Pennsylvanians. Funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the PA LGBTQ ...
The Pittsburgh Pride season kicked off on Sunday with the return of a long-standing, LGBTQ Pittsburgh tradition, the Bigger Gayer Picnic! With cookout food generously provided by Giant Eagle, hundreds gathered for a day in the sun at Allegheny Commons ...
Pittsburgh Pride season officially kicks off this Sunday and we have your complete 7-day Pittsburgh Pride event lineup. You’re gonna be busy! Don’t forget! Sunday, May 26 Bigger Gayer Picnic This Memorial Day weekend marks the return of a Pittsburgh ...
Please let me preface this article by stating that I am a person of faith. I support everyone’s First Amendment right to practice their faith and not have the faith of others imposed upon them. After a long day of ...
This city has a lot of options for entertainment but if you’re tired of musicals with sad singing French folks or grown-ups dressed like cats, maybe you should switch up your routine and support your local live comedy scene. Bars, ...
Who trashed it best? The students at Spring Hill High in Tennessee who wreaked havoc in their school after hours, destroying and vandalizing school property in a senior prank that went too far? Or the fully grown adults on the ...
Orville Peck’s sexy video for “Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other” is unabashedly queer in ways the country music genre hasn’t historically seen. In it, Peck sings his cover of Latin country musician Ned Sublette’s 1981 song as ...
Now that Pittsburgh’s Juneteenth has also announced moving their event out of Point State Park because of institutional barriers after previously announcing use of the park this year, much like Pittsburgh Pride, it is more than clear that there is ...
Get ready to ignite the night as Pittsburgh-based multi-hyphenate Warren Munroe prepares to drop her highly anticipated third studio album, Pretty Bitch University (P.B.U.), at her Friday, June 7 album release party at the Kelly Strayhorn Theatre in East Liberty. ...
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 ...