On the morning of Saturday, January 20, 2024, Donald “Donny” Thinnes passed away after battling a myriad of health issues, according to long-time friends. Donny Thinnes had been involved in the LGBTQ Community of Pittsburgh since the 1970s. Thinnes owned ...
At a time of an unprecedented number of attacks on the LGBTQ+ Community, the Creating Change conference brings a breath of fresh air that allows the community to have a moment to breathe and build together. Hosted in New Orleans, ...
A lawsuit has been brought against the Pine-Richland School District by a law firm with ties to former President Donald Trump, challenging the district’s privacy policies regarding transgender students. The policies in question allow students to express their gender identity ...
We are excited to announce the publication of QBurgh’s Spring print issue, the Pittsburgh Pride Guide, is coming soon. Each year the magazine grows even bigger with last year’s issue featuring 84 pages highlighting local community volunteers, spotlighted community organizations ...
Growing up, Cory Allen found inspiration for what his adult life would become in an unexpected place: the police officers who frequently visited his childhood home in rural Pennsylvania to resolve domestic disputes between his mother and stepfather. “Due to ...
In an analog era, newspapers and magazines provided much of the essential HIV/AIDS reporting in the United States by disseminating updates on the evolving medical consensus that shaped an emergent pandemic politics. Among the popular magazines of the 1980s, Playboy ...
Every year, more and more companies seem to recognize Pride Month. But a recent analysis shows that LGBTQ+ workers expect more than this once-a-year acknowledgment from their employers. In fact, some employees actually criticize such behavior as mere pinkwashing. So, what do ...
Stonewall Sports Pittsburgh is seeking individuals who believe in the organization’s values and purpose for the LGBTQ Community of Pittsburgh to serve as Commissioner for the 2024 Kickball season to replace outgoing Commissioner Heather Brinker. Candidates for Commissioner should have ...
Mom is officially retired! On Sunday, January 7, Dan Minkel held a retirement party for his drag persona, Scarlet Fairweather (and drag king, Brick N’Mortar). He held his last performance as Scarlet at the Blue Moon in an evening of ...
Comparisons are an incredibly important part of sense-making for us humans. We’re always making them, especially when trying to describe something to someone else. We might say, “I just heard this great band. They sound a lot like if Guns ...
UPMC Health Plan has expanded its efforts to connect its LGBTQ members with appropriately trained healthcare providers by launching a new LGBTQIA+ Affirming Provider designation within its online provider directory. “This new, easy-to-use resource will provide our LGTBQIA+ members with ...
Jennifer Lopez will star in the new musical feature film “Kiss of the Spider Woman” from gay director Bill Condon (“Dreamgirls,” “Beauty and The Beast”), in what is the next step in a long journey from its original incarnation as ...
Between Fifteenth and Sixteenth Street on Penn Avenue in the Strip, only one building remains. It’s both tenacity and luck that keeps that shamrock sign hanging on the Real Luck Café, better known as Lucky’s. The developers and gentrifiers planned ...
As 2023 draws to a close, we can count on Congressional Republicans to be doing the important work of the American people. Ha, just kidding. They are currently focused on… impeaching President Joe Biden based on zero evidence. They’ve got ...
The sad, predictable ousting of George Santos from the esteemed (just kidding) halls of our nation’s Congress isn’t the satisfying end to the saga of the “proud, gay thief” I’d been hoping for. I’m still left with so many questions, ...
Elections are over, and we take stock as the sun hangs low in the sky. 2023 has been a year with several victories, but at the same time, it’s been a year with increased political attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community ...
If you’re one of the 1.7 million people following nonbinary chef Jon Kung on TikTok (@jonkung), you may have watched their food tutorials and felt as hungry as you did thirsty. Hungry because, recently, they made spicy beef dumplings that ...
When Raquel Willis took the stage at the National Women’s March in Washington, D.C. the day after Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, with beaming defiance and fierce resolve, she didn’t sidestep the controversial way trans women had been sidelined from ...
Well, they did it. They expelled George Santos from Congress. I honestly didn’t think it would happen. Let’s pour one out for George “Proud Gay Thief” Santos, as “Saturday Night Live” called him. I have to admit, I did not ...
You knew a George Santos movie was coming. Every scandalous public figure is commemorated with their own ripped-from-the-headlines media content. And now that Santos has been expelled from Congress and Bowen Yang has made wonderful comedy as the bizarre queer ...
Allegheny County has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a thriving, inclusive region for LGBTQIA+ people for the first time in modern history. With the swearing-in of County Executive-elect Sara Innamorato on January 2, 2024, Allegheny County has an opportunity to ...
Brewer’s Hotel & Bar, in partnership with other local organizations including 5801 Video Lounge, the Steel City Softball League (SCSL), and the Barons of Steel, is celebrating the fifth year of the “Andy Usner Christmas Drive,” a holiday giveaway that ...
What started in 2017 as an idea by Pittsburgh LGBTQ senior advocate Kathi Boyle to provide affordable LGBTQ senior housing in Pittsburgh is one step closer to reality. With funding nearly 95 percent complete the project is finally ready to ...
In May 2023, the student leaders of Lambda — an LGBTQ affinity group at Duquesne University — asked school administrators to change their organization’s name to something more recognizable: the Queer Student Union. Today, the fate of that name change ...
Have you submitted your nominations for Allies for Health + Wellbeing’s 2024 Bright Young People? Today is the deadline to get your nominees in! Allies for Health + Wellbeing is seeking the next class of Bright Young People to be ...
Advertisement Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) will be offering a Pride Night at this year’s production of The Nutcracker. The event will take place on Wed., Dec. 20 at the 7:00 performance. Included in the Pride Night event are discounted $40 ...
I threw out my back today. I have only myself to blame. I was doing something dangerous, something I should have asked someone to help me with. And that something was bending slightly to get a towel from under the ...
The holidays are often thought of as being filled with love and care, but for many in the community, it is a reminder of how necessary it is to have a chosen family that affirms and uplifts your existence. Chosen ...
Today, Pittsburgh City Council honored retiring Councilman Bruce Kraus. It was Kraus’ last regular-standing City Council meeting after 16 years of service. Kraus will retire from Pittsburgh City Council in January. The City Council also declared December 12, 2023, “Councilman ...
The Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation held their annual “Holidays with Hugh” happy hour foundraiser at 5801 Video Lounge on Thursday. The fundraiser helps raise funds for the other “Holidays with Hugh” programs that provide holiday meals for LGBTQ and HIV-positive ...
The holiday slasher genre is giving gory gifts all over this season, with the grindhouse-steeped “Thanksgiving” and “It’s a Wonderful Knife” turning the memory of a classic upside down. And the trend will continue over on streaming platform Shudder when ...
G2H2 held their monthly happy hour at 5801 Video Lounge in Shadyside to celebrate the holiday season on 5801’s festive back deck. Photos by G. Michael Beigay. ...
The holidays are here, and Pittsburgh has many local businesses to support. Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse, a DIY art store, is one of these businesses. “The Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse is a non-profit that inspires creativity, conservation, and ...
In 2013, New England Patriots team member Aaron Hernandez was arrested for — and in 2015 convicted of — the murder of football player Odin Lloyd, only to be found dead in prison from an apparent suicide in 2017. It ...
In the late aughts, I was invited by a friend to Blue Moon Bar in Lawrenceville to see this wild drag queen they had seen there named Alaska Thunderf*ck. The show was wild, to say the least, and I very ...
Updated December 1, 2023 at 12:40 pm On Wednesday, Allegheny County Executive-elect Sara Innamorato announced her transition committees consisting of 200 leaders from Allegheny County join her transition team in helping to shape her “All In Allegheny” agenda. The nine ...
Pittsburgh-famous Leona’s Ice Cream has launched an Indiegogo to assist with the opening of their first scoop shop. The LGBTQ and women-owned ice cream wholesaler has been a popular treat for the Pittsburgh queer and straight communities for a decade. ...
On Sunday evening at the Miss P Town pageant, Indica was crowned the new Miss P Town. With looks inspired by Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn, and Diana, Princess of Wales, Indica came ready to reign. Andi Whorehol won 1st alternate ...
It’s time again for the 19th annual Handmade Arcade Holiday Market. If you’ve never attended a Holiday Market at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center then you’ve missed a huge opportunity to shop small businesses with over 275 makers, including ...
I’m not really a parade person. I’ve never understood the allure of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (MTDP). New York is really cold in late November. I’ve caught glimpses of the parade on TV over the years, and even that feels ...
After being introduced to Cher on the phone as her “old friend Chris” by Cher’s longtime publicist Liz Rosenberg, there is only one sensible way for me to respond: “Hello, old friend Cher.” Calling Cher an old friend to Cher ...
World AIDS Day has been traditionally held on December 1 every year since 1988. This year it marks its 35th annual commemoration. The focus and aim of World AIDS Day is to honor and remember the millions who have been lost ...
Once upon a time, there was a very, very, very boring day in a very, very, very boring world full of very, very, very boring people. And it was absolutely the best day ever. I am old enough to remember ...
Advertisement In September, Pittsburgh City Council unanimously passed legislation to make Pittsburgh a sanctuary city for gender-affirming care, protecting patients and providers from any laws that might restrict or ban this type of care. This was welcome news to the ...
Come get cozy around the fire with your chestnuts and hear the soon-to-be classic tale of how Santa got all the toys into his big bag. That tale, as written by actor-musician-podcaster Matt Rogers, involves what else but Gun Oil. ...
In a post on Instagram, Pride on the Shore announced that their 2024 festivities would be expanded into a two-day music festival at Stage AE on Friday, May 31 and Sunday, June 2. Lineup announcements and additional information regarding the ...
Here’s a scary story: The United States of America has a new Speaker of the House! And boy does he hate gay people! New Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) may have one of the most forgettable faces and ...
Want to go globe-trotting with “Queer Eye” star Antoni Porowski? You’ll be able to when his latest series with National Geographic, “No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski,” is cooked up for TV. Executive produced by King of The Yelling ...