Sunday’s Pittsburgh Pride festivities moved to Bloomfield for a Pride street festival. ...
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 ...
On Saturday festivities continued in Allegheny Commons Park West with tens of thousands already at the Pittsburgh Pride Festival when the Pittsburgh Pride Parade arrived bringing tens of thousands more. Photos by G Michael Beigay. ...
A lot has changed since Hannah Gadsby first took audiences on the unexpected journey that was “Nanette,” their 2018 career-making Netflix special. Yes, there was that whole Trump presidency situation and, oh, that global pandemic hiccup, but also, Gadsby got ...
With a sold-out crowd and jam-packed lineup, Pride on the Shore 2023 rocked the North Shore and Stage AE on Saturday night. The concert festival featured Indi Skies and Luna Skye hosting performances by local drag artists Alora Chateaux, Ser, ...
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 ...
Celebrating 50 years of Pittsburgh Pride, the Pittsburgh Pride March and Parade stepped off from Liberty Avenue at 11th Street in downtown Pittsburgh at noon on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Joining Grand Marshal State Representative La’Tasha Mayes were Pittsburgh Pride ...
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 ...
The first day of the Pittsburgh Pride Festival in Allegheny Commons Park West. We’ll have pictures from all the events this weekend and a round-up on Monday, so keep checking back! Click here for all the details about the events ...
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro will march in the Pittsburgh Pride March and Parade on Saturday, June 3 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Pride in Pittsburgh. The Governor will be joined by Lt. Governor Austin Davis, Senator John Fetterman, ...
Pittsburgh Pride Month 2023 kicked off with Too Hot for July presented by AIDS Free Pittsburgh and True T Pittsburgh featuring DreamDoll! ...
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 ...
Here’s everything you need to know about Pittsburgh Pride weekend 2023, kicking off June 1 through June 4. 50th Anniversary T-Shirts Celebrate Pittsburgh Pride’s golden anniversary with the golden jubilee t-shirt! Thursday, June 1 Too Hot for July (5 – ...
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 ...
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Julie Cohen (“RBG”) is back with a new documentary called “Every Body,” about the lives of intersex people. The film tells the story of three people born intersex, which is when a person displays physical characteristics — ...
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 ...
The 2023 Pittsburgh Pride March and Parade will be held on Saturday, June 3 celebrating 50 years of Pittsburgh Pride. Lineup will begin at 10:00 AM along Liberty Avenue between 11th Street and 16th Street. There are no assigned spaces, ...
In 2015, Shawn “Spike” Smith moved back to Pittsburgh from Chicago and joined the Sheraden Kiwanis Club. While he claims, “I was volun-told,” by his father, Keith, he hasn’t regretted it. Instead, Smith jumped in with both feet. The Kiwanis ...
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 ...
Crush Hour hosted their monthly happy hour at No Names Pub in Lawrenceville on Friday. Crush Hour, a happy hour for Pittsburgh’s Queer Ladies and Non-Binary People will host two events in both June and July. ...
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 ...
The wait is over! It’s here! Find out all the details for Pittsburgh Pride season. Stand up and speak out against the attacks targeting the LGBTQ community sweeping the nation. Keep on sinning as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence wash away your ...
The Allies Ball is the largest fundraising activity for Allies for Health + Wellbeing and is known for being one of the best parties in Pittsburgh. For a second year, Allies for Health + Wellbeing also will be using its event to ...
Updated May 19 at 9:41 AM. Bookmark this page! We’ll be adding more Pride events as further details are sent in. Holding a Pride event? Send us the details here. ...
It was the Southern Ladies Party at 5801 on Saturday featuring Sunday’s best dresses, fascinators, and pearl necklaces! Photos by G Michael Beigay. ...
A shout out and a “Hell yeah!” to Montana State Rep. Zooey Zephyr, Nebraska State Sen. Megan Hunt and Nebraska State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh who are standing up against anti-trans hate in their states. Since February, Sen. Cavanaugh has been ...
Dr. Ken Ho thought that he would become a primary care physician and go into practice with his father but found himself drawn to work with HIV instead. “I graduated residency in 2007 and then took a position in the ...
Allegheny County Police are urging QBurgh readers and the community to use caution when meeting up for dates from popular apps such as Grindr and Hinge. Always be aware and cognizant of your drink while on a date. We have ...
You can’t stop Billy Porter’s drive to do everything he sets his mind to. The “Pose” star and collaborator Dan McCabe (“Fruits of Thy Labor”) are going to adapt David Leeming’s book “James Baldwin: A Biography” as the basis for ...
Jordan Botta, 32, is a 5th generation resident of Pittsburgh City Council District 7 which consists of the city neighborhoods of Bloomfield, Friendship, Highland Park, Lawrenceville, Morningside, Polish Hill, Stanton Heights, and the Strip District. Botta explains that he has ...
Dear A League of Their Own, Having watched hours and hours of queer content equating to what is at this point a significant amount of my life, I’ve seen a lot of stories. Some are classic films directed by legends ...
Things are heating up in Florida, and I’m not just talking about the weather. The state is gearing up for one hell of a Hot Fascist Summer. On April 16, Florida’s Voice tweeted: “Survey: Majority of ‘queer parents’ consider leaving ...
The Awareness and Wellness Center (AWC), Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh, Bear Lee Crafting, Creative Reuse, Artist and Craftsman Supply, and Proud Haven invite you to create art on giant letters expressing what COURAGE means to you during ...
On Wednesday, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey made the long-anticipated announcement of his new Police Chief picking former Pittsburgh Assistant Chief Larry Scirotto to helm the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. Scirotto is the first openly gay person to hold the position. ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. — In a 102-98 vote this afternoon, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted to advance HB 300, which is legislation that would provide nondiscrimination protections in employment, housing, and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation and ...
Dear ‘A League of Their Own’, The story of the first year of women’s professional baseball and the history around it may have already been told, but you took every new opportunity to teach and engage the audience as you ...
It’s hard to imagine Jeff Hiller making people mad. But in 2004, that was the 46-year-old comedian and actor’s job. It was his responsibility to get folks angry — those people being contestants on MTV’s hidden-camera reality show “Boiling Points” ...
Another day, another mass shooting in the United States. Actually, that’s being optimistic as there have been more mass shootings than there have been days in 2023 so far. That’s a lot. And no other country — aside from countries ...
As proud lifelong yinzers, we so deeply cherish the multicultural fabric that makes up Pittsburgh. People of so many backgrounds, faiths, races, and genders call our city home, and we are stronger for it. We were at separate events on ...
The Fairness Act — which seeks to amend Pennsylvania’s Human Relations Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity protections in housing, education, and public accommodations — was introduced in the state House on April 14. The prime sponsors of ...
They say you can tell a lot about a man by what motivates him to firebomb a building. And if the man says his motivation was a drag queen story hour, that tells you he’s a Nazi. Such is the ...
Imagine if you could go back to Stonewall the first night of the riot. What do you see? Red, brown and black. That’s my answer to anyone who asks me what the inside of the Stonewall looked like before that ...
A new version of Annie Proulx’s short story, “Brokeback Mountain,” is coming to London’s West End, and it will star BAFTA-nominated Mike Faist (he was Riff in Spielberg’s “West Side Story”) and Academy Award-nominated Lucas Hedges (“Manchester by the Sea”). ...
G2H2 took their monthly happy hour to Trace Brewing in Bloomfield on Friday. You can connect with G2H2 on their Facebook page. Photos by G. Michael Beigay. ...