The Fall 2025 season of Stonewall Ultimate concluded under dramatic skies on Wednesday, November 5, with an evening of weather delays, intense matchups, and a community-focused awards ceremony that reflected the spirit and strength of the league. Finals Night began ...
Mayor-elect Corey O’Connor has nominated Jason Lando, an openly gay, longtime Pittsburgh police officer and current chief in Frederick, Maryland, as the city’s next Chief of Police. If confirmed, Lando will become the second openly LGBTQ+ person to serve as ...
When people are trying to make it harder for you to vote, what they’re really doing is trying to make it harder for you to live. I’m writing this on Election Day. Election Day is also not an official holiday. ...
Lavender marriages, traditionally entered into by LGBT+ individuals to conceal their sexual orientation, are on the rise, according to several news sources, with some even calling them a “trend.” Historically, lavender marriages refer to unions — often between two consenting LGBT+ individuals — formed as ...
Stonewall Kickball Pittsburgh just wrapped up our largest season ever! We had 538 players across 30 teams in three divisions. This is the most players and most teams in the history of our league. During our playoffs tournaments on November ...
When a serial killer’s trail of corpses points to an innocent bisexual sex worker (Hal Baum), how does he solve the mystery? You’ll find out in the ’70s-throwback indie film “Anything That Moves” from filmmaker Alex Phillips, young-and-going-for-it creator of ...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up the appeal of Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who made headlines in 2015 when she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. This decision leaves in place ...
Katy O’Brian has tackled lesbian neo-noir and gone full-throttle action, sharing the screen with Tom Cruise in “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” earlier this year. She also appears in two of the year’s most anticipated films: “Christy,” the true ...
A State Department official, Hawkins Fuller (Erik Nordstrom), meets a young congressional staffer, Tim Laughlin (Logan Wagner), and sparks fly; unfortunately, their chance encounter occurs in Washington, D.C., at the height of Senator Joe McCarthy’s Red Scare in “Fellow Travelers,” ...
The Pittsburgh Equality Center made a dazzling debut with its inaugural Equality Gala on Friday, November 7 at City Winery Pittsburgh, bringing together a radiant cross-section of queer joy, activism, and community glam. With the theme “Bridging the Future,” the ...
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump-era policy banning transgender people from updating the gender markers on their passports to take effect. The decision will cause “irreparable harm,” advocates say. The ruling, issued Thursday, lifts an injunction that had ...
In a groundbreaking win for LGBTQ+ representation and grassroots leadership, Erica Deuso has been elected mayor of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, making her the first openly transgender mayor in our state’s history. Deuso’s campaign drew unprecedented voter turnout in the borough of ...
Political attacks on teaching about gender in colleges and universities are about more than just gender: They are part of a grander project of eroding civil and human rights, limiting personal freedoms and undermining democracy in the name of “traditional” values. On the first ...
On Sunday, November 2, Velum Fermentation transformed into a full-blown queer fantasy with drag royalty in the house for “Another Dinner.” Lexi from RuPaul’s Drag Race and Fantasia Royale Gaga of Dragula fame took the stage, delivering jaw-dropping looks, high ...
Let them eat balls! That’s basically what Trump and his Republican minions are saying about the 40 million people who are about to go hungry in this country. The Trump Administration decided to cut off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), often ...
Pittsburgh Equality Center (PEC) will host a gala this week. The organization will be recognizing its Pittsburgh Equality Award honorees at the event. The organization, formerly known as the Gay Lesbian Community Center (GLCC), was founded in the 1970s and ...
Miles Heizer isn’t one to pretend that stepping into a role completely unlike himself is always easy. The actor — known for projects like “13 Reasons Why,” “Parenthood” and “Love, Simon” — has often played straight young men navigating coming-of-age ...
If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org. For Gen Z adults, the oldest of whom are ...
Updated November 4, 2025, at 8:58 AM. When Jacob (William Hurtado), a pastor’s son, prepares for his drag debut, he faces consequences greater than he imagined in “Rains Over Babel,” a sultry, sexy, and stylish film about an assortment of ...
The Q Archives is a living, breathing digital portal to Pittsburgh’s rich LGBTQ history, finally available to the public, any time, anywhere. This groundbreaking project, a preservation initiative by QBurgh, brings decades of queer publications and photographs out of storage ...
Nearly five months after a disruptive and heavily scrutinized “compliance check” rattled the city’s LGBTQ+ community, P Town Bar has officially received its updated occupancy certificate, bringing closure to a saga that began with trauma and ended in collective triumph. ...
For some in Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ communities, November will bring a harsh and sudden cut to an important safety net supporting people experiencing hunger and food insecurity. As of November 1, according to numbers from Governor Shapiro’s office, nearly two million ...
To know all sides of an issue, it’s important to know and be able to debate an issue with respect. So it should be no surprise that some of my friends are Republicans and others are conservatives. It’s important to ...
Never underestimate audience desire for good-looking rich people falling in love; it’s a tradition as old as movies. And it’s almost certainly one reason for the success of the 2023 Amazon movie “Red, White & Royal Blue.” Based on the ...
More than 100 LGBTQ+ Pennsylvanians and allies gathered on the steps of the Pennsylvania State Capitol on Sunday for a statewide march and rally demanding equal rights, protections, and access to affirming healthcare. The event marked the first LGBTQ+ mobilization ...
No Kings. Seven million people across the country took to the streets to remind the Trump Administration and the majority of Republicans who are beholden to Trump that in the U.S. of A. we don’t have kings. We, like, went to war ...
We often think about the City of Pittsburgh whenever it comes to speaking about the politics of our region. But what’s to be said about the smaller, outer suburbs of Allegheny County? These more condensed districts are just as much ...
“We’re filling a niche that there’s demand for and yet there’s no place in Pittsburgh without us creating one.” That’s the ethos behind Pink Pistols Pittsburgh, a new chapter in a national network of LGBTQIA+ gun owners focused on legal, ...
John Waters doesn’t just embrace contradiction — he lives in it. A filmmaker, writer, visual artist and cultural icon, Waters has spent over half a century gleefully blurring the lines between art and filth, good taste and bad, high camp ...
Decades before COVID-19 lockdowns inspired churches to move online, members of Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco delivered cassette recordings of Sunday services to homebound parishioners living with HIV. Now, those recordings have been resurrected. The new podcast When We ...
On October 7, 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Chiles v. Salazar, the case filed by Kaley Chiles. Chiles argues that Colorado’s ban on conversion therapies by licensed medical and mental health professionals is unconstitutional ...
The City of Pittsburgh LGBTQIA+ Commission has issued a scathing rebuke of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s recent decision to slash funding for HIV care and prevention programs. In a statement released October 22, the Commission condemned the cuts as “a ...
But that doesn’t sit well with, you know, fascists. Fascism works best when people don’t oppose it, especially the people who are not yet directly hurt by fascist policies. For example, if you aren’t transgender, don’t know anyone who is ...
On the day of Joey Young’s QBurgh photoshoot at Opya Studios in the South Side, Brian David was, literally and figuratively, serving looks, wheeling in a rack of long, black, zipped-up garment bags, filled with elegant dresses in various shades ...
When Chinese medical student Li Shiu Tong met Magnus Hirschfeld in Shanghai during Hirschfeld’s 1931 world tour, their relationship — in which Li accompanied and cared for the famed sexologist across continents and the final years of his life — ...
This November, Pennsylvanians find themselves in yet another historic, unprecedented election. Pennsylvania is just one of seven states to elect every single one of its judges from the magisterial district judges at the local city courthouse all the way up ...
The “Pittsburgh Walk of Fame” was officially unveiled today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Strip District Terminal building, marking the installation of its first ten bronze stars along Smallman Street. The event drew a sizable crowd and featured appearances ...
Russell Tovey has always possessed a low-key magnetism in his work — one that goes beyond his appearance — whether starring in the queer HBO series “Looking” or the dystopian drama “Years and Years.” But in “Plainclothes,” his performance as ...
Joe King started his career as a game show host. When he was 17, King hosted Kennywood Park’s “It’s You Review,” a show that featured volunteers from the audience learning tricks backstage before performing. It was part “Wheel of Fortune,” ...
advertisement For Allies for Health + Wellbeing, 2026 will mark a new year and a new location for the HIV service organization, medical clinic and pharmacy. In December, Allies will be moving from its current location on Penn Avenue in ...
Pittsburgh hosted its inaugural OUTfest on October 11, 2025, National Coming Out Day, at Hazelwood Green. Spearheaded by the Mayor’s Office, the celebration was to spotlight queer joy, resilience, and culture with performances, a Vogue and Runway competition, a gender-affirming ...
The Steel City Softball League held its Annual Amateur Drag Pageant last Saturday, October 11, at the brand-new Distillery Complex on the Southside. There was a great turnout from the League and its supporters. Contestants included Juanita Epilepsia (Growlers), Bernadette ...
After growing up in front of the camera, as a child on “Dirty Sexy Money” and then on to more TV work and films like “The Babysitter,” queer actor Bella Thorne has turned her attention to the other side of ...
O’Noir: The Experience returned Friday with a stunning fusion of fashion, food, and unapologetic creativity. Hosted by the O’Noir Foundation and emceed by the dazzling Alora Chateaux, the evening unfolded as a five-course sensory journey where each dish, dyed in ...
It’s election season, and Pride still matters! In this episode of the QBurgh podcast, host Jeff Freedman is joined by Ian Price, President of the Steel City Stonewall Democrats, to break down the critical races shaping Allegheny County and beyond. ...
On Saturday at 5801 Video Lounge’s annual Nightmare on Hellsworth event, the iconic Lawrence Chaney rose from the RuPaul’s Drag Race UK drag crypt and landed in Pittsburgh with a killer combo of camp, comedy, and charisma, stealing hearts and ...
No one is hornier for fascism than JD Vance. Kink shaming is wrong, but the vast majority of the people Vance is subjecting to his kink have absolutely not consented. So I can shame him all I want. I’ve never ...
On Thursday, October 9, the evening lit up with laughter, love, and legacy as the Shepherd Wellness Community hosted its annual Red Ribbon Benefit, a vibrant evening dedicated to supporting individuals living with HIV/AIDS. The evening’s main event was a ...
Although no law can truly prevent unfair treatment, nondiscrimination laws act as a deterrent and offer a path to accountability when problems arise. But many state statutes do not explicitly protect LGBTQ+ people — and without federal nondiscrimination laws pertaining ...
Originally published by our partners at The19th on October 6, 2025. Five years ago, the United Nations concluded that conversion therapy could amount to torture and recommended it be banned. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard a case that could greenlight it ...