Pittsburgh showed up and showed out for Pride, and so did Nebby Nick! In this episode, Nick hits the Pittsburgh Pride Parade and Festival to ask a simple but powerful question: What does Pride mean to you? From love and ...

Today’s Episode is sponsored by: Brianna’s Mobile Workshop! Pittsburgh’s Premier Queer Contractors. This month, we dive into the vibrant, inclusive world of Stonewall Sports Pittsburgh. From kickball to glowing bocce balls, learn how these beloved queer sports leagues build community, ...

It’s still June, and we’re still proud. Here are more Pride events this weekend: ...

Pittsburgh’s queer community is rallying once again, this time in the wake of a devastating U.S. Supreme Court decision that upholds Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors, and in response to quiet but deeply alarming moves by local ...

Pride is about so much more than just being your true self. It’s about coming together to raise each other up in a safe space. Pittsburgh Black Pride, one of the oldest Black Pride celebrations, has now been providing that ...

This story was originally reported by Kate Sosin of The 19th Trans people report greater health and mental health outcomes when they have social support and access to gender-affirming medical care, according to long-awaited data from the U.S. Transgender Survey, ...

Happy Pride, everybody! I have my Pride flags hanging on my porch (one rainbow, one white, pink and blue) and have noticed a couple of neighbors with Pride flags. It’s a happy time of year. Well, it should be.  But, ...

Last Saturday, June 14th, brought yet more rain to the Pittsburgh area, but Lebo Pride wasn’t deterred. Embracing the adage “when life gives you lemons,” they pivoted their festival from the soggy park to the drier parking lot just above ...

Phat Man Dee has been an instrumental force in Pittsburgh’s music and queer communities for decades. As a jazz vocalist, songwriter, educator, and creative director of Phat Man Dee Productions, they bring a unique blend of activism and artistry to ...

advertisement 40 years ago, a group of volunteers, led by Kerry Stoner, banded together to support people with HIV and AIDS. This group founded the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force, which later became Allies for Health + Wellbeing. The Pittsburgh AIDS ...

If you already watch “The Great British Baking Show” and its American cousin, “The Great American Baking Show,” and that’s still not enough baking content, the Roku Channel is about to send you into carb overload. The streamer has not ...

Editor’s Note: To preserve the identities of members, no photographs of the meeting were permitted. Only attendees who were willing to give their full names are identified in this article. On Saturday, June 14, at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s ...

There’s a Mariah Carey canvas in my hands and Benito Skinner on Zoom, and somehow, this feels exactly right. My teenage self — the one who lip-synced “Fantasy” in a locked bedroom — would totally get it. And Skinner, who knows firsthand ...

We’re only halfway through June, and Pride keeps going this weekend! ...

Nine years ago today, a gunman entered Pulse Night Club, an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and murdered 49 people and wounded 53 more with an AR-15 style assault rifle. It remains the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ Community in ...

You learn something new every day (though with the Republican crack-down on education and villainizing of scientists, who knows how much longer that will be legal). Today I learned that Bitcoins make noise. Or, more specifically, that the mining of ...

Ross Pride shined bright with its indoor Pride celebration on Saturday, June 7, hosted at the Ross Township Municipal Building. It was a welcome change after a series of rain-soaked outdoor events. The entire building hummed with activity, showcasing booths, ...

From the 1970s all the way through the end of the 2000s, both Galik and Slusser worked at Torrance State Hospital through the Social Service Department. Both were psychiatric social workers, caring for patients going through some of life’s deepest ...

“The Celluloid Closet is the book that changed my life,” said Rich Cummings, the founder of Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ film festival, the ReelQ. Cummings was reading Vito Russo’s book, a history of Lesbian and Gay men in the movies, when it ...

Connellsville showed up Saturday, June 7th, for its fourth annual Pride in the Park. Held at the picturesque Yough River Park, the skies cleared just in time to let the festivities shine. With the Youghiogheny River, the park came alive ...

In the early hours of Valentine’s Day of 1988, Pittsburgh police raided Traveler’s Social Club, a private gay club in the city’s East Liberty neighborhood. The nation was nearing the peak of the AIDS crisis, with more than 13,000 dead ...

advertisement Pittsburgh came all out to kick off Pride weekend with an electrifying celebration of queer joy, music, and drag excellence at the All Out Music Festival at Stage AE. The Queertopia Stage presented by QBurgh lit up with local ...

Huny (she/her or they/them) is many things: a DJ, a photographer, a curator of community, and a tender but fierce advocate for Black queer life. For over a decade, she’s called Pittsburgh home, a place she arrived at by way ...

Oh, are we doing this thing again? This whole weekly recounting of a creepy anti-LGBTQ+ person? Honestly, I could start a Creep of the Minute column and still wouldn’t be able to keep up.  I just finished reading a book ...

Enjoy even more photos from Pittsburgh Pride weekend 2025. Photos by Maya Lovro Tap to view full photo. Photos by Carlie Shae ...

It’s natural for our creative sensibilities to shift as we get older. We get wiser, gain more experience and even more perspective. Over time, while we continue to love the music we consumed in the past, it’s expected that our ...

The sun finally turned up the heat on Sunday of Pride weekend, and Shadyside got soaked, in the best way possible. 5801 Video Lounge brought the bubbles and the beats for an iconic Pride foam party, taking over the streets ...

Pride keeps going this weekend! Here’s what you can look out for: ...

Steel City Softball League brought the sparkle to the diamond this Pride weekend with their inaugural drag softball showdown, “Gloves and Glitter.” The event, held Saturday at Les Getz Memorial Park in Swissvale, was anything but ordinary. Two fabulous teams, ...

On behalf of the people of the 34th state legislative district, it is my pleasure to welcome 2025 Pittsburgh Pride with the QBurgh family. As a member of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, it is an honor to mark this moment ...

The streets around 5801 Video Lounge lit up with a spectacular show Saturday night during Pride weekend with Latrice Royale of RuPaul’s Drag Race season four and All Stars seasons one and four. Hosted by Pittsburgh icon Dixie Surewood, the ...

City of Pittsburgh LGBTQIA+ Commission Convenes for May 20, 2025 Meeting; Focus Includes Pride Month Planning, P-Town Compliance Raid, and Community Safety Concerns PITTSBURGH, PA — On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, the City of Pittsburgh LGBTQIA+ Commission held its regular ...

Pittsburgh Pride 2025 shattered expectations and lit up the city with unapologetic queer joy, drawing an electrifying crowd of over 275,000 participants, allies, and partygoers throughout the weekend of events across the city despite the drop in corporate sponsorships. From ...

Happy Pride, Pittsburgh! I’m glad to once again celebrate Pride this year with so many of you. As the first out queer woman in the PA General Assembly, Pride means living my truth every day and fighting for our community, ...

Pittsburgh Pride 2025 has begun and here’s what you have to look forward to today and tomorrow. ...

As we prepare for this year’s Pride season, we do so with fire in our hearts, the beat of resilience in our veins, and the unshakable knowledge that we are built for this fight. Pride is not just celebration, it’s ...

Pride season in Pittsburgh just got a fierce new tradition and a brand new queen. The first-ever Miss Glitzburgh pageant lit up 5801 Video Lounge last night, bursting with rhinestones, feathers, and pure queer joy. And at the center of ...

advertisement Kicking off Pride LIVE from the Queertopia Lounge at the All Out Music Festival, QBurgh is streaming a backstage extravaganza hosted by none other than our very own Nebby Nick and Pittsburgh royalty Joey Young. It’s unfiltered fun, surprise ...

As Mayor of Pittsburgh, I am honored to stand with our LGBTQIA+ community in celebration of Pride. Pittsburgh Pride is more than a festival, it’s a powerful expression of visibility, resilience, and love. It reflects the strength and spirit of ...

In a powerful and affirming gesture, Pittsburgh City Council has officially declared Sunday, June 1, 2025 as Pittsburgh Pride Day. The proclamation, passed on May 29, celebrates the city’s vibrant LGBTQIA+ community and honors its legacy of resistance, resilience, and ...

Serving as the Local Grand Marshal for Pittsburgh Pride this year is truly an honor. While I’ve always looked forward to Pride, this recognition has prompted me to reflect on my past. I agree that the selection for Grand Marshal ...

Halfway through the decade of the 2020s, it already seems that many of us have lived 25 different lives.  From the COVID-19 pandemic, two turbulent presidential elections, and countless social and cultural upsets, as a society, we have seen it ...

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 ...

It has no title yet, but Dan Levy’s new series for Netflix has everything else it needs: a co-creator in “Bottoms” star Rachel Sennott, and a cast led by Levy, Laurie Metcalf (“The Connors”) and Taylor Ortega (“Another Simple Favor”). ...

Pittsburgh Pride Weekend 2025 is turning up the volume, the glitter, and the queer joy with its most dazzling lineup yet! From ballroom brilliance at the Emerald City Kiki Ball to sweaty underground sets at Honcho’s boat party, this city ...

A Pittsburgh native and dedicated advocate, Jeff Freedman (he/him) has been a vital force in the LGBTQ+ community for over four decades. His journey began in 1981 as a founding member and Commissioner of the Steel City Softball League. Later, ...

Something that pops into my head a lot (besides the Mentos jingle) is the phrase, “It was a kinder, gentler time.” It’s what my grandparents said when I interviewed them for an undergrad history class project. They were talking about the ...

Last night, the walls of P Town couldn’t contain the energy as Savannah Ray, Pittsburgh’s self-proclaimed backbending, spiderwalking queen, was officially crowned Miss P Town Pride 2025! Drenched in glamour and ghoulish charm, Savannah stunned judges and audiences alike with ...

Yesterday, Allegheny Commons Park West came alive with queerness, community, and moments of sunshine for the Bigger Gayer Picnic, the fabulous kickoff to Pittsburgh’s Pride season! The picnic brought together folks from across the city to share food, joy, and ...

Greetings, It is my honor to welcome everyone gathered for the 2025 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 place that pays ...