Snow White? I don’t know her. These days, the delicate, demure princesses from the earliest days of Disney films are history, replaced by a more socially progressive kind of young lady royalty that puts leadership and skills first, frilly dresses ...

It was a new take on a classic gameshow at 5801 in Shadyside with Dixie Surewood’s version of the Newlywed Game! Newlyweds, “just datings”, random hookups, and BFFs, battled it out to win prizes during Valentine’s Day Week. Did couples ...

A drag brunch slated to feature Pittsburgh’s Luna Skye and Indi Skies at a Primanti Bros. in Wheeling, West Virginia on February 26 had to be canceled and tickets refunded after threats were sent to the entertainers, Primanti Bros., and ...

It’s 4:00 in the morning and I have to admit, I would much rather be sleeping than writing this column. But sometimes sleep is elusive. Too often, for me, which is not great. Also not great? The word “great.” Conservatives ...

Italian filmmaker Emanuele Crialese (“Golden Door,” “Once We Were Strangers”) has been open about being a transgender man for years now, but he has taken the opportunity of his new higher-profile, Penelope Cruz-starring film “L’immensità,” to remind the world of ...

A billboard expressing an inclusive, welcoming message to Armstrong County has been deemed “objectionable” and removed by the billboard company. In the face of an electronic message board in their community for several years with constant messages expressing racist, bigoted, ...

The Stonewall Sports Pittsburgh Kickball Spring 2023 season will soon be here! Stonewall Sports Pittsburgh announced the dates and details for the upcoming kickball season. The league will host games on Sundays beginning April 16 at Meadow Park. This will ...

On January 17, Madonna announced her first retrospective hits tour, with the first tickets going on sale a whole three hours later. “Take my money!” gays often say when their divas pull up with fresh product. But nobody is happier ...

In Florida, teachers are no longer legally allowed to choose books for their own classroom libraries because they might choose a book that offends the delicately hateful sensibilities of Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis signed a law mandating all books that ...

From “Portrait of Jason” and “The Queen” in the late 1960s, to the landmark ’70s film “Word Is Out,” the documentary is where real queer stories usually get told first. It’s a tradition that continues to the present day, and ...

Abigail Salisbury, an attorney, won the special election Tuesday to fill the State House vacancy left when Summer Lee was elected to Congress. Salisbury defeated Republican Robert Pagane 87.7% to 12.25%. Salisbury will be the second openly bisexual elected State ...

Erie-area queens Rebecca Mae, Shea D’Heaux, Tammy Joe Hammertoe, and Priscilla Godzilla “invaded” Brewer’s on Saturday, February 4 with a stunning show showcasing the talents of our friends from up north. ...

This morning, Pride on the Shore announced their long-anticipated headliners and lineup for their event on the evening of Saturday, June 3 for the Pittsburgh Pride weekend of events. Co-headlining the main stage at Stage AE will be award-winning performers ...

We are excited to announce that the publication of QBurgh’s annual print issue, the Pittsburgh Pride Guide, is coming soon. Last year’s inaugural issue featured 80 pages highlighting local community volunteers, spotlighted community organizations and resources, covered the hottest topics ...

You could say Billy Porter was born to play just about all of his roles. This, of course, is true of his portrayal of Pray Tell, the actor’s Emmy Award-winning part on “Pose,” and his star-making, Tony Award-winning role in ...

Pittsburgh’s Steel City Softball League has rejoined the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA). League treasurer Bobby Angelo attended the NAGAAA Winter Meeting in Minneapolis from January 28 and 29 to present and petition for membership in the alliance. ...

Following in her father’s footsteps, Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the new governor of Arkansas. Which really sucks for the people of Arkansas and isn’t good for the rest of the country, either. You’ll remember that her dad, Mike Huckabee, was ...

From Paris, Texas to the Paris of Appalachia, drag legend Shangela is bringing her Fully Lit Tour to Pittsburgh on Saturday, February 4. Shangela’s first solo tour in the United States, which will play at the Carnegie of Homestead Music ...

It was Bear Night down at P Town on Saturday, January 28 hosted by Anita Coxx celebrating all things bears, otters, and pups. Bear Night is a monthly event every fourth Saturday at P Town. Cover charge proceeds benefitted Central ...

With a packed crowd on a rainy and cloudy Sunday night in Pittsburgh, the Blue Moon Bar in Lawrenceville shone as bright as the sun as Akasha L. Van-Cartier was crowned Miss Blue Moon 2023. Akasha is the first person ...

The same music industry that initially embraced D. Smith when she was presenting as a man turned against her when she transitioned. She lost her house, her car and her music studio. This was 2014, the year Smith, who has ...

Republican Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano plans to introduce legislation that would ban drag shows on public property or in areas where minors could see, effectively banning Pride events across Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh Pride. In a memo published Tuesday, Mastriano ...

Arizona starts the year off right by protecting children from lace front wigs, stoned tights and faces beat for the gods! The list of threats to children in the United States is very long. Off the top of my head ...

During the Mid-Atlantic Leather weekend in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh’s Daniel DeLuca captured the title of Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2023 continuing a tradition of Pittsburgh being the City of Leather Champions. Mid-Atlantic Leather (MAL) Weekend is hosted annually by the Centaur ...

Registration has opened for the 2023 Pittsburgh Pride March and Parade on Saturday, June 3. This year’s march features a new route through the historically LGBTQ district along Liberty Avenue and the much-asked-for return of vehicles and floats. The new ...

“Be Gay [Do Crime]” hits the stage Friday, February 10th in the Funhouse at Mr. Smalls Theatre with shade, stunts, and shenanigans all for an 18 and over crowd. Hosted by Miss Demeanor and music by DJ Nick @ Nite, ...

I don’t have time or patience for conspiracy theorists. Especially not ones who use their convoluted logic to further a right-wing agenda, something we’ve all had a front row seat to lately. The 2020 election, clearly and definitively won by ...

This one went a little under the radar, and that’s to be expected from M. Night Shyamalan, whose twist-filled movies reward going in fresh, but his latest, “Knock at The Cabin,” is among 2023’s first queer-themed film releases, and worth ...

For MLK Day of Service, the Stonewall Alliance and Gay 4 Good Pittsburgh volunteered at the QMNTY Center on the North Side to sort donations, touch up painted walls, and decorate the new center. ...

G2H2 Pittsburgh held its first happy hour of 2023 at Sienna Mercato downtown on Friday. You can learn more about G2H2 Pittsburgh on their Facebook page. Photos by G Michael Beigay. ...

The Steel City Stonewall Democrats held their annual Snowball gala on Friday evening, this year with a masquerade theme at the Hosanna House. Four awards were given out to community members for their work advancing causes of the LGBTQ Community ...

Governor-Elect Shapiro announced the appointment of the first out member of his cabinet Monday with the designation of Neil Weaver to serve as Secretary of Administration. Neil Weaver, who currently serves as Acting Secretary at the Department of Community and ...

Happy New Year everybody! Except for people who made it their life’s goal to attack LGBTQ+ people. I hope your New Year sucks. 2022 was much better than the two years before it (I know, it’s a low bar). We ...

Glitz, glam and, oh, just the small matter of changing hearts and minds. That’s a tall order for anyone, and the basic setup of every episode of the HBO show “We’re Here.” But of course, once again in Season 3, ...

Allegheny County Council At-Large candidate Joanna Doven today announced via her campaign Twitter account the support of former Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh president Gary Van Horn. Earlier this week QBurgh raised questions about Doven for a history of posting anti-trans, ...

Wouldn’t it be nice if anytime you felt a bit low or bored or just need some advice, someone would just appear to you? Someone you can talk to. Someone who can make you laugh or entertain you in some ...

Updated January 8, 2023, at 6:20 AM. Update: Joanna Doven responded to her history of anti-trans, racist, and pro-Republican comments coming to light through her campaign Twitter account Saturday with a 25-tweet-long thread. Doven accused QBurgh and others of committing ...

Transitioning from one gender to another can be a laborious and labyrinthian process. Trusting professionals to help a person through their journey can be harrowing. It can literally and figuratively become a big, hairy deal. Jamie Ober, CPE and her ...

Daniel Craig is back onscreen in Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” and just in case you haven’t paid attention to the finer details of this sequel, his detective character Benoit Blanc is now openly gay. So let’s ...

At noon today in Harrisburg, La’Tasha Mayes (D – Morningside) was sworn in as State Representative for Pennsylvania State House District 24 which includes parts of the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of the Hill District, Oakland, Bloomfield, Morningside, Highland Park, East Liberty, ...

On Cole Escola’s Instagram page, the 36-year-old nonbinary comedian and actor describes themself as “One of Grindr’s Fresh Faces.” That’s true, of course, on and off gay social apps. Escola, who continues their ascension in film and TV, is known ...

With a New Year brings new hope. And we need it after three years of Covid, political madness, and hate. Finding hope brings up the old debate: is the glass half filled or half empty? I’d like to believe that ...

2022 was a mixture of great successes and many setbacks for the LGBTQ Community of Pittsburgh, the state, and nationwide. Politically and electorally LGBTQ candidates succeeded in making history while legislators attacked our community with book bans, “Don’t Say Gay” ...

In our recent analysis of the National Crime Victimization Survey, we found that the odds of being a violent hate crime victim for LGBTQ people was nine times greater than it was for cisgender and straight people from 2017 to 2019. There were ...

You know what the scariest thing about drag queen story hour is? The part where hooded men wearing body armor show up with assault rifles. That’s what happened at a holiday themed storytelling event featuring drag queens on Dec. 3 ...

This is Ben Aldridge’s moment, and that’s no spoiler alert. The Los Angeles Times already made that call in a recent profile of the 37-year-old English actor, writing that Aldridge is “on the cusp of stardom.” And so it seems, ...

What would the end of the year be without a look back at the best and worst of our community in 2022? Let’s make one thing clear: I am completely biased. With well over 40 years of community service, I’ve ...