The team at Metro Community Health Center has one focus – the care of their patients. The organization was founded in 1999, then called the Metro Family Practice. At the start, Metro was made up of family doctors affiliated with ...
The LGBTQ community is in serious danger, and we as a community should begin to take note. While those of us in urban centers and in strongly blue states might feel better about our position in society and in politics, ...
With Pride month now ended and the celebrations of 50 years of LGBTQ liberation in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania concluded, let’s take a look back on how Pittsburgh Pride has grown and changed over those 50 years. 1973 Pittsburgh’s first ...
Just because June is over doesn’t mean there aren’t more queer things to do this Summer! ...
The US Supreme Court today issued a ruling granting businesses the authority to refuse service to LGBTQ+ customers. This decision, which has sparked significant controversy, raises concerns about equal rights and discrimination. The court’s decision comes as a result of ...
My music of choice is heavy metal. I love it. I buy the music, the merch, and I go to shows. I support the art I love, and it brings me a lot of joy. The metal world is very ...
For Pride Month, Netflix delivers some queer history you might not have known about. A century ago, the Berlin night club Eldorado was a hub of the German city’s queer life, and people from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum gathered there ...
This past weekend was packed with even more Pride events! Millvale Pride Crafton Pride State Representative Jessica Benham’s Pride Brunch ...
Listening to his new album, you wouldn’t know Jake Shears went through a pandemic breakup. After all, he doesn’t process his personal hardships through his music, Shears admitted to me during our recent interview. And so “Last Man Dancing,” his ...
Dormont Arts and the LGBTQ Community Committee of the Dormont CDC held their second annual Dormont Spark/Pride this weekend along Potomac Avenue in Dormont. Moonlit Burgers was the title sponsor of the event. With performances by Feralcat & the Wild, ...
In 2008, Mike Marisco and Adam Knoerzer met on the ice. The two cis-gender gay men were both living in New York City and playing hockey with the New York City Gay Hockey Association (NYCGHA), an adult league for LGBTQ+ ...
Superman has a boyfriend! Superman’s son, Jon Kent/Kal-El, grabbed a sleek, updated version of his father’s costume and began fighting crime. He took his father’s mantle when Clark Kent, the original GOAT, was presumed dead in a space battle. On ...
30 more events to celebrate Pride this weekend! Be aware that outside events may have weather contingencies for inclement weather. ...
Picture this – you’re out on a dinner date, and your date holds the door for you; they pull out your chair, they take your coat, and most importantly – they pay the bill (in this economy, yes!). They drive ...
Stonewall Sports Pittsburgh Kickball concluded their summer season this past weekend. Congratulations to competitive champions 100% That Pitch and recreational champions Field of Queens. ...
Stonewall Sports isn’t the only game in town. There are the Steel City leagues, softball and volleyball and more. The Steel City Softball League began in 1981 and remains the longest-running LGBTQ+ sports organizations in the Pittsburgh area. The league ...
Lebo Pride held their second annual Pride in Mt. Lebanon this past Saturday in Mt. Lebanon Park featuring yoga, musical performances including the Renaissance City Choir, drag story time with Akasha L. Van-Cartier, and more. Photos by Amanda Cetorelli. ...
Emerging pop artist Jordy challenged himself on his recent tour and failed. The challenge? “I tried getting through the whole tour with one manicure,” he says. “I got almost to the end of it, but I was like, ‘I need ...
Greetings from the afterlife! What? Are you wondering why I would say something like that? Well, since I’m many years past the age of 30, many younger queers don’t think I matter anymore. I’m looked down upon as obsolete, irrelevant, ...
We should fight for the rights of transgender people because it is the right thing to do and because trans rights, like Black rights, queer rights, and HIV rights are human rights — point blank, period. I recently spelled that ...
In an era when books by or about LGBTQ+ people are being taken off library shelves and banned in grade schools, there’s never been a more important time to support queer literature. Remember: Representation not only matters, it saves lives. ...
It was the second annual Washington PA Pride this past weekend and it was even bigger than last year! ...
Things are getting sporty in Pittsburgh. The Stonewall Sports franchise – and its parent organization, Stonewall Alliance – is sweeping through the LGBTQ+ community all over Allegheny County. They have a host of games and activities to keep everyone engaged, ...
Gender affirming care is something that non-trans people may not be familiar with, but for those in the trans community it can be life-saving. Missouri’s Attorney Governor recently established an emergency rule that makes gender affirming care unavailable to certain ...
Stonewall Kickball Pittsburgh held its inaugural paw pageant hosted by Akasha L. Van Cartier. League members’ dogs walked the red carpet runway for four prizes. The event raised a total donation of $1,500 for FurKid Rescue. Kai’s Creations was also ...
A new community center on the North Side is run by queer people for queer people. The QMNTY Center (pronounced Community) is run by local LGBTQIA+ organizations Proud Haven and TransYOUniting. Proud Haven’s Lyndsey Sickler shared that the center emerged ...
It was a sold-out drag brunch at Voodoo Brewery Homestead. Hosted by Danielle Attme and featuring Alora Chateaux, Eden Ivy, Glitter Devil, Lady Inferno, and Jade Uzu Maki. Earlier in the week the scheduled drag show made waves across social ...
Pride Month, for members of the LGBTQIA+ community in Pittsburgh, signals the unofficial start of the Summer season, with events lasting all month long. The young, wild and free come out in full force to celebrate, and to most, nothing ...
Imagine a space filled with women; all dancing, laughing, conversing. These women are lesbians, so lots of conversing I might add. A place where even for only a few hours, everyone feels safe and free to be themselves. This is ...
iCandy Pittsburgh hosted a Disco Revolution party at P Town during Pittsburgh Pride weekend featuring DANCING QUEEN, Pittsburgh’s hottest 70’s and 80’s disco, funk and dance band out on the P Town breezeway. Photos by Mara Rago. ...
Updated June 15, 2023, at 9:07 am. Southern Tier Brewing Co. Pittsburgh updated their statement Wednesday afternoon indicating where their donations will be sent. “This past Sunday’s sales will be donated to the Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation. We will also ...
5801 Video Lounge in Shadyside hosted a Pride street festival Sunday evening to close out Pride weekend featuring Jan Sport of RuPaul’s Drag Race and All-Stars. Hosted by Leia Way LeStat and featuring performances by Dixie Surewood, Venus Doom, Scarlet ...
You didn’t think Pride was over did you? Here are 30 more Pride events happening this weekend! ...
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 ...