Are you looking for something creative for your Teens and even Adults 19+ years young? Great news! There are some workshops happening here soon that might be interested in attending. We Are Stardust is a workshop that celebrates the wisdom ...
I am sure by now you have heard the devastating news about Brett Kavanaugh, credibly-accused sexual assaulter/Supreme Court Justice/man who likes beer. It’s hard for me to even write this. But you need to hear it. On July 6, Kavanaugh ...
PFLAG Pittsburgh has announced a return to in-person monthly meetings for the first time since before the pandemic. The meetings will be held the second Sunday of each month at the new Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation in East Liberty. Their ...
“What we’re seeing right now with the [U.S.] Supreme Court is what happens when people don’t pay attention, when they don’t vote, or when they achieve a victory then walk away,” Jim Obergefell told the Pennsylvania Capital-Star by phone last ...
Central Outreach Wellness Center has officially received the monkeypox vaccine, called JYNNEOS, from the Strategic National Stockpile. Central Outreach will offer the vaccine to people who have been confirmed exposed to monkeypox by the health department or are suspected to have ...
Pittsburgh Black Pride commemorates 27 years with a series of events which includes a concert with Mýa. The celebration kicks off at 5801 on Thursday, July 28, with the concert at the August Wilson Center on Friday, July 29 and ...
No matter what Republicans tell you, there’s never a bad time to get lost in a queer book. But now just happens to be a really good time to do so as parents pressure administrators to ban books with LGBTQ+ ...
The legendary gay Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar made a stunning short film during 2020’s lockdown, “The Human Voice,” with Tilda Swinton, and it was as deliriously gorgeous and satisfying as any of his full-length features. So why not another one? ...
Well, this sucks. Even when you know something terrible is coming, you’re never quite prepared for the moment it happens. And yet here we are: The United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24. Pregnant people no ...
As promised, Governor Tom Wolf (D) has vetoed anti-trans state house bill 972. The bill, dubbed the “Protect Women’s Sports Act” would have banned transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ and women’s school sports in Pennsylvania. “I have ...
Updated July 13, 2022 at 10:08 AM When local community organizer La’Tasha Mayes was asked how her life has been since announcing her run for State Representative, she responded with a laugh and “You got enough time?” Mayes announced her ...
By now we’ve all heard the statistics: 50% of people living with HIV (PLWH) are overthe age of 50, and by 2030 it will be 70%. When we talk about HIV and aging it always tends to sound like a ...
I woke up this morning with TLC’s “No Scrubs” stuck in my head, that anthem lambasting “deadbeat ass” men. And then I open my computer to read an article about the Texas Republican Party adopting their most anti-LGBTQ+ platform yet, ...
Once upon a time, in a not-so-faraway land, an eclectic assortment of fairies, bears, and other magical folk gathered for a musical celebration… it was Pride month karaoke night at P-Town Bar. A young man stepped up to the microphone ...
Congratulations to Rebel Wilson, who has come out as queer — no thanks to The Sydney Morning Herald, the paper that that gave her an ultimatum before trying to out her — and is currently part of a project that’s ...
We don’t stop just because June is over! Here’s whats queer and going on in July: ...
As Pride Month comes to a close let’s take a look back on some of the events that took place celebrating the LGBTQ+ Community of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. Billy Porter jumped on stage at Pride on the Shore, June ...
With monkeypox cases exceeding 300 in the United States, the first case has been confirmed in Pittsburgh. A patient whose primary care physician is Central Outreach Wellness Center received testing for monkeypox, and the Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed the ...
Pride Month is nearly over, and what a month it has been so far. It’s awesome to see photos from the many Pride events and marches across the country and the world. It is NOT so awesome to see photos ...
In a proclamation sponsored by Pittsburgh City Councilman Bruce Kraus and the entirety of Pittsburgh City Council, June 2022 has been declared “Pride Month” in the City of Pittsburgh. Full text of the proclamation: WHEREAS, in the early hours of ...
In the early morning hours of Saturday, June 28, 1969, the spark that ignited the LGBTQ rights movement and the annual Pride marches and celebrations was lit at the Stonewall Uprising. LGBTQ icons like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera ...
Pride 2022 came to a close with one final weekend of events to celebrate the people and places that make the LGBTQ Community of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania such a vibrant community. Even though Pride has come to a close, ...
Watch the Renaissance City Choir’s Pride 2022 Concert live: Please consider donating to the Renaissance City Choir here. ...
Jonathan Alexander is an English professor with a scholarly interest in the interplay between sexuality and literature and serves as the children’s and young adult fiction section editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books. Here is what he considers “must-read” young ...
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the constitutional right of women to choose abortion. Roe, and Casey after it, established a constitutional right to privacy. With the fall of Roe, any laws, legislation, and rulings built on ...
It’s the last weekend of June. You didn’t think the Pride celebrations were over yet did you? You’re going to be busy for one more weekend! Here’s how to close out Pride month in style! Friday, June 24 Pride Comedy ...
On Tuesday, the Education Committee of the Pennsylvania State Senate passed two anti-LGBTQ bills that community members and advocates are declaring worse than Florida’s notorious “Don’t Say Gay” laws. The bills, sponsored by State Senators Ryan Aument (R – Lancaster ...
May was Older Americans Month. The theme of this year’s observance was “Age My Way,” a phrase I continue to reflect upon as we find ourselves in the midst of Pride Month celebration activities. For LGBTQ older adults, ageism piles ...
For now, at least, it’s the end of “Venji.” Many watched Victor (Michael Cimino) and Benji (George Sear), the romantic heart of “Love, Victor,” to find a much-needed love rush amid pandemic weirdness. The series launched on Hulu in 2020, ...
Updated June 22, 2022, at 11:48 a.m. to clarify recipients of money raised at PNC Pride Night It was another jam-packed weekend of Pride events across Pittsburgh with the Pride Night at PNC Park, which raised money for Hugh Lane ...
Pride month may be coming to an end soon, but the celebrations are still going. Dormont Spark/Pride will take place on Saturday, June 25 in the “busy Potomac Avenue business district and will close the street from Belrose to West ...
QBurgh introduced the Pride Star Awards for Pride 2022 to celebrate the volunteers and community members that help make all of our organizations possible. The Pride Star Award is designed to acknowledge the many valuable contributions being made by our ...
We’re halfway through Pride Month and we aren’t done celebrating! Here’s how you can celebrate your Pride this weekend! Friday, June 17 Pride Night at PNC Park Game at 7:05 PM, happy hour at Mike’s Beer Bar 5:00 PM – ...
It’s June 16, 1972. Jane Fonda had a Best Actress Oscar at home. Watergate was just a condominium complex. Several East Coast states were cleaning up after Hurricane Agnes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was hovering in the 900s, and ...
For 20 years now, Focus Features has been distributing and funding queer-focused movies, marketing them successfully to a wide audience even early on. As a specialty distribution and production company responsible for works as disparate as “Beginners,” “Pariah” and “Brokeback ...
It feels like an eternity since I attended my first Pride parade. I remember it so vividly, yet it seems it was in another lifetime. So much has changed since then. Both in the world, and within myself. I was ...
Drawn by the talented Joe Wos, the Pittsburgh Pride maze is inspired by undeniably Pittsburgh imagery and iconography featuring a pegasus leaping over the fountain at the Point. Pegasus was the name of a long-time LGBTQ bar and night club ...
How are you doing? You doing OK? Because I’m not. I can’t stop thinking about Uvalde, a place I didn’t even know existed until May 24, a day that marked something shocking — but not at all surprising — in ...
It was another jam-packed weekend of Pride events across the region. See who was caught out and about: G2H2 June 2022 at 5801 Video Lounge Photos by G Michael Beigay. Washington, PA Pride Pride at Necromancer Brewing ...
Picture it… Pittsburgh, 2017 (the year the Delta Foundation sold the name of Pride to EQT), mid-June; it was the first sunny day in the city in almost three weeks. The boys were donning their glitter and gold in preparation ...
Pennsylvania State Senators Scott Martin (R – Lancaster County) and Ryan Aument (R – Lancaster County) announced last week, during Pride month, their intention to introduce a pair of bills as their version of the controversial and harmful Florida “Don’t ...
Today 6 years ago, a gunman entered the 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 ...
On February 14, 2022 history was made in the City of Pittsburgh when Maria Montaño became the first openly trans woman to serve as the City’s Press Secretary. She was appointed by Ed Gainey, Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor. Maria Montaño ...
Maybe Bowen Yang will just forever live the Fire Island fantasy wherever he is. Is that what happens when you make a movie in what many consider gay paradise? Who knows, but based on Yang’s attire on Zoom — a ...
Dear friends, Welcome to Pride 2022! Each year at this time, LGBTQ+ people, along with allies, come together to celebrate the beauty and diversity of this community. This year is made even more special by the fact that, for many, ...
Arcade Comedy Theater is kicking off its 9th annual Pride celebration with two headlining performances by Jess Salomon, a nationally-touring comedian and podcaster. Salomon, most recently seen on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon”, is bringing her signature blend of ...
Washington County will hold its first-ever in-person Pride this Saturday, June 11. The Pride event is aiming to be inclusive and open to everyone of all ages and is free to the public. Tyler Bogden, the co-chair of Washington Pride, ...
Netflix’s own current organizational woes aside, they just got something right. “Heartstopper,” the sweet British comedy-drama series, has everybody hooked. The coming-of-age story based on Alice Oseman’s graphic novel about two queer teenage boys (newcomers Kit Connor and Joe Locke), ...
GREETINGS: I’m honored to recognize our LGBTQIA+ community during this month-long celebration. I’m grateful for your vital role in Pennsylvania’s history, and for your efforts toward creating an inclusive and compassionate future for the commonwealth. During this important month and ...
With an official count of 12,000 marching in the Pittsburgh Pride march and parade on Saturday, June 4, and estimated crowds as high as 30,000 at events from Thursday through Sunday, Pittsburgh Pride weekend filled the region with rainbows and ...