Jeffrey Wheeler had always dreamed of opening his own bar. As a certified bartender with eleven years of experience managing the now-legendary Pegasus Lounge, it seemed like a natural progression, despite the fact that he didn’t really have the money ...
The ghost of Kevin Spacey haunts this room. Actually, it’s the ghost of a rich, gay antiques dealer and preservationist, Jim Williams, whom Spacey portrayed in the 1997 film “Midnight In the Garden of Good And Evil,” although the latter ...
Finding the best wax formula for your cropped lid isn’t the stuff nightmares are made of. Actually, once you know the ins and outs of what hair groomer is best for you it’s a “boo-tiful” thing! First, there are basically ...
With Pittsburghers gearing up to cast their votes for a new mayor in what could be a historic election, Judge Maria McLaughlin urges voters not to ignore the top of the ticket as it is yet another chance to make ...
Cassandra Peterson, famously known as pop culture Halloween icon Elvira, isn’t scared anymore — at least not when it comes to saying that, yes, she’s a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Peterson came out in September in her new tell-all ...
If you’ve been to the store lately you probably have noticed that things are… missing. There are empty spots on the shelves and people are saying “supply chain” a lot. Who is to blame? Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Or, more ...
Friday, October 22 — TransYOUniting held their protest against the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh’s pending trademarks for “Pittsburgh Pride” and “Pittsburgh Pridefest.” The location – outside of the Persad Center in Lawrenceville – was announced by Dena Stanley, CEO of ...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month began in October 1985 as a partnership between the American Cancer Society and pharmaceutical corporation Imperial Chemical Industries. Betty Ford, the former First Lady and wife of former President Gerald Ford, survived breast cancer and used ...
Syphilis is a common, treatable sexually transmitted infection. The infection can often be recognized by the appearance of an open ulcerative sore known as a chancre on the genitals, mouth, anus, or rectum. Symptoms of syphilis are categorized by stages ...
Civil Rights Movement hero Bayard Rustin gets biopic with Colman Domingo Bayard Rustin, one of the organizers of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington, was less often a public figure due to being openly gay at a ...
25 years after the original premiered, we have been gifted with the trailer for Scream, the fifth movie in the franchise of the same name. It promises more of what we’ve come to expect from those movies: Sidney Prescott(Neve Campbell), ...
Dr. Rachel Levine has made history again today becoming the first transgender four-star officer in any of the United States eight uniformed services. On Tuesday, the former Pennsylvania Secretary of Health and current assistant secretary of Health for the United ...
On November 2nd, voters across Pennsylvania have the opportunity to elect new judges, county executives, mayors, school board members, and dozens of other local officials. It’s going to be a crowded ballot, but one race stands out. Who we choose ...
On the front lawn, my mom popped open the large jack o’ lantern light like an umbrella. I ran out in my socks and helped add stakes to keep it from flying away as she added the final touch—a screeching ...
You can’t keep Shangela Laquifa Wadley down. Seriously, she came back to “RuPaul’s Drag Race” three times. And now, along with co-stars Bob the Drag Queen and Eureka O’Hara, she’s back for Season 2 of HBO’s “We’re Here.” Even when ...
Dear Readers, I am not filth. And neither are you. This isn’t something that I should have to declare. But readers of this column know that there are people who don’t think LGBTQ+ people are human. Far too many are ...
Get ready to Celebrate Friendsgiving with the Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation. The Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation announced the return for the upcoming holiday season of their Rainbow Turkey Bags. Returning for its second year, the foundation will be preparing holiday ...
On Thursday, Superior Court Judge Maria McLaughlin’s campaign for Supreme Court announced a slate of endorsements from thirty-four LGBTQ elected officials and community leaders. This is the latest show of strong support for McLaughlin, who has spent the past year ...
Central Outreach Wellness Center this morning hosted a ribbon tying ceremony for the grand opening of their new Central Outreach Washington medical clinic in Washington County. Keynote speaker Councilwoman Rosemary Ketchum made remarks, along with Central Outreach founder Dr. Stacy ...
On Monday, QBurgh celebrated one year of serving the LGBTQ Community of Pittsburgh with an exhibit opening and panel discussion at the Point Park University Center for Media Innovation. City Council President Theresa Kail-Smith presented a proclamation declaring October 11, ...
When we were all in grade school, specific vaccines allowed for us to be a part of a larger group and ensure general safety when it came to being in close contact with others. Or in case of an emergency, ...
The year was 1996. Jerry Maguire was out in theatres, bangs were in, and my life was about to change…or shall I say, begin. I was just starting my first year of art school and had an on-again, off-again boyfriend. ...
On Thursday, Luna Skye celebrated her birthday bash at Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale with Akeria Davenport and Kennedy Davenport from “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Happy birthday, Luna! All photos by G. Michael Beigay. ...
It’s the end of an era. A very harmful and stupid era. Pat Robertson is stepping down from “The 700 Club.” It’s tempting to write Falwell off as an old man yelling at clouds. He’s basically a caricature of a ...
Republished from our partners at the Philadelphia Gay News where this story first appeared. “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” the 1994 policy that barred openly LGBTQ people from serving in the military, officially ended on September 20, 2011. For tens of thousands ...
‘BROS’ Will Be (All Queer) Bros After two years of development, the long-awaited Judd Apatow-produced rom-com starring and co-written by Billy Eichner finally has a title and a preliminary cast. It’s going to be called “BROS,” and its leads, Eichner ...
tw: mention of conversion therapy and rape. I am just asexual. I have never experienced sexual attraction. I’ve never felt drawn to anyone’s body, never wanted to undress them and touch their bare skin. I’ve never had a crush. I’ve ...
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) is not going to save us. I know it’s all the rage to point to her as the one reasonably sane Republican in a sea of seditious liars, but it’s just not that simple. First ...
Reel Q, Pittsburgh’s longest-running and only LGBTQ+ film festival, is back for its 36th season in a new and exciting location: your home. That’s right, you will be able to enjoy the best of Queer cinema in Pittsburgh online and ...
Pittsburgh City Paper today released the results of their “Best of Pittsburgh” readers’ poll and the LGBTQ Community showed up — winning or placing in over 20 categories with over 610,000 votes cast. Congratulations to all the winners. View the ...
Listen up! This is an important one! We have Dr. Stacy Lane from Central Outreach Wellness Center as our guest this month and she’s talking with us about the culturally competent health and wellness services available for the LGBTQ Community ...
Halle Berry fights The Moon for Roland Emmerich In the future when historical revisionists try to tell you that queer filmmakers made queer films, you will remember this cultural moment and remind them that no, in fact, all queer filmmakers ...
On Tuesday, QBurgh LLC, the publishing company of QBurgh.com, filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office a request for an extension of time and registered its intent to oppose the trademark application for “Pittsburgh Pride” by the Delta ...
On Saturday during Pittsburgh Leather Pride weekend, a new Mr. Pittsburgh Leather Bear and the first-ever Iron City Pup were crowned. Mr. Pittsburgh Leather Bear 2021 is Max and Iron City Pup 2021 is Chaser. After missing a year due ...
OUTrageous Bingo is back in full force after a year and a half hiatus. This longtime Pittsburgh tradition returned again for its second month on Saturday evening. It was great to see old faces mixed in with a lot of new ...
On the heels of his Oscar-nominated role as Jack Hock in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” alongside Melissa McCarthy, actor Richard E. Grant takes on another aging gay man who embodies AIDS-era homosexuality. This time, though, the British actor’s character, ...
Do you remember that scene in “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” when Pee-wee Herman and Francis, in an argument about Pee-wee’s bike, end up insulting each other and then shouting, “I know you are, but what am I?” over and over? That’s ...
Hey QBurgh’rs Marlee Matlin’s new flick CODA is getting so much buzz but what I’ve decided we really want to know is: Marlee, when did you start wearing makeup? Were you gunning for glam or just meh? Marlee Matlin: I ...
Billy Porter and Gabrielle Union get ‘Real’ Billy Porter and Gabrielle Union are about to bring you a queer teen high school comedy. The “Pose” star recently finished directing his first feature film – the forthcoming “What If?” – and ...
According to the Pittsburgh City Paper, last year the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh submitted two applications to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: one for “Pittsburgh Pride” and another for “Pittsburgh Pridefest.” What’s odd is that these applications were filed ...
Aretha Franklin’s journey to self-discovery is seen through the lens of openly lesbian screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson in “Respect,” the biopic starring Jennifer Hudson as Detroit’s own Queen of Soul. In director Liesl Tommy’s film, Wilson focuses on Franklin’s tumultuous ...
There are two things I need to say right up front. One, getting a COVID-19 vaccine is a safe and effective way to prevent yourself and others from getting really sick and possibly dying. Two, no good conversation ever starts ...
HIV stigma has long been acknowledged for alienating and pushing people living with HIV (PLWH) out of care retention. As Donja R. Love, the award-winning, Afro-Queer playwright who is living with HIV, recently revealed to TheBody in an interview about ...
Another rotten week in paradise with ‘The White Lotus’ We watched “The White Lotus.” You watched “The White Lotus.” All queers watched “The White Lotus.” (Note: we realize this is false, but we’re trying to make it a thing.) And ...
Many parents want to ensure that their kids are in classrooms where they and their families are respected and embraced. However, as a psychologist and researcher who has studied LGBTQ parents’ relationships with schools for over a decade, I have found that LGBTQ parents ...
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for! The Pfizer vaccine has been officially FDA approved. Finally, those completely reasonable and rational people who’ve been refusing to get the shot until it was upgraded from “emergency use authorization” to “full ...
C.J. Mitchell spent the first twenty years of his life in what he describes as an “amazing musical boot camp,” performing at church in Bluefield, West Virginia. Playing several instruments, singing different parts, writing songs for the choir, and even ...
I read Steven Rowley’s third novel “The Guncle” with my 8-year-old niece in mind. After all, his book makes a case for how parenting extends beyond a child’s actual parents. Uncles, aunts, friends, grandma, grandpa, babysitters: “It takes a village,” ...
The Silk Worm Zine is a project of Project Silk. Project Silk is an HIV prevention program for LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults of color. They service ages 13-29 and provide free and confidential testing for HIV and STI’s, linkages to ...