Today, I’m going to teach you everything you need to know about making the perfect buttery flaky pie crust. This is the one and only pie crust recipe I use. Old-fashioned inspired, yet never out of style. Wins my heart every ...

Our friends at Trans YOUniting in partnership with the Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation, TransPride Pittsburgh and True T PGH are working hard to ensure that every one in the LGBTQ Community of Pittsburgh can celebrate Thanksgiving with a hot meal. ...

Fried Green Tomatoes, but with lesbians – and Reba – this time? In the early ’90s, when Fannie Flagg’s novel, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café was adapted to the big screen as Fried Green Tomatoes, the book’s ...

Last week felt like an eternity! I don’t know about you but every day from Wednesday through Saturday just felt so overwhelmingly anxious. I’m certainly relived and I hope you are too! Let’s take a moment to celebrate something extraordinary ...

Thanksgiving is nearly here and I’m counting my blessings. I know what you’re thinking: “It’s 2020 and it’s going to be a tough year to muster up some gratitude,” except you’re probably not some geek who uses the word ‘muster’ ...

You’ve probably heard by now but today is Election Day and it is quite possibly the most important election of our lifetimes. Especially if you are part of the LGBTQ Community. Troy from the Obama ’08 and ’12 campaigns laid ...

The Reel Q 35 Annual Film Festival concluded with a drive-in screening of “Hellbent” at the Central Outreach Wellness Center on the North Side. The screening featured food trucks, drag shows, giveaways and more. ...

And just like that spoopy season is over and its the mad dash to Christmas! If that’s your thing, great!… But in the mean time there are 20 great LGBTQ events in store for you this November. Every Saturday @ ...

Pumpkin pie — that most quintessential of holiday desserts. Here’s my own favorite take on pumpkin pie — one that skips the sometimes-finicky, sometimes-soggy pie crust for one made from crispy honey graham crackers. Add a heaping spoonful of ground ginger ...

Things are going to be spoopy this weekend with costume parties, prizes and special guests! Be sure to always follow the guidelines of the event or venue for COVID-19! It’s for your and everyone’s health and safety! Have a spooky ...

It was a dark and stormy October night when the Ls, the Gs, the Bs, the Ts, and the Qs decided to step out of their homes and gather for a hot and steamy Halloween bash. The DJ was playing ...

Trump is not an LGBTQ ally, he is our worst nightmare In 2016, candidate Donald Trump held up a pride flag and excited some queer conservatives by uttering the term “LGBTQ.” However, as president he went on to amass the ...

Today is the last day that you can request a mail-in ballot for the November 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania. Your request for a mail-in ballot must be received by 5:00 PM. You can request your mail-in ballot here. The ...

Welcome to the OWL. OWL is an acronym for Older Wiser Lesbians. Each month, we will present perspectives from the OWL’s eye view. OWLs have great wisdom. An OWL inspires you to look at situations with a keen eye.  As ...

Boys In The Band star Robin de Jesús goes Boom What we love most in this life is a real queen, someone whose flashing discoball personality you can feel from miles away. And if you watched the recent Netflix update ...

On Thursday, the Sharpsburg Borough Council voted down a proposed ordinance to form a Human Relations Commission and add protections for LGBTQ residents from discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations. The measure failed by a vote of 4 to ...

I am not a man. I am something that you’ll never understand. Prince According to Google Trends, the word ‘nonbinary’ is searched for about 100 times more frequently than it was in 2004. More and more people are curious about ...

Musical support, opening of new spaces, hikes in nature, drag shows, virtual shows and a chance to volunteer to give back to the community are just some of the many things happening this weekend for the LGBTQ Community. Virtual Music ...

Central Outreach Wellness Center wants you to know that syphilis is on the rise in our area since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Allegheny County Health Department reports an increase in syphilis from January through August 2020. There ...

Gingerbread Cheesecake is the perfect marriage of the classic holiday gingerbread dessert and the always popular cheesecake. Gingerbread Cheesecake is creamy and tangy and full of warm holiday flavors that is the perfect ending to your favorite holiday meal. Gingerbread is one ...

“Clearly, I forgot to moisturize”… Kate Bush After a decades long break, singer Kate Bush joked with her live audience who hadn’t seen her in a while.  Funny, yes…but kind of true. If you want your skin to look great, ...

Today is the deadline to register to vote in the November 2020 Presidential election in Pennsylvania. If you are not yet registers, visit VotesPA.com to register to vote online. It takes only a few minutes. Registration must be received by ...

Summer is over. Temperatures are falling. The leaves are changing color. Pumpkin spice cold brews are flowing. You know what that means: it’s Spoopy Season! (Side note: Who coined that term? It sounds like a hate crime in itself.) Gays ...

On National Coming Out Day FaZe Clan’s Ewok came out as both trans and bisexual. The 15-year old professional Fortnite player made the announcement on Twitter saying: “I want to be open about it and educate people but feel comfortable ...

From Zoom hangouts, witches, drag shows and a drive-in to the first gay slasher movie, this weekend is jam packed with “can’t miss” events. All socially distanced and safe. Remember, please always follow the guidelines of the event or establishment ...

This simple pumpkin bundt cake might look just like a real pumpkin but don’t forget, it tastes amazing too! A moist chocolate bundt cake loaded and filled with orange zested buttercream frosting for a burst of scrumptious flavor! Now I know ...

I’ll admit it. I was naïve at first. At the beginning of this year, I was living like 2020 was going to be my year. I was booking gigs and taking names. I was enjoying nights in with my actual ...

Reel Q, Pittsburgh’s premier LGBTQ film festival, celebrates a milestone with a plethora of diverse, wide-ranging films about the Queer experience from documentaries about foreign cultures to a West Hollywood Halloween horror film. The 35th Annual Reel Q Festival began ...

The Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation announced that they have launched the Building Equitable Solutions to Improve Emotional Environments (B.E.S.T.I.E.E.) Project, a three-year project to support LGBTQIA+ youth. B.E.S.T.I.E.E. will provide supportive strategies and solutions to address suicide, substance use, sexual ...

The Reel Q Festival screened the Pittsburgh premiere of “The Rehabilitation of the Hill,” written and directed by Demetrius Wren. “Rehabilitation of the Hill” follows two quirky, headstrong women from opposing backgrounds, Kelly (Christina Wren, “Man of Steel” and “Batman ...

Proud Haven, the safe shelter for LGBTQ youth, has launched a “Stairway to Haven” fundraiser to secure the funds for the three bedroom apartment above their space on the North Side. The space will be used for short term emergency ...

2020 has been a tumultuous year of change that no one could have predicted. We all experienced it. Everything closed for months. Many people lost jobs. Those who were fortunate to keep their jobs found themselves working from home. You ...

Dearest Community – Welcome to QBurgh! This is such a proud moment for us.   It’s been hard to believe that our Community has been without an LGBTQ publication for all of these years.  There is such a need for QBurgh.  ...

My coming out story is a very Pittsburgh story. I had all of my firsts here: My first kiss (he had bad breath), the first time I asked a boy to dance (Rockwell’s “Somebody is watching me” of all things), ...

We are excited to bring you the next chapter for Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ Community. Thank you for visiting what we know will be an important source of online information for the LGBTQ Community of Pittsburgh delivered to you by and for ...

It comes as no surprise to members of the LGBTQ Community of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania that our region and state aren’t always the most inclusive to our rainbow families. In fact, while we have sexual orientation and gender identity ...

With COVID-19 effecting so much of our lives this year its hard to keep track of our favorite haunts and if they’re opened, closed or on an adjusted schedule and what you can or cannot do when there. We’ve put ...

It may only be Thursday but get ready for this weekend because your phones will be blowing up starting tomorrow with all the digital events on tap. Reel Q Film Festival The 35th Reel Q Film Festival kicks it off ...

This fudgy and delicious brownie recipe comes together in one bowl in just a few minutes! With crispy edges, fudgy middle, and a rich chocolate flavor, these homemade spooky brownies will disappear in no time! Now I know homemade baking can ...

If you thought Marriage Equality was the settled law of the land, you might want to think again. In a surprising opinion issued entirely voluntarily yesterday by the two longest-serving conservative Justices of the Supreme Court, Justices Thomas Alito and ...

The POC and TLGBQ communities of Pittsburgh have been leading the fight for trans and racial equality all summer. The great work of Trans Youniting continues every Thursday until Election Day with Trans Visibility Thursdays at 6:00 PM at 414 ...

“The Witch is back! And there’s hell to pay!” Well, at least if Bette Midler can have her way with the forth coming sequel being produced for Disney+. Bette Midler sat down with Entertainment Tonight earlier this week and discussed ...

From Reel Q’s stovetop popcorn to pierogies, soups, breads and more the PGH Equality Center’s 2020 Cookbook is by and for the queer community of Pittsburgh. The cookbook features a forward by Amy Raimondi, a local LGBTQ-friendly nutritionist about the ...

October has a lot of queer events and festivities for you to enjoy even if we can’t celebrate the spookiest holiday, Halloween, exactly like we usually do. The three biggest are the TransPride Pittsburgh Health & Wellness Conference, the 35th ...

This Caramel Apple Cheesecake recipe is the perfect apple dessert for any Autumn weekend! It’s full of spice, apples, caramel sauce and is absolutely delicious! It’s packed full and you’ll never need another Caramel Apple Cheesecake recipe! This Caramel Apple Cheesecake will make ...

Like so many events this year, the annual World AIDS Day commemoration hosted by the Pitt Men’s Study is going virtual. The Pitt Men’s Study will be putting together online presentations and activities including the traditional Circle of Love to ...

The Human Rights Campaign issued the following statement on Friday about the nomination of Amy Coney Barret by Donald Trump to fill the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court of the United Sates: “Today, the Human Rights ...

Two years ago the FBI approached Pittsburgh based law firm K&L Gates to form a first-of-its-kind partnership to help combat LGBTQ human trafficking in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, reports the Lawyers Journal. “The FBI approached us because of our positive ...

The 2020 Allies for Health + Wellbeing Ball: Rebel Revel is now live! Hosts Natalie Bencivenga, Marti G. Cummings, and Miracle Jones will guide and entertain viewers throughout the evening. During the show, Allies will present the 2020 Kerry Stoner ...