The Pennsylvania Republican Party’s drama over Lt. Governor John Fetterman’s Pride and marijuana flags continued this week when officials removed the flags from his balcony at the Pennsylvania Capitol Building in Harrisburg. Unfortunately for the PA GOPers, the Lt. Governor ...
Following the historic nomination of Dr. Rachel Levine by the Biden Administration for Assistant Secretary of Health, hundreds of organizations across the United States have joined together to urge the U.S. Senate to swiftly confirm her to this position. More ...
We are pleased to introduce QWellness, a monthly LGBTQ+ Health and Wellness newsletter. We believe that there are two things that are vital to one’s wellbeing: Access to healthcare Access to information As leaders in those two respective fields, Central ...
Much to our dismay, we’ve all got a bit of a COVID denier living inside of us. There’s a small part of us that doesn’t care about guidelines or rules or others’ well-being. Sometimes it doesn’t even care about your ...
When it comes to safe sex, it is always best to proceed with caution. Sure, we have the essentials like condoms, lube and routine STD/STI screenings, but there is more to it than most know. Within the LGBTQ+ Community, many ...
Breaking Binary Presented by True T PGH. Starting Thursday, January 28th, bi-weekly through May 20th Breaking Binary explores what it means to be two-spirited while dismantling the social norms of traditional male versus female idealizations. Brewer’s Drag and Dine Fridays ...
PrEP2Me Queer health your way! No more office visits. No more uncomfortable interactions. PrEP2Me is a new at-home testing service powered by Central Outreach, bringing your healthcare needs directly to your doorstep! Central Outreach will deliver PrEP, HIV and STD ...
TransYouniting today launched the Pittsburgh Trans Defense Fund to purchase the supplies to put together an initial 65 free self-defense kits for Black and brown trans individuals in the Pittsburgh region. In 2019, the City of Pittsburgh’s Gender Equity Commission released ...
President Biden today followed through on his campaign promise to overturn the ban on transgender Americans serving in the military put in place by former President Trump. The ban had affected nearly 15,000 service members by discharging people for not ...
It all started with Rufus Wainwright in his bathrobe. The crooner, at the forefront of virtual pandemic performances in March 2020, performed a song a day at his home piano in the Hollywood Hills during his “Quarantunes Robe Recital” series ...
On Thursday, Republican Pennsylvania State Representative Jeff Pyle, who represents parts of Armstrong, Butler and Indiana Counties, posted a transphobic denigration of Biden Administration designate and former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine to his personal Facebook page. Now, the ...
This show-stopping blueberry swirl cheesecake needs to come with a warning label. Really, it does. Cheesecake so creamy, a graham cracker crust so buttery, and blueberry swirls so swirly. You will not be able to stop at one sliver. Dangerous, I tell ...
As video games grow in popularity, they have become more inclusive to reach a broader, diverse audience. There are now legions of LGBTQ gamers, known as Gaymers. Lifelong gaymer Alexa Loveridge said, “I’ve been gaming since I was five and ...
Dad jokes are flying in Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator. In the game, created by Leighton Gray and Vernon Shaw, your avatar is a widower and you and your teenage daughter Amanda move to the mythical town of Maple ...
I truly hope the door hits Trump in the ass on his way out. Hard. And all of his grifting family, too. As I write this it is Martin Luther King Jr. day. Lots of folks, including Republicans who have ...
President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in to office tomorrow at noon and he has selected our Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine to serve as his assistant secretary of Health. Dr. Levine will become the first openly transgender federal ...
In these times that can feel so tumultuous, frightening and dangerous for many in our LGBTQ Community, remember the words of the man we honor today: However dark it is, however deep the angry feelings are, and however violent explosions ...
Raven Goodwin to play Hattie McDaniel in Behind the Smile Trailblazing actress Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award for her portrayal of “Mammy” in the 1939 film Gone With the Wind, the first Black actor to do so. But her ...
Tis the season of love. Heart shaped cookies are a Valentines must. So get these on your list for that special someone – or for yourself (because when we make cookies for someone, aren’t we making them just as much for ...
Without any positive trans role models, Brian Michael Smith grew up in 1980s Michigan thinking a Black transman couldn’t be an actor. He wasn’t seeing himself on TV, or anywhere. But now and then, things change for the better. Today, ...
On Tuesday evening, Monessen City Council unanimously passed an LGBTQ inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance becoming the first municipality in Westmoreland County to pass such an ordinance, Monessen Mayor Matthew Shorraw announced late Tuesday while signing the bill into law. “I’m signing ...
2021 has not been going well and it’s Donald Trump’s fault. When Trump won the 2016 election there were a lot of people, myself included, who felt an unshakable sense of foreboding knowing that this didn’t start well, it isn’t ...
Nothing gives eyes ultimate pop like a coat — or five — of a good mascara. Darkening and thickening lashes is a great way to bring attention to your eyes. What’s also great is that amping up your lash line ...
In a video published by Central Outreach Wellness Center, Dr. Stacy Lane describes how she’s feeling the day after receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. “I’m sweaty, and hot, and all red.” the Doctor says in the video. “I’m feeling ok, ...
Join writer Erik Schuckers from the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Creativity for this FREE virtual nine-week workshop. Through readings, guided writing prompts, and workshop discussions, learn how to share your experiences through poetry and short nonfiction. We’ll meet twice ...
With the recent COVID-19 restrictions being lifted this past week, here’s what we know has reopened and how you can enjoy your favorite spots: Real Luck Cafe (Lucky’s) Lucky’s is open every day 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM, only the first ...
It’s over. 2020 has sashayed away. 2021 is finally here. But as expected, our lives did not drastically change when the clock struck midnight on January 1st. That song did play though. You know what song I’m talking about. That ...
Hello! It’s 2021 and everything is fine now! Ha, ha, just kidding. The dumpster fire rages on. Some things in 2021 are delightful, like that guy who made the music video about the broccoli casserole heist — if you don’t ...
Today at noon, Jessica Benham will be sworn into office as Pennsylvania State Representative for House District 36. She will make history as the first openly queer woman, as well as the first autistic person to win a representative seat. ...
The officers of the Steel City Bowling League announced another postponement to restarting the League this month. Citing the recent Pennsylvania mitigation measures and infection rates locally for COVID-19, the league will not restart in January but the officers are ...
With 2020 in the rear view mirror and many eager for things to do, here’s what’s queer and going on in January! Bars and restaurants are allowed to reopen tomorrow, January 4th. We’ll keep you updated on what’s open and ...
Brewer’s Hotel and Bar is kicking off the New Year with more generosity. On (re)opening day, Brewer’s will continue their holiday gift giveaway that they held on Christmas Day. Gifts and presents had been donated and collected all year long ...
Together Together hits Sundance with Patti Harrison and Tig Notaro Together Together, a new comedy making its debut at the 2021 very online Sundance Film Festival, is another push forward for trans actors. The movie’s co-star, comedian Patti Harrison (Shrill), ...
It’s over! It’s finally over! 2020 is finally behind us. To you and everyone in the LGBTQ Community, Happy New Year. Let’s work together to make 2021 a year full of Pride! Here are some of the good stories to ...
A year is not a person. It’s not an entity at all, actually, just a collection of hours, days and months. But when so many of those hours, days and months suck, well, a year can get a bad rap. ...
Central Outreach Wellness Center has been recognized as a Safe Space Community Leader in 2020 by the Safe Space Alliance, the LGBTQIA+ led nonprofit organization that aims to help people identify, navigate, and create safe spaces for the LGBTQI+ community ...
Despite COVID-19 and almost canceling, the Brewer’s Hotel and Bar continued with their annual tradition of handing out gifts and hot meals this Christmas. This year, more than 80 meals and presents were given out, no questions asked, to whoever ...
From all of us at QBurgh, have a very happy, safe, and healthy holiday season. This year the holidays look a lot different than they usually do. Whether it’s with friends, family, or chosen family in living rooms, dining rooms, ...
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Joe Biden won the election. And I don’t know what the hell is going to happen when the day comes for Trump to leave the White House. I can tell you ...
It’s the most wonderful cookie of the year! Welcome to the quintessential holiday cookie and a must for any cookie table (it’s a Pittsburgh thing). It doesn’t take long to whip up a batch of these melt in your mouth, soft ...
Fanning back through my copy of Deesha Philyaw’s The Secret Lives of Church Ladies to revisit my annotations, savoring my favorite lines, I found the stories on queer love riddled with underlines, asterisks and hearts in the margins. Philyaw’s renderings ...
Oh, 2020. This year has been challenging enough. Don’t add dry, chapped lips to the epic struggle! This month rather than offer up grooming tips I thought I’d give the gift of savings. Check out my cult fave lip balm, Dr. KISS. ...
On Friday, Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania announced an expansion of their transgender care to include hormone therapy for transgender and nonbinary individuals. Patients can now receive testosterone hormone therapy or estrogen/antiandrogen therapy at any of their planning centers. Staff ...
Selena Gomez is going to climb every Mountain One of this year’s TV pleasures has been watching a homebound Selena Gomez earnestly trying to learn to cook via Zoom calls with various famous chefs on her HBO Max series Selena ...
File this under 2020’s “Content We Lived” category: Social Distance, Netflix’s anthology series completely conceived, cast and shot in quarantine. Tucked into the show’s eight episodes is “Zero Feet Away,” which follows a gay couple suffering from cabin fever who ...
I’m trying to think of a scenario in which it would be appropriate to call Dr. Jill Biden “kiddo.” Maybe if you were a long-dead relative of hers who has come back from the dead? Maybe if you are one ...
Tonight, at the Sharpsburg Borough Council Meeting an LGBTQ inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance passed unanimously. This was the second attempt by the council to pass such an ordinance. In October, a similar ordinance failed by a vote of 4 to 3. ...
As I sit and reminisce about holidays past, I can’t help but recall the first time I brought a girlfriend home to meet my family on Christmas. I recently watched The Family Stone, one of my top five favorite holiday ...
In October, we told you about the Sharpsburg Borough Council failing to implement an LGBTQ inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance. Now, some Sharpsburg Council Members want a redo and might pass the ordinance tonight. The original measure failed at the October 22nd ...
The Holidays can be a difficult time for many in our LGBTQ Community. Add on top of that the dumpster fire that 2020 has been and this Holiday season might be the toughest for many of us. The Hugh Lane ...