Need to check calories on a meal you’re having at a chain restaurant? Want to watch movies, television or listen to music from your device? There are apps for that! TRANSQUAT What about an app to help members of the ...

After making the decision to transition from male to female in 2009, Allie Gray, of the South Hills, says she made a grim promise to herself – one that she no longer plans to keep. “I told myself a few ...

Edward Ryan is an unassuming convivial man, a man at the forefront of the gay rights movement. Ryan, now living at a supportive long-term care facility in East Liberty, recalls the night he was arrested at the seminal evening that ...

Named for a Pittsburgh area social worker, a new project at the Gay & Lesbian Community Center aims to give LGBT people a place to find resources for personal hygiene products if they are financially not able to buy them. ...

When Chelsa Wagner married her husband in 2008, her political detractors said she’d never win an office again. Her husband, Khari Mosley, is black, and she was serving as state representative for the 22nd district, which encompasses Pittsburgh’s South Side, ...

The Pegasus Lounge on Liberty Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh has a long and storied history. According to Ancient Greek Mythology, the Pegasus was born from the blood spilled by Medusa, the most beautiful of the three sisters, who would live ...

Founded in May 2012, the Pittsburgh Queer History Project (PQHP) is an ongoing oral history and media preservation initiative, founded by Harrison Apple. Beginning with the excavation of an abandoned East Liberty after-hours club, the PQHP grew in scope to ...

Quality ingredients = quality product. As a chef, I have several rules I live by. One is to take pride in your food. That rule however, is not exactly how you make it, but what you make it with. The ...

Are you a jock, otter, bear, cub, or wolf? No, it’s not the latest Buzzfeed survey on Facebook. But rather, these descriptive terms are often used by gay men to identify and label other gays within the wide community. Here ...

Ball culture, the house system, and the ballroom community are terms used to describe an underground LGBT subculture in the United States in which people “walk” or compete for trophies and prizes at events known as balls. Founded in NYC ...

According to legend, monks from the southern region of France brought the method for making sparkling wine north to the Champagne region. They learned that the combination of the chalky soil and climate produced a bright, bubbly wine that is ...

According to the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS) of 2011, trans individuals experience more than double the national rate of unemployment and trans individuals of color experience up to four times the national unemployment rate. Forty-seven percent (47%) report encountering ...

Whether it’s your first time visiting our magnificent city or whether you’re returning, we want to welcome you and offer you a glimpse into Pittsburgh’s gay scene. One thing’s for sure…there’s something here for everyone. While you’ll want to take ...

Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco AKA Charice is starting a new chapter and part of that is to perform in Pittsburgh at the Equality on Ellsworth event, the official kickoff to Pittsburgh Pride, on Sunday, June 8. Charice is thrilled to ...

It has been a momentous year for marriage equality in our country. The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark June 2013 decisions overturning the Defense of Marriage Act and upholding the ruling on Proposition 8’s unconstitutionality opened the proverbial floodgates, ushering in ...

Spring and “springtime” refer to the season, and also to ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection and regrowth. It’s time to let go of certain items hiding in the closet; such as your ex-girlfriend, old Timberlands and used sex toys. ...

Pittsburgh is no stranger to cinema. From Night of the Living Dead to Mothman Prophecies and The Dark Knight Rises, Pittsburgh has a long history of movies being filmed here. And Pittsburghers love the silver screen back with a plethora ...

For years, John Ryan felt sick. To him, the way he felt about himself and his sexuality were an illness that needed healing, but he didn’t think he could find the cure until he reflected on his spirituality. “I was ...

Separated by the meandering Seine River, Paris is divided into two parts, the Rive Droite (Right Bank) on the North side and Rive Gauche (Left Bank) on the South side. Spiraling out from the center of the city, Paris is ...

Easter has always had a close association with food. The word comes from the name for the Anglo-Saxon goddess of light and spring, Eostre, and special dishes were cooked in her honor so that the year would be endowed with ...

“Happiness exists on Earth, and it is won through a prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and the constant practice of generosity.” Jose Marti The Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh, the leading LGBT organization in Western ...

Nobody wins in a fight, especially when it’s directed at a member of the LGBT community and fueled by discrimination and fear. In a training facility in the Strip District with matcovered floors and walls, about 20 people took part ...

Recently, I was among the last to leave a party thrown by a good friend of mine when I noticed a young damsel in distress. I asked my friend why this girl was tucked away in the corner, scowling at ...

Pittsburgh has been finding its way on “Most Livable City” lists recently, although I don’t know why. Pittsburgh is a great city to live in if you’re NOT black and gay. Here the white and black gay communities are two ...

Born in Douglassville in Berks County, Michelle Holsopple’s parents raised her to be involved in church and school functions, the goal being to help others and that upbringing has followed her all her life. After graduating from Slippery Rock University ...

Something funny is going on at the GLCC. A new monthly event, Open Mind/Open Mic, is a chance for LGBT and LGBT-friendly comedians, singers, dancers, storytellers, and poets to perform in front of a live audience. The event, held every ...

Mr. Pittsburgh Leather Fetish, Joe Birdwell, won the title of Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather (MAL) 2014 at the Centaur Motorcycle Club’s MidAtlantic Leather competition. He was crowned over a three-day event in January. Joe became the fourth consecutive Mr. Pittsburgh Leather ...

Since 2003, Dreams of Hope, Pittsburgh’s only arts-focused lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth organization, has been championing LGBT issues through poetry, dance and spoken word. Artistic director Susan Haugh founded the group with a grant from the Pennsylvania Council ...

Black Gay Pittsburgh In this exploratory series, we ask Pittsburghers to share their stories about being black & gay in the city of black & gold. I’m Jason. I’m black. I’m gay. I live in Pittsburgh. A lot of people ...

Venice, Italy is unlike any other city – built entirely on water by men who defied the strength of the sea to create a Renaissance masterpiece.  To experience the Venetian way of life, you may travel on the vaporetti (water ...

It took the Supreme Court three months to make history for marriage equality in Windsor v. US. It took Attorney Vic Walczak two weeks later to make history again with a court case of his own. As Legal Director of ...

It was the coldest day of winter in Pittsburgh thus far, -7 degrees to be exact, yet I was internally ablaze as I dialed out to California to chat with comedic and lesbian icon, Suzanne Westenhoefer.  I had long since ...

Valentine’s Day…..the one day a year that is completely dedicated to romance and love.  But before you get stressed out with the thought of over-crowded restaurants, Hallmark stores bursting with cards, and chocolate heart boxes, all of which don’t sound ...

Outside of a Netflix or LOGO subscription, there aren’t many ways in which to access LGBT media in the Greater Pittsburgh area.  When blurry, low resolution YouTube snippets of “Queer as Folk,” your local library’s VHS version of “Bent” and ...

Black Gay Pittsburgh In this exploratory series, we ask Pittsburghers to share their stories about being black & gay in the city of black & gold. I don’t pretend to understand what drives us all to be accepted in a ...

She’s been silent film star Mabel Normand, the Witch out of fairy tales, gun slinger Annie Oakley and uber-stage mother Mama Rose. She is Broadway legend Bernadette Peters, and she will be appearing live at the Carnegie Music Hall on ...

The New Year has begun and it’s time to dust off last year’s New Year’s resolution and recycle it. Did anyone stay on their New Year’s resolution all of 2013? Did anyone make it past Valentine’s Day? Resolution is a ...

January is National Mentoring Month What is a mentor? The Oxford Dictionary defines it as “an experienced and trusted adviser.” Whether we’re mindful of it or not, we all have had someone in our lives who has helped us transform ...

The Come Out Laughing tour was started by Jason Dudey in 2008 after he decided to launch a gay, gay-friendly, who-cares-whoyou-are-or-who’s-in-your-bed comedy show in Southern California. Because the regular monthly show in Long Beach at the world famous Laugh Factory ...

A community needed a voice and a space in Pittsburgh, now one year later, the efforts of Project Silk are continuing to move forward. With a space Downtown for young men and transgender women of color, the HIV prevention initiative ...

You wanna hot bodyYou wanna BugattiYou wanna MaseratiYou better work bitch. Britney Spears, from the song “Work Bitch” Happy New Year and welcome to 2014. ‘Tis the season of resolutions, but sadly most resolutions are broken shorty after they are ...

As you may know, Key West is one of my favorite places to actually get away. It embodies all of my escape essentials: Sun, unbeatable wine and cocktail selections, and fabulous dining options. I have traveled to Key West a ...

Losing weight? Saving money? Developing better habits? These are all common New Year’s resolutions but one of the things I resolve to do each year is to explore the Pittsburgh food scene. Pittsburgh has a wealth of amazing restaurants; I ...

In 2012, former Carnegie Mellon University graduate Matt Bomer came out of the closet. The actor, best known for his role on the television show White Collar, and his turn as a male stripper in Magic Mike, has becomean advocate ...

In 2013, a slew of celebrities came out of the closet, and, for the first time, a male pro athlete came out of the closet whilestill playing on a team. Two weeks into 2013, long-rumored-to-be lesbian Jodie Foster (“Silence of ...

The holidays are a time of giving, and a lot of LGBT organizations have gotten into the spirit. The Burgh Bears, a non-profit social group for bears (burly men) and their admirers, was created to promote both social and recreational ...

On Thursday, November 7, Monroeville Mall opened a 12 screen Cinemark theater with state-of-the-art XD (Extreme Digital Cinema), joining its other theaters in Center Township, Beaver County, Frazer near Tarentum and Robinson (plus the former Rave along McKnight Road in ...

The holidays are on the horizon and everyone is filling the malls looking to purchase this year’s hottest seasonal gifts – from the latest high tech gadgets, to winter 2014’s fashion trends. But what if the X-Box One and new ...

Need some ideas on what to get your partner, a family member or some friends this holiday season?  Does the idea of fighting the crowds at your local mall scare you more than the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?  ...