Metropolitan Community Church founder and moderator the Rev. Troy Perry will be one of the featured speakers at WOW 2003, the largest Christian event ever to focus on welcoming people of all sexual orientations, Aug. 14-17 at the University of ...
For the first time in its history, the undergraduate Student Government Board of the University of Pittsburgh has elected an openly gay male student. Of the eight new members elected to the board April 10, Todd Brandon Morris received ...
A dispute over the failure of a local gay and lesbian political group to endorse City Council President Gene Ricciardi in the May primary has resulted in the group being banned from local gay businesses. The Gertrude Stein Political ...
A handful of followers of Westboro Baptist Church pastor Fred Phelps came from Kansas to Pittsburgh May 3 to protest outside Heinz Hall during a public memorial service for television personality Fred Rogers. Phelps, the Topeka minister who gained ...
Fourteen members of the Steel City Softball League competed for the sixth consecutive year at the Gasparilla Softball Classic tournament, held in Tampa, Fla., over Presidents Day weekend, Feb. 15-16. The team representing Pittsburgh competed under the name Pittsburgh Pride ...
Longtime local bartender Bobby Evans died April 22 after jumping from the roof of the Real Luck Cafe in the Strip District. A member of a crew working on the nearby 16th Street Bridge told Out he saw Evans jump from the ...
WASHINGTON—Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, the US Senate’s third-highest ranking Republican, issued a statement April 22 charging that an Associated Press article was “misleading” when it quoted him comparing consensual gay sex to incest. Santorum’s announcement did little to placate ...
Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy has declared June 7 “Pittsburgh AIDS Walk and Community Day” in honor of the ninth annual fund-raiser to benefit the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force. “We are thrilled with Mayor Murphy’s proclamation,” said Leah Reynolds, ...
The Gertrude Stein Political Club of Greater Pittsburgh has endorsed Wrenna Watson, David Wecht, Kathryn Hens-Greco andChristine Ward in May 20 primary election races for the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Watson was endorsed on the Democratic ticket and ...
With three seats up for grabs in the Family Division of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, gay and lesbian voters have an opportunity to influence the future of parental rights in the county. Kathryn Hens-Greco and Chris Ward, ...
A Pittsburgh man has been named one of 10 national finalists for the 2003 Subaru Rainbow Leadership Award. The award is given annually by Subaru in conjunction with the national gay and lesbian newsmagazine The Advocate to honor individuals and/or organizations that ...
The Epidemiological Study of Health Risks in Lesbians—known as the ESTHER Project—has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct the first large-scale clinical investigation of differences between lesbian and heterosexual women for chronic disease risk factors. The ...
Thirteen members of the Steel City Softball League traveled to Montreal over the Labor Day weekend to participate in the 5th annual Le Rendez-Vous du Lys softball tournament. Playing as the Shepherd Boys, the team began its first of three ...
Domestic partner benefits, the fight against discrimination at the University of Pittsburgh and transgender empowerment will be among the topics of several workshops to be offered at the fourth annual “Transformation at the Roots” conference sponsored by the Statewide Pennsylvania ...
The competition will be stiff, and the winner will have a hard act to follow. That’s according to the Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania Action Fund, sponsor of the fifth annual condom packaging design contest, “Stiff Competition—Hollywood: A Hard Act ...
In public comments made after a monthly meeting of the University of Pittsburgh’s board of trustees, Pitt Chancellor Mark Nordenberg said Temple University’s recent decision to offer health benefits to the domestic partners of its gay and lesbian employees is ...
Persad Center is currently seeking volunteers to assist with the organization’s 15th annual Art for AIDS/Art for Change auction, which will be held May 12. Volunteers are needed on the following dates: May 3, 7-10pm, for the patron party at ...
Equality Forum will be held in Philadelphia April 28-May 4. The seven-day symposium and festival, formerly known as PrideFest America, is the world’s largest and most comprehensive program about the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities, featuring 76 programs and ...
This year’s Memorial Day picnic at the North Park Lodge will mark the 28th anniversary of the event—and the first sponsored by the Steel City Softball League. The SCSL took over sponsorship of this annual picnic from the Pittsburgh ...
The Gay and Lesbian Community Center has received a grant from the Three Rivers Community Fund to fund the purchase of a TTY, or teletypewriter, machine for the hearing-impaired and equipment to record gay and lesbian publications on tape for ...
Pittsburgh will mark 30 years of celebrating gay pride with a parade and street festival June 21. The Pride Parade will form at 10am at Westminster Place in Shadyside. Stepping off promptly at 11am, marchers will follow a route ...
The Steel City Softball League will kick off its 22nd season with its annual “Spring Training” event for new and returning members. The purpose of spring training is to review the basics of softball competition and to determine the skill ...
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, written by John Cameron Mitchell with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, is the first-person story of Hedwig, a transgender character born in East Berlin and influenced by American glam rock. The “angry inch” is ...
One year after the body of popular Sidekicks bartender Jamie Stick;e was found in her burned-out Jeep, circumstances surrounding her death remain a mystery. Stickle’s body was discovered last Feb. 8 by Pittsburgh firefighters called to extinguish a car fire. ...
For almost four years, Pittsburgh attorney Christine Biancheria has argued that Pennsylvania’s adoption law leaves the issue of adoptions by gay and lesbian couples to the discretion of the courts. In an Aug. 20 ruling, the state’s highest court unanimously ...
The Steel City Softball League’s Pittsburgh Peacocks represented Pittsburgh in the annual Gay Softball World Series, held during the week of Aug. 18 in Portland, Ore. A total of 130 teams from throughout the United States and Canada participated. Competition ...
Downtown, North Shore, Squirrel Hill, even on the CMU campus—we’re queer, we’re here, we’re all over town! But that’s not an official slogan for the 17th annual Pittsburgh International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival; the theme for this year’s event, ...
Just eight days after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that gays could adopt the children of their same-sex partners, the Ohio Supreme Court declared on Aug. 28 that two lesbians could not become parents of each other’s children on the ...
Downtown, North Shore, Squirrel Hill, even on the CMU campus—we’re queer, we’re here, we’re all over town! But that’s not an official slogan for the 17th annual Pittsburgh International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival; the theme for this year’s event, ...
When the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled unanimously in August that the Pennsylvania Adoption Act does not prevent a gay or lesbian person from adopting their partner’s child, its 13-page opinion used the word “absurd” three times to describe the current ...
The Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force and owners of gay businesses in the city are launching a pilot program they hope will encourage Western Pennsylvania’s young gay and bisexual population to get tested for HIV infection. The new initiative will place ...
After six months without answers, friends of Jamie Stickle continue to hope that someone will come forward with information that will help Pittsburgh Police piece together the events that to her death. Stickle, a 33-year-old bartender who had worked at ...
A memorial of 48 candles illuminated both sides of Liberty Avenue March 22 in remembrance of Ja mie Stickle, the popular 33-year-old bartender whose body was found behind the wheel of her burning Jeep Wrangler Feb. 8. The candles, which ...
Pittsburgh City Council designated March 22 as Jamie Lynn Stickle Day in honor of the Sidekicks manager whose body was discovered by city fire fighters inside her burning Jeep Feb. 8. City Council members on March 19 signed and issued ...
Almost a month after the body of 33-year-old Jamie Stickle was found inside her burning Jeep on the city’s North Side, Pittsburgh police are still looking for suspects and a motive in the apparent murder of the woman who had ...
Try a change of scenery and welcome the new year at Axis and Bounce. In Columbus, Axis plans a night that sizzles when guest DJ Chuck Quarles ushers out the old year and DJ Tom McBride welcomes in the new. In Cleveland, Bounce promises a New Year’s ...
We need a little Christmas, right this very minute—and the Real Luck Cafe is ready to oblige. A free buffet is the draw on Christmas Eve, and a free turkey and ham buffet with all the trimmings will be offered ...
Does the sight of Santa’s big black boots give you that, well… Kris Kringle tingle? Then you should spend the holidays at Leather Central. Enjoy a bar social Dec. 15 when Leather Central urges everyone to “Come Home for the Holidays”—and ...
Expect a cover—except on the stars—when adult performers Carl Hardwick and Scott Matthews visit the Eagle Dec. 29 to reveal just why they’re so darn popular; MC Eda Bagel will try to contain the onlookers at two hot shows, 11:30pm and 1:15am. ...
First up at Lucille’s is a Dec. 1 Christmas benefit show hosted by Thea Trix with her gal pals Vera Fierce and Laura Michaels. Then ding-dong, Avon’s calling on Dec. 7 to supply your holiday gift-giving needs. And Santa himself comes ...
Tressa wants those cha-cha heels, Montaz is into thongs, and Erin and Messy want your full attention as they perform your favorite songs. Not the Christmas carol we remember…! Then again, Vice Versa marks the month of December in its own inimitable ...
Santa visits Tuscany Dec. 17 with gifts for good (or bad) guys and gals, and DJ Billy will be in the house to play the perfect music to complement a complimentary buffet. Tuscany’s New Year’s Eve gala also will offer complimentary hors d’oeuvres ...
Pegasus guarantees a star-studded lineup in December. Milan and Nikki Danielle turn up “The Heat” Dec. 5 at 10:30pm. And sweetie darling, Marsha Mellow and Ivonna do Patsy and Edina at an Ab Fab bonanza Dec. 7. You want more? You got ...
Less is often more—but it’s much more when the Liberty Avenue Saloon presents its no-hassle formula for ending the old year: No cover and no reservations are needed to celebrate New Year’s Eve at the Saloon. Just show up; the bar will provide the ...
Steubenville’s Club 2000 offers a firm lineup in December, starting with the best butt contest for male and female contestants on Dec. 1. Then Sassie DeHaven encourages male dancers to do their thing at the Dec. 15 Christmas show. Best butts boogie ...
Shop, shop, shop—you’re so good to your friends! Now you deserve something for yourself. Stop at Donny’s Place on Christmas Eve and the next day too for your own special treat. Then ring in the new year at Donny’s annual ...
Wanna make your holiday meals something special? The easiest way is to take that special someone to Sidekicks. The regular menu’s always a pleasure, and for the last meal of the old year, a tempting special menu is planned. Jamie ...
CJ’s jump-starts your holidays with a customer appreciation party/Christmas celebration on Dec. 14. Come for the free buffet and dancing, and stick around for a visit from Santa, who will have gifts for good little girls and boys. End the ...
Egg nog, munchies and Eddie-oke—all part of a joyous Christmas Eve celebration at Images beginning at 9pm. And you’re invited to share the boyz’ first Christmas on Dec. 25. Those packages are just waiting to be unwrapped! End the month ...
After you cruise on the river Oct. 28, you’re invited to do a little cruising at an Oakland landmark. No, not the Cathedral of Learning—the venerable Holiday Bar! The night will offer an “extreme” Sunday meal package plus male dancers! And come back ...