A vacation is reason to get away, but a celebration is a reason to travel! As June rapidly approaches I realize I am not only thankful of the fact that I can live in a city where I am proud ...
It was a watershed moment in the fight for marriage equality when, in March, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two major cases involving same-sex marriage. Unsurprisingly, social media buzzed with activity. On the one hand, there ...
Women, regardless of age or sexuality, have unique concerns when it comes to trekking the globe, but for a long time there was a void in information when it came to women-specific travel. Go! Girl Guides, publisher of the world’s ...
For the past six years, BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, has scored a 100 percent rating in the 2013 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). Administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, this comprehensive Index has ...
Lady Bunny is perhaps best known as the larger than life drag queen that put Wig Stock on the map. The blonde bombshell has been best friends with RuPaul for more than 30+ years and frequently makes guest appearances on ...
“How can I get involved?” “I’d like to meet more people.” “It’s important for me to give back.” Getting involved seems simple, but sometimes people just aren’t sure how to do it. You want to help. You have the time. ...
With Spring quickly approaching, a common topic discussed in the halls at every high school is “who are you taking to the prom?” Yes, prom season is here again and the gorgeous gowns and sharp black tuxedos will be surfacing ...
Comedienne. Chanteuse. Feminist. Actress. Activist. These are just a few words that come to mind when you think of Sandra Bernhard. The legendary comedian is coming back to Pittsburgh for one night only in April for a night of sophisticated ...
Dear Friends: Welcome to Spring! Could it be that the snow has melted off of Mt. Washington and we are finally seeing signs of longer days and warmer nights? Our April issue is celebrating spring and the outdoors with our ...
Monday, January 21, 2013 will go down in history as not only the Martin Luther King holiday but also the Inauguration of President Barack Obama to his second term. The crisp Washington DC morning brought us the swearing in of ...
When did you realize you wanted to be a performer? I used to come home from school and watch The Carol Burnett Show in re-runs. She was so hysterically funny. But my best memory of the show, was a skit ...
You’ll remember Project Runway’s bad boy Suede. He is perhaps best known for the loud pop of color in the front of his blonde faux hawk, as well as his strong sense of rock-n-roll design. Suede has continued to make ...
The thought of Irish cuisine often brings to mind the stereotypical images of potatoes and whiskey. Do we really believe that was all our Irish forebears ate? I’m sure if we thought hard enough we might also envision a pot ...
I went to a lot of events this month, but one had a large impact on me. It was a rally in support of several LGBTQ community members who were beat up in the South Side, and targeted for non ...
Even though Kerri Angeletti has worked at Dancer’s Pointe in the Strip District for 11 years, she sees most of the silk ballet shoes go out the door with women. “Dancing on pointe really works different muscle groups than what ...
March is officially the Month of Pudge. Old Man Winter has taken its toll, leaving a flabby, unsightly version of us behind to deal with. If the thought of shedding clothes for the warmer weather terrifies you, you’re not alone. ...
Dancer Robert Carter had only half-finished his make-up by the time he was able to speak on the phone before a performance in England. Since 1995, he has prepared for shows with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo by applying ...
‘Kinky Boots’ is a film based on the story of Charlie Price, a shoemaker in Northampton England trying to save the family business after the death of his father. Help comes in the form of a drag queen called Lola ...
First Class seats, a private car with a driver, and a luxurious suite in the most opulent hotel…these are all things that comprise a fabulous vacation and NONE of the things that I had when I went cage diving with ...
Pittsburgh is famous for many things: hockey, football, baseball, the sandwiches with the French fries on them, but none of these are as sweet as Klavon’s Ice cream Parlor. In 1932, James and his wife Mary Klavon opened Klavon’s as ...
Politics. Wait! Don’t turn the page. This is about the good side of politics. Yes, it exists. There are those in the political world that use their powers for the benefit of mankind and, in this case, man-on-mankind. People like ...
Does your boyfriend watch the Twilight movies religiously? Is your “roommate” obsessed with the Transformers series? Before you drive a sparkly stake through your eye or jump in front of an 18 wheeler, you may want to consider an option ...
Coors Brewing Company is the biggest brewery supporting the LGBTQ community, and has been since 1993. Coors encouraged the organization of its gay and lesbian employees into the Lesbian and Gay Employee Resource (LAGER) in 1993. In May 1995, Coors ...
I’m a girl, raised in the south. And I’m a lesbian. I moved to Pittsburgh almost five years ago. I was born and raised in a small redneck town in Georgia, just within the metro Atlanta area. Being out in ...
2012 was a watershed moment in American politics and gay and lesbian rights. The winds of change were fast and furious, and change came sooner than many expected. The President of the United States and the Vice President not only ...
If better health and a longer life aren’t motivating enough to get you to exercise, then maybe more and better sex will do the trick. Read on to find out how regular exercise promotes a rockin’ sex life. Research shows ...
You could fit into a compact what I know about drag so, naturally, who better to interview Pittsburgh’s own Alaska Thunderfck? Yes, you read that right. Alaska Thunderfck. The local queen who describes herself as “big, beautiful, and bat sht ...
I cannot possibly think of a day when a single person puts more pressure on themselves than on Valentine’s Day. Right now, there are single people all over the city who are hiking up their skirts and rolling up their ...
It is that time of year again. The time when television sales spike, party lists are composed, pizzas are ordered at astonishingrates, and millions flock to their living rooms to watch who will take home the ultimate trophy. Yes, Super ...
Brian K. Sims is not only a civil rights advocate, but he’s also a policy attorney, public speaker, and the first openly LGBT individual to be elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and to the Pennsylvania Legislature. He represents ...
A little drag and a little Broadway? We’re in. Priscilla Queen of the Desert, coming March 5 through 10 to the Benedum Center, features more than 500 costumes and 200 pairs of shoes, says ensemble member Alex DeLeo. “It’s pretty ...
“All of our members are equal.” This mantra is one of the cornerstones of the LGBT cause, and it’s also the slogan for the Riverset Credit Union. “We don’t have stockholders,” Lisa Florian, director of business development and marketing at ...
Like most of us writers, Nikki Allen started to write whenever she was old enough to pick up a pen. The words she writes are inspiring. (I would compare them to a ripe peach, juicy: delicious, and you cannot get ...
Small roads, smaller cars and the smallest bathing suits you’ve ever seen (if there are bathing suits at all). And this is only the beginning of what you will see during a visit to St. Barts, an island nestled in ...
When I was in college, my professors warned us from opening papers with grandiose blanket statements like: The world is enormous. There are billions of people on this earth, doing a million different things at once. Or, we are all ...
SQUARE CAFE I would venture to say the Square Cafe has the BEST coffee mugs in the city. Heavy, with a comfortable handle and they hold A LOT of coffee. In addition to their spectacular coffee mugs and coffee, the ...
You may have seen James Craig training for his next marathon, running the streets of Pittsburgh. Or maybe you’ve seen him sipping cocktails at Spin or perhaps eating at Verde with his boyfriend. But this man about town also often ...
UPDATE: On February 6, 2013, the Boys Scouts released the following statement: “After careful consideration and extensive dialogue within the Scouting family, along with comments from those outside the organization, the volunteer officers of the Boy Scouts of American’s Executive ...
As the Art Director for Equal Magazine and an internet addict, I find interesting things all the time while I’m searching online for the perfect photo. Like this list for instance, which I knew immediately that I had to share ...
On January 16, Pittsburgh’s own PNC Park hosted the Safe Schools Summit: Bridging The Gap Between Anti-Bullying Efforts & The Experience of LGBTQ Youth. The Safe Schools Project is designed to ask and answer the question, “What will it take ...
Isn’t love a drag? Thankfully, in Pittsburgh, it is. In this — the most romantic of months — we are celebrating our city’s big-hearted (big-lipped, big-haired, and boldly beautiful) drag scene! We are thrilled to feature Alaska Thunderf*ck on our ...
We all know the names of the more mainstream sexualities — gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual. But there are a few other sexual orientations which aren’t as well known, let alone recognized, by the socalled “mainstream LGBTQ” community. For example, if ...
“Get into the snow” is what I heard every year during ski season. Growing up in Pittsburgh, most of us remember that catchy phrase from the Seven Springs commercials. As a skier, this was my signal to get my skies ...
Slam Mamns By most accounts, the style of spoken word poetry known as “slam” was started by a working-class poet in a Chicago jazz club in the 1980s. So it’s fitting that our own city of industrial roots is home ...
Why are people so surprised when men in power become involved in sex scandals? It seems to happen so often that we should be used to it. But the latest is one of the biggest surprises: It involved General David ...
Today, she’s chair of a group that provides legal advice to domestic partners, but when she first moved to Pittsburgh 16 years ago, the plight of same-sex couples was relatively foreign to Baltimore lawyer Maureen Cohon. “There were so many ...
When I first met Alex, he was Allison. We went to the same school, and my only thought whenever I would see him was, “She is just like me.” Being an open lesbian in a small town has more than ...
In 1975, former NFL football player, running back DavidKopay came out. In 1977, Kopay co-wrote, The DavidKopay Story: An Extraordinary Self-Revelation, which hasinspired many gay athletes, including Billie Jean King.Incredibly, since Kopay came out, no mainstream, activeprofessional athlete from the ...
“I feel fine… so why do I need to regularly see a doctor?!” First of all, I admit my bias. I’m a physician, so o f course I’m gonna tell you to make time for a check-up, right?! But there ...