You saw “Rocketman” and thought, “OK, well it all happened just like that.” And then someone told you that, no, that was a fantastical musical biopic and not documentary, and you learned the difference. But now here comes the actual ...
Venture Outdoors, a nonprofit known for breaking down barriers to outdoor recreation, has announced Ash Andrews (they/them) as its new President and CEO. Andrews brings a wealth of experience, community engagement, and a commitment to sustainability, taking over from outgoing ...
Bocce? Bocce?? No, It’s Queer Bocce! I now get it. Never in a million years would I have predicted that one of the most incredible events for our Community would be playing bocce. Bocce was that game played by old Italian men with ...
If you’re a queer person who has survived violence in a relationship, you may know just how hard it is to find information, support, and resources tailored to queer needs and experiences. The L.A. LGBT Center created the National Institute ...
WDVE 102.5 FM recently faced significant backlash for airing transphobic remarks on the syndicated John Clay Wolfe Show on August 3, 2024. The broadcast, which included derogatory language and harmful jokes targeting Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif, sparked outrage across ...
WASHINGTON — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Saturday night touted his and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ advocacy for LGBTQ rights in a keynote address he delivered at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual gala — and also criticized comments by his ...
This column is for LGBTQ+ Republican voters in Pennsylvania who are at risk of losing their right to marriage equality and seeing their marriages made illegal. Do you love your spouse enough to protect your marriage? Let’s find out. Remember ...
Be Gay Do Crime Productions (BGDC) is embarking on an exciting new chapter as it joins forces with Proud Haven, a prominent LGBTQ+ nonprofit organization in the Pittsburgh region. This partnership marks BGDC’s transition to a fiscally sponsored project of ...
Originally published by our partners at The 19th. Willie Carver has been a teacher in Kentucky since 2007, now working with college students. For over two years, he has worked with the American Federation of Teachers’ National LGBTQ+ Task Force, ...
Blue Moon Bar hosted a special evening of drag on Sunday to fundraise for the Kamala Harris campaign. All tips to drag performers and bartenders went to the campaign. Everyone worked for free, donating their time and tips to the ...
Pittsburgh’s Joe King hosted his monthly Match Gayme show — this time with a “Death Becomes Her” twist — last night at City Winery Pittsburgh in the Strip District. Featuring Micah Micah, Kali Coutour, Shari Turner, Molly Belle Cummings, and ...
Editor’s Note: QBurgh was an early financial supporter of the “Everywhere is Queer” platform.This article was originally published by our partners at The 19th. In 2018, Charlie Sprinkman was working for an organic beverage company, a job that required them ...
September is bursting with events and unmissable moments that’ll have you living your best queer life. Whether you’re craving a glamorous brunch with drag performances, diving into thought-provoking queer theory discussions, or gearing up for an epic night out, this ...
When we connected in late 2023 from her tour bus, some of Chappell Roan’s first words were, “Hopefully this Zoom works.” You might call that iconic if Roan were the star she is now, when fame turns every sound bite into ...
What if I told you that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Biden Administration’s rule protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination in schools must be enforced in all 50 states? That would be pretty incredible, wouldn’t it? And by ...
Pittsburgh’s chapter of PFLAG has issued a strong letter to the radio station 102.5 WDVE, condemning the transphobic language used during a recent broadcast of The John Clay Wolfe Show. The letter highlights the repeated use of slurs and derogatory ...
The LGBTQ community’s long history with law enforcement is so troubled and violent that organizers at some recent Pride parades decided to ban police from marching in the parade. Throughout the 20th century, the police would routinely raid gay bars, rounding up patrons and ...
The Steel City Stonewall Democrats hosted a watch party at the Blue Moon in Lawrenceville for the fourth night of the Democratic National Convention as Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the nomination of the Democratic Party for President of the ...
Originally published by our partners at The 19th. In a historic first, approximately 1,000 transgender people logged into Zoom in a show of support for Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for the presidency. The call came on the heels of ...
Spooky season is right around the corner, and if you’re old enough to remember Cher’s ’90s goth home furnishings company Sanctuary (catalogs for sale on eBay for the curious and/or devoted) you won’t be at all surprised to learn that ...
It’s 4 in the morning, and I’m up eating a bowl of Froot Loops and strongly considering getting heavily into transgender. That’s what disgraced former president and convicted felon Donald Trump said about Democratic Party vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. ...
Whether it’s your first time coming to university in Pittsburgh or you’re entering your final year of study, QBurgh is here to tell you how to get more involved in the local queer community. Each university in Pittsburgh has its ...
TQ Live!, the annual event showcasing queer performance art in Pittsburgh, will celebrate its 10th anniversary on September 6, 2024, at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Over the past decade, TQ Live! has become a vital platform for LGBTQIA+ performers, ...
A major transformation is underway in Romancelandia. Once upon a time, romance novels from major U.S. publishers featured only heterosexual couples. Today, the five biggest publishers regularly release same-sex love stories. From May 2022 to May 2023, sales of LGBTQ+ romance ...
Crush Hour held their monthly happy hour Friday at Velum Fermentation. Crush Hour is a monthly happy hour for Pittsburgh’s queer ladies and femmes. Find out more about Crush Hour on their Facebook page and Instagram. ...
Originally published by our partners at the 19th. LGBTQ+ advocates are gearing up for a possible second Trump administration by planning future litigation, deepening relationships in Congress and mobilizing voters. If former president Donald Trump is re-elected, advocacy groups expect ...
You knew him first as the first gay “Bachelor.” Many years later, in 2021, you got to know him much better when “Coming Out Colton” aired on Netflix. And while you don’t know Colton Underwood as a daddy yet, you ...
Updated August 16, 2024 at 9:27 am to include statement by Mayor Gainey. Maria Montaño, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s Communications Director and one of the administration’s most visible figures, resigned Wednesday after signing a petition supporting a city boycott of ...
The Steel City Softball League (SCSL), Pittsburgh’s premier LGBTQ softball league, recently concluded its 43rd season, marking another year of spirited competition and community engagement. The season, which began in May and spanned the summer months, featured 14 teams across ...
True T PGH, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering LGBTQIA+ people of color through creative arts, social activism, and community health, announced its move to a new, larger location in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Uptown neighborhood. The move marks a ...
Let me begin by saying that I hate boxing. I think it’s super gross to watch people punch each other in the face for entertainment. But what I hate even more is transphobia. And the treatment of Algerian boxer Imane ...
Originally published by our partners at The 19th. The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the question of whether gender-affirming care bans for transgender youth are unconstitutional, in response to the Biden administration petitioning on behalf of trans youth and their ...
What happens when the zombie apocalypse targets queer club kids? The answer will be revealed in “Queens of the Dead,” from Tina Romero (daughter of legendary “Night of The Living Dead” filmmaker George Romero). Co-written by Romero and author Erin ...
What would you suggest if a politician used public funds to rent a seven-bedroom Swiss chateau, remodel their home office with public money, rent a vacation home in Provincetown for their family, and enjoy first-class air travel and Mercedes car ...
In an incredible show of community support, Allies for Health + Wellbeing has successfully raised over $4,000 during the ‘ONEDAY’ Critical Needs Alert campaign through the Pittsburgh Foundation. This remarkable achievement is a testament to the power of collective action ...
There comes a time in every man’s life when he has to defend himself against accusations of couch fucking. And now is JD Vance’s time. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, just Google “J.D. Vance” and “couch.” Look, ...
Minnesota’s Democratic Governor Tim Walz has been picked as running mate for Vice President Harris. Walz has transformed Minnesota into a haven for LGBTQ Americans, enacting legislation that protects access to gender-affirming health care, bans conversion therapy, and prohibits book ...
Before the current media landscape offered more explicit depictions of queer life outside of physical spaces like LGBTQ+ bars, you had Borders and you had zines, DIY publications offering non-conventional formats and more indie spirit than traditional magazines. Inside, pages ...
“Lesbian” has been a fraught word in the queer community for many years. This was discussed in the mainstream recently in the BBC’s sapphic reality dating show I Kissed A Girl, where contestants were shown having an emotional conversation about their ...
All of these books are available for free through the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh with many available instantly as ebooks on the Libby app. 1. ‘The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School’ In Sonora Reyes’ debut novel, which became a National ...
Pittsburgh is set to welcome a unique blend of culinary and fashion artistry with the third annual “O’Noir: The Experience” on October 11. Organized by the O’Noir Foundation, the event aims to raise funds for LGBTQIA+ organizations that support homeless ...
Temple Emanuel of South Hills in Pittsburgh, PA found its first fully-ordained Cantor in 50 years – and they just finished their first year on the job. Kalix Jacobson, originally from St. Louis, Missouri, is one of three nonbinary Cantors, ...
Controversy or not, the Olympics’ Opening Ceremony was very gay. There were drag queens on the Seine! Thomas Jolly, the artistic director for the Opening Ceremony at the Paris 2024 Olympics, dismissed claims that the drag queens were mocking Christianity ...
Long-time community figure Terry Price passed away on Friday while undergoing triple bypass surgery in Cleveland. Terry Price was often the first person in the community many young LGBTQ folks would meet as they made their first trek to a ...
The Abraham Lincoln documentary “Lover of Men” is coming soon to ask the question, “Was Abraham Lincoln queer?” Now, some historians are sure he wasn’t, in spite of the historical closet keeping queer public figures under deep cover until the ...
Bindr, the Pittsburgh-based bisexual, lesbian, and LGBTQ dating app, just won the first 2SLGBTQIA+ Entrepreneur Prize sponsored by QueerTech and presented at StartupFest. It’s the first to ever be introduced at the event, this was one of the largest prizes ...
Today the torch will blaze and the 2024 Summer Olympics, or the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, will begin with pomp and pageantry. Acclaimed gold medalist diver Tom Daley and famed Phoenix Mercury player Brittney Griner won’t be the only ...
For the last few months, Iceland has welcomed travelers from the Steel City, fresh off of Icelandair’s new nonstop flight. The journey from Pittsburgh International to Keflavik International – about 30 miles outside of Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital city – takes ...