Millvale’s beloved haunted they-bar, Harold’s Haunt, is calling on the queer community and our rich aunties, bosses, and neighbors to help them survive the financial graveyard that has swallowed too many radical third spaces. They’ve just launched a GoFundMe campaign with the ambitious but necessary goal of raising $30,000 to keep their doors open, the heat on, and the wolves of capitalism at bay.

Every December, Pittsburgh embraces the festive holiday season with Handmade Arcade’s Holiday Market, where attendees shop from more than 290+ makers selling handcrafted clothing, accessories, art, home decor, jewelry, body products, and more unique items you won’t find anywhere else. The Holiday Market will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh from December 5 to 6.

Presented in partnership with Allies for Health + Wellbeing: Streaming live from the Kelly Strayhorn Theater on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at 6:00pm. Attend ...

Last night, Pittsburgh crowned its newest drag royalty as Snoozy Q took home the title of Miss P Town in a whirlwind night of glitter, spiders, and at least one Glinda gone rogue. The pageant, held…

Five years ago, QBurgh was born from a simple but powerful idea that Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ community deserves a media platform created by us and for us. Since then, QBurgh has been on the front lines of queer storytelling, documenting local Pride events, reporting on anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, uplifting trans and BIPOC voices, preserving our city’s rich queer history, and celebrating the joy and resilience of our community.

Dating apps are like queer magic portals, a little chaotic, a little sparkly, and a whole lot of potential for fun, flirtation, and feeling yourself. Whether you’re looking for your next grea…

Dear Community, Together, we have rallied to support our trans siblings, our non-binary and gender non-conforming identities, with special recognition to all people of color. Let’s all continue this fight and more. I am asking you for one more fight. For 40 years, I have suffered, recovered, and thrived living with HIV. December 1st, World AIDS Day, begins a week of memorial, celebration, and contemplation.

BREAKING OVERNIGHT: After months of silence and mounting community pressure, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh has filed a formal response to the federal government’s subpoena demanding the medical records of hundreds of trans youth. In an amicus brief filed late Tuesday, UPMC asked the court to delay any required production of patient records while a motion to quash the subpoena, …

To our incredible Reel Q community, As we close out our 40th anniversary year, we want to express our gratitude to every filmmaker, audience member, sponsor, partner, volunteer, and supporter who has made four decades of Reel Q possible. Since 1985, this festival has grown into one of the world’s longest-running LGBTQ+ film festivals because of you. Your presence and your belief in the power of queer storytelling make this possible.

Originally published by our partners at The19th on November 20, 2025. Decades of progress in HIV treatment and prevention in the United States is being derailed by the Trump administration, public health experts say — and without reversing course, the damage will be devastating. Threats to key federal programs are unfolding just as science has significantly advanced how easily patients can treat and manage HIV — leaving experts deeply frustrated.

Trans youth and their families in Pennsylvania saw a significant legal victory on Friday, just not the one many in Pittsburgh had been hoping for. On Friday, a federal court in Philadelphia quashed a sweeping subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice that sought to obtain sensitive medical records of transgender minors receiving care at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

Local leader Dena Stanley and her organization, TransYOUniting, have been awarded the 2025 J.M.K. Innovation Prize, a prestigious national honor recognizing bold, early-stage projects tackling crit…

Legends and Legacies: Celebrating the stories of PATF and Allies FEATURING: Kathi Boyle, Stuart Fisk, Tammy Frech, DJ Stemmler & Pam Vingle, Nachum Golan & Steve Hough, Alan Jones, Clarisse…

The Fall 2025 season of Stonewall Ultimate concluded under dramatic skies on Wednesday, November 5, with an evening of weather delays, intense matchups, and a community-focused awards ceremony that…

TransYOUniting celebrated its tenth anniversary on Saturday, November 15, 2025, with the "Gilded Decade Gala," an evening of awards, performance, and reflection held at Sunken Bus Studios. The event, themed after 1920s glamour, drew community members, local leaders, and longtime collaborators to recognize a decade of mutual aid and grassroots organizing led by and for Pittsburgh’s trans community. Executive Director and founder Dena Stanley hosted the evening, which featured keynote remarks from nationally recognized activist and philanthropist Dominique Morgan, and honored five community leaders for their contributions to trans liberation and equity.

Stonewall Kickball Pittsburgh just wrapped up our largest season ever! We had 538 players across 30 teams in three divisions. This is the most players and most teams in the history of our league. During our playoffs tournaments on November 2, we crowned three division champions and also recognized Spirit Award winners, nominated by the players. In the Mister Rogers Division, Bottoms of the 9th completed their undefeated season with a victory over newcomers BTA, who also had a great season.

Katy O’Brian has tackled lesbian neo-noir and gone full-throttle action, sharing the screen with Tom Cruise in “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” earlier this year. She also appears in two of the year’s most anticipated films: “Christy,” the true story of lesbian boxer Christy Martin (with Sydney Sweeney in the title role), and “The Running Man,” opposite Glen Powell.

A State Department official, Hawkins Fuller (Erik Nordstrom), meets a young congressional staffer, Tim Laughlin (Logan Wagner), and sparks fly; unfortunately, their chance encounter occurs in Washington, D.C., at the height of Senator Joe McCarthy’s Red Scare in “Fellow Travelers,” where the two men risk everything to be together in a time when being accused of homosexuality could get you blacklisted or worse. The story, based on Thomas Mallon’s sizzling bestseller “Fellow Travelers,” has been adapted into a television miniseries and an opera by Gregory Spears and Greg Pierce, and will make its Pittsburgh premiere under the direction of Brian Staufenbiel.