LEARN MOE & DONATE On June 30, 2025, UPMC, Pennsylvania’s largest healthcare provider, officially stopped providing gender-affirming care for trans youth under 19. That includes pulling the ...

This story was originally reported by Kate Sosin of The 19th Trans people report greater health and mental health outcomes when they have social support and access to gender-affirming medical care, ...

Originally published by our partners at The19th on June 27, 2025. The Supreme Court sided last Friday with a group of Maryland parents who object to their children reading LGBTQ+-inclusive books ...

For four decades, the harmonious voices of Renaissance City Choir have echoed through Pittsburgh’s community spaces, affirming LGBTQIA+ identity, celebrating queer resilience, and building bridges ...

Phat Man DeePhat Man Dee has been an instrumental force in Pittsburgh’s music and queer communities for decades. As a jazz vocalist, songwriter, educator, and creative director of Phat Man Dee ...

Every person goes through life with the experiences that shape them, good and bad. As the adage goes, “Be kind. You never know what someone is going (or has been) through.” In ...

When Frankie Grande bounces into our Zoom meeting, he radiates enough energy to power a small city. The self-proclaimed “gayest person on Earth” is about to release his debut album and he’s turned ...

Originally published by our partners at The19th on June 26, 2025. It happened just a few weeks ago: Jim Obergefell was moving things in his office when he came across the ashes of his late ...

AIDS Free Pittsburgh has an ambitious goal. The ten-year-old initiative, a collaborative comprising government agencies, healthcare institutions, and community organizations, managed ...

There’s a Mariah Carey canvas in my hands and Benito Skinner on Zoom, and somehow, this feels exactly right. My teenage self — the one who lip-synced “Fantasy” in a locked bedroom — would totally get ...

Monroeville Area Pride and Community Aid proudly presents the 2nd annual Monroeville Pride! Pride will take place at Monroeville Community Park West, Pavilion 2. Follow our page and check the Facebook ...

This Pride Month, Pittsburgh is putting its promises of inclusion to the test. On Tuesday morning, District 5 Pittsburgh City Councilmember Barb Warwick introduced a powerful trio of bills ...