Each year, Pittsburgh City Paper invites its readers to weigh in on the city’s standout people, places, and businesses across a wide range of categories, from nightlife and fashion to health and ...

Do Queer Sh*t!” That has been the official motto since the very first Midwest Queer Comedy Festival back in 2017, from the lips of its founder and executive director, Cleveland comedian Dwayne ...

Here comes the first feature film from the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” extended universe, and though it has no title just yet, RuPaul’s character has a perfectly appropriate “Drag Race” name: President ...

First it was referred to as a “mysterious illness.” Later it was called “gay cancer,” “gay plague” and “GRID,” an acronym for gay-related immune deficiency. Most egregiously, some called it “4H ...

The City of Pittsburgh has announced the launch of its inaugural OUTfest, a new LGBTQIA+ community celebration scheduled for Saturday, October 11, 2025, coinciding with National Coming Out Day.

When Harvard professor and celebrated poet Stephanie Burt listens to Taylor Swift’s “Fifteen,” she doesn’t just hear a bittersweet teenage memory wrapped in twangy chords and locker-lined ...

It’s been 24 years since the September 11th attacks. A morning that fractured reality as we knew it and reshaped everything from airport security to foreign policy. For many who were alive at the ...

Originally published by our partners at The19th on September 11, 2025. There’s good news for LGBTQ+ married couples who want to stay married: The Supreme Court is not likely to overturn marriage ...

The Big Gay River Float returned Sunday for a third year of queer river joy. Around 150 LGBTQ+ and ally adventurers grabbed their tubes and hit the Youghiogheny River. Starting at Smithton Beach and ...

Week after week, a teenage Brandon Long sat through counseling sessions that he said framed his identity as a failure. Now an ordained minister in northern Kentucky, Long told Kentucky state lawmakers ...

What influence might artists like Chappell Roan, Billie Eilish and Kim Petras have on our world a decade from now? It’s a legitimate question that could offer hope in these fraught, uncertain times.

Dr. Anthony Silvestre, the long-time co-investigator at Pitt Men’s Study researching HIV/AIDS, passed away peacefully Thursday morning at his home in Vermont where he lived with his husband Michael ...