Here’s What’s Up With Pride Week and Us Lesbians

Pittsburgh Art Car

OMG, this week is packed full of opportunity, information and engagement. Plus, fun! Here’s what you need to know Right Now Donate to support the Peoples Pride March 2K17. Any additional funds will support SisTers PGH, a local group led by a trans woman of color. Donate to help repaint/touch up the ‘Cat Car’ art […]

Roots Pride Organizes Final Edition Weekend June 3 & 4

Roots Pride will host their final events this weekend to highlight the success of the past three years and the transformative power of resistance. We hope to see everybody that worked so hard to make Roots Pride a reality and all those who will carry on the legacy of standing up for queer and trans […]

New Pride Events in Pittsburgh Shake Up The Status Quo

A few years ago, a group known as Roots Pride stood up in a very public way against the structural racism embedded in the current incarnation of Pittsburgh Pridefest. With very limited resources, organizers coordinated community meetings, activities and events to celebrate the LGBTQ community of the region and the spirit of Stonewall – creating […]

Pittsburgh Dyke March 2010: The Fifth Year

This was one of my favorite LGBTQ events of all time. It was joyful, fierce, unified and humbling to wind our way through Bloomfield yesterday afternoon.  The event kicked off with a call to action from Dykes on Bikes founder, Miranda Vey.  She uses the term “queer patriot” to describe the power within dykes and other […]