Thank You for Voting Us ‘Best Local Blog’ in Best of Pittsburgh Reader’s Poll 2019

Best of Pittsburgh Best Local Blog

We are in our 14th year of blogging and it has been an amazing year indeed, for good and for not so good sometimes. Being named the OUTstanding LGBTQ Blog in the nation by GLAAD during their 30th annual media awards was pretty damn exciting. It was also one of those moments where you are […]

How much are you willing to pay to hear Ed Pinto’s life story? #AMPLIFY Wrapping Up

Ed Pinto Pittsburgh

This little fundraiser was an experiment. There are many, many folks in our community who value the #AMPLIFY project, but for all sorts of reasons – they won’t make time to sit down and type our their responses. Ed Pinto is one of those people. I’m not going to analyze his emotional reaction to the […]

Win Kygo and Whitney Houston’s hit single “Higher Love!” #giveaway

Enter now to win the hit single “Higher Love” from global superstar Kygo and music legend Whitney Houston! Out NOW: https://smarturl.it/xHigherLove Facebook.com/kygoofficial Twitter.com/kygomusic Instagram.com/kygomusic   Rulez: You must be 18 and live in the continental US to enter. You can enter as many giveaways as you like, but you can only win once every 30 […]

Win P!NK’s new album Hurts 2B Human, featuring the song “Can We Pretend” (feat. Cash Cash)! #giveaway

Enter now to win a copy of P!NK’s new album Hurts 2B Human, featuring the hit single “Can We Pretend” (feat. Cash Cash) Now available with remixes by MOTi, Hook N Sling, Yves V and Bart B More Out NOW: http://smarturl.it/H2BH?iQid=yt Facebook.com/pink Twitter.com/pink Instagram.com/pink Rulez: You must be 18 and live in the continental US to enter. You […]

Letting Go of Jennie Jane: Releasing a TNR Cat

After nearly two weeks in a temporary foster home, it was time for Jennie Jane to be released. She has recovered from her surgery very well. She’s spent all of that time resting, eating food she didn’t have to find herself, and observing the foster home. And she also made it clear that she was […]

Meet Dolly, a Cat Available for Adoption in Pittsburgh #PghCatLadies

Adopt kitten

Meet Dolly Thee month old kitten, domestic shorthair, Tabby (Brown / Chocolate), Good with other cats and children, possibly a dog Hi! I’m Dolly, and I’m a star (so sometimes I’m a bit of a diva). Since we love to put on a show, our foster mom named us all after country singers! We were […]

Kiki Fantroy, 21, of Miami is the 13th Trans Woman Murdered in the US This Year

Kiki Fantroy was 21 years old, living in Miami-Dade, a lifelong resident of Florida. Around 4 AM on Wednesday, July 31, Kiki and some friends were returning home after attending a party. According to Planet Transgender, Kiki’s mother described the circumstances of her murder: [T]hey were approached by a group of men seeking sex. Her […]

‘Nowhere to breathe easy’ – That Time When Anxiety Spoiled My Chance to See Heart and Joan Jett Perform. Here’s How It Happened.

Heart Joan Jett Anxiety

We may still have time, we might still get by Every time I think about it, I want to cry With bombs and the devil and the kids keep coming Nowhere to breathe easy, no time to be young But I tell myself that I was doing alright There’s nothing left to do tonight But […]

Is Cancelling Three Rivers Regatta Karma for Accepting Chick-fil-A Sponsorship for Pittsburgh Marathon?

Three Rivers Regatta cancelled

I am convinced this is true. Today, Pittsburgh announced that the Three Rivers Regatta has been cancelled for 2019. LionHeart had been giving regular updates to the regatta’s board on the state of sponsorships and financial transactions related to the event. Late last week, the board learned for the first time that LionHeart had misrepresented […]

‘Mija: one bitches tale’ debuts at folkLAB this week

Mija: one bitch's tale

This looks like a terrific event debuting this week with folkLAB folkLAB produces series of performance art pieces which hope to create an artistic community network dedicated to fair representation, compensation and access in the performing arts. folkLAB’s current series “in Our Voice” and “miniMythologies” foster the creation of brand new performance work that aims to create a […]