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Podcast Episode: https://www.theholidaypride.com/podcast/episode/1d4c69ec/ballroom-culture Hey folks! I’m Jessie, and this is the podcast of the Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Community Museum. Today we’re delving into Ballroom Culture. Now, I promise this episode is not about people waltzing. However, I will be talking about formal competition with rules that are just as serious as quote-unquote traditional formal ballroom dancing. Black and Latinx queer and transgender individuals cre

Podcast Episode: https://www.theholidaypride.com/podcast/episode/23822cab/movie-review-born-in-flames Welcome folks! I’m Al and this is the podcast of The Holiday Pride: A Pittsburgh LGBT+ community museum. Warning: This is a mature movie with many mature themes. There is discussion of assault, rape, and other violence against women. There are uncensored images of gentile and naked bodies as well. While this review will not have anything explicit, be warned when

La Cage Aux Folles is a classic stage production for the LGBT+ Community. It has been adapted to the screen twice, and these are both of those version.

Making Love is from 1982 and is one of the first films to depict LGBT+ characters in a favorable way after the Production Codes of Hollywood loosened their tight grip on what stories movie studios could produce.

Love, Simon was the first movie dedicated to LGBT+ teens. While there have been reasonable criticisms made about the film, it's a very important peice of media for LGBT+ youth as it's a perfectly fine rom com.

Carol is a 2015 film based on the book, The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith. The book alone was unusal for it's time but the movie was highly anticipated. In this episode, we compared the two.

We've spent a lot of time talking about the historical relivance of LGBT+ folks in media, now we wanted to talk about the actual media! Heated Rivalry became very popular very quickly when it came out, so enjoy this review!

This episode is a bit more personal, as I have grown up alongside the internet for the most part. Being LGBT+ has always been hard, but the internet has certainly changed how we all live.