The Holiday Pride:
A Pittsburgh LGBT+ Community Museum

The Mayor of Castro Street by Randy Shilts is about Harvy Milk, the first elected openly gay offical in California. Shilts describes Milk's inspiring life and tragic death.

Our new Youtube Series, Artistic Activism, is relatively easy to make, and it's goal is to uplift more positive stories.

Sex Changes by Pat Califia is a great read for anyone wanting to know what academic work existed for transgender folks in 1997. She covers some amazing sources but, by today's standards, occasionally misses the mark.

The David Kopay Story is a book about the toxic enviornment of Pro-Sports and Kopay coming to terms with that queerness within that environment.

Exciting news! The Holiday Pride has Zines coming soon!

A closer look at Twine as a programming system and a way to teach history!

Gender Without Identity is a book about the way gender traumatizes us all.

A short recap of how our Pride month went! It was wonderful to meet folks!

Going to archives and searching through old documents is a historians favorite past time. The Heinz History Center's archive is an excellent one!

Paper Bullets is a story about a lesbian couple resisting Nazi occupation in their home. This review focuses on just how they resisted and the more hidden elements of World War Two history.

And the Band Played on by Randy Shilts is a near day by day recount of the beginning of the AIDS crisis. Shilts was one of the few journalists who followed AIDS’s progress from the moment it was recognized as a dangerous disease. This book covers the background struggles doctors and gay activists faced in order to achieve any progress with the disease, the government, and each other.

A look into the process of the creation of a physical exhibit.

A little bit about the making of Saints Game.

This is just a brief overview of how we make our podcast episodes!

A short and sweet book review to A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister.

A quick look at the conversation occuring about Donny's Place, a little late to the game.

A recap of the Holiday Pride's poster presentation at Duquesne University's Research Symposium.

A short discussion on Thomas Rainbolt's thesis about the LGBT+ Networks in Pittsburgh.

Gay Bar by Jeremy Atherton Lin is an excellent read for anyone interested in why bars are so important to the queer community.

Exciting news! The Holiday Pride will be presenting in DC this April!