The Holiday Pride:
A Pittsburgh LGBT+ Community Museum

'Gayborhoods' are a common sight in many cities. Not in Pittsburgh, however. Philadelphia, on the other hand, has it's own well known gayborhood. What makes a gayborhood and what makes a spread out community?

Forging Queer Leaders is a book about the theories around leadership and what makes a good leader. Specifically, what makes LGBT+ people good leaders.

A little look into the work we put into creating the gay bar walking tour and what's to come!

Gender Queer is a graphic non-fiction book that the author, Maia Kobabe uses to describe eir own gender struggles. It's a relatable read!

Talking about how Tom Wilson came to be interviewed by Al. His Oral History began to shape the Quiet Pittsburgh Oral History project.

Queer Religiosities is an introductory text that introduces the idea that queerness and religion have much more in common than they don't.

Reflecting on the relationship between religion and queerness.

It's rare for two books such as Real Queer America and In Search of Gay America to be so similar thirty years apart. What has changed in thirty years?

A look into the events that led us to interviewing Tim Ziaukas, a professor at the Univerity of Pittsburgh and founder of Pittsburgh's Thursday Night Live.

Paris is Burning is a classic piece of research for many queer academics. It showcases the lives of Drag Queens in New York from 1978 to 1989.

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.

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.

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.