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.

October was busy for the Holiday Pride! Here's a summary of what we did.

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.

Real Queer America by Samantha Allen is a look at the most conservative states in the United States and showcasing their queer oasises. Places where queerness has fought and won a right to exist.

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.

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.