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Shortly after Joanna Doven announced she would challenge progressive Democrat Bethany Hallam for her at-large seat on Allegheny County Council, local LGBTQ media outlet QBurgh published selected tweets from Doven’s personal Twitter account which it calls “anti-trans, anti-LGBTQ, and racist.”

The Delta Foundation has formally withdrawn a federal trademark application following a protracted legal challenge launched by a rival LGBTQ organization. After the foundation announced plans to dissolve in August 2020, the foundation resurrected in Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ scene a year later when it was reported that it had filed an application to trademark the terms “Pittsburgh Pride”…

Pittsburgh has hosted many Pride celebrations over the years, and now another one has been added to the list. Pride on the Shore brings the party to the city’s North Side at Stage AE, with some big-name performers alongside local talent.

Last August, the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh voted to dissolve, citing financial difficulties and problems staying afloat after the cancellation of its Pittsburgh Pride parade and festival due to the pandemic. It was the end of a fairly long and controversial tenure for the LGBTQ nonprofit organization, which was mostly known for organizing the city’s…

To commemorate 50 years of queer media in Pennsylvania, the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University will host an event on Mon., Oct. 11, which coincides with National Coming Out Day.

Pittsburgh Pride, an annual celebration meant to uplift the local LGBTQ community, has seen more than its fair share of tumult related to its former organizer, the Delta Foundation. Between the outcry over lack of representation in its ranks, the controversial choice of musical acts, and the resignation of its former leader, as well as vendors calling for refunds after the 2020…

It marked the end of an era last weekend when one of Pittsburgh’s most prominent LGBTQ nonprofits, the Delta Foundation, announced it would dissolve.