This story was originally reported by Kate Sosin of The 19th. The Trump administration’s push to exclude transgender Americans is moving to the nation’s homeless shelters. On April 28, the ...

The Pine-Richland School Board has approved major revisions to its controversial library policy, scaling back rules that critics said opened the door to politically motivated book challenges and ...

Pittsburgh Pride is officially gearing up for a massive 2026 celebration with the announcement of its first headlining musical acts and a growing lineup of events planned across Pride weekend. Pop ...

Fuck Ron DeSantis. I mean, not literally. But yeah, fuck that guy. While signing anti-DEI legislation that would let “individuals sue local governments that implement DEI programs,” Florida ...

Listen on Apple Podcasts May the Fourth be with you You can feel it, right? The shift. It’s not Pride Month yet… but queer Pittsburgh is absolutely waking up. The ...

Book Fest is back. The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh celebrates the city’s rich literary community and love of reading in an annual event at the main branch. Poets, authors, book enthusiasts, and ...

For nearly three decades, Jessica Kirson has built a stand-up career the long way: performing night after night, city after city, trusting that if she stayed honest, vulnerable — maybe even just a ...

The Pittsburgh Public School board voted Wednesday to approve a policy requiring educators to notify parents in advance when classroom instruction could conflict with “sincerely held religious ...

The Pennsylvania House voted Tuesday to advance legislation that would finally place explicit LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections into state law, marking another major chapter in a fight that ...

Listen on Apple Podcasts The Draft Is Over… Now What? Well. We survived. The NFL Draft came. It saw. It absolutely took over Downtown and the North Shore.

This story was originally reported by Nadra Nittle of The 19th. Sarah DeMaria still remembers how close she came to resigning from her role as a school librarian. It was the summer of 2023, and ...