The Holiday Pride: A Pittsburgh LGBT+ Community Museum Podcast

Love, Simon was the first movie dedicated to LGBT+ teens. While there have been reasonable criticisms made about the film, it's a very important peice of media for LGBT+ youth as it's a perfectly fine rom com.Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becky_Albertallihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love,_SimonTranscript:https://www.theholidaypride.com/post/movie-review-love-simon

Carol is a 2015 film based on the book, The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith. The book alone was unusal for it's time but the movie was highly anticipated. In this episode, we compared the two.Transcript: https://www.theholidaypride.com/post/movie-review-carolSources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_(film)#Productionhttps://www.theholidaypride.com/post/book-review-the-price-of-salt-by-patricia-highsmith

We've spent a lot of time talking about the historical relivance of LGBT+ folks in media, now we wanted to talk about the actual media! Heated Rivalry became very popular very quickly when it came out, so enjoy this review!Transcript: https://www.theholidaypride.com/post/show-review-heated-rivalry

This episode is a bit more personal, as I have grown up alongside the internet for the most part. Being LGBT+ has always been hard, but the internet has certainly changed how we all live.Find the transcript here: https://www.theholidaypride.com/post/gay-in-the-digital-age-transcriptSources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internethttps://archive.org/details/inventinginterne00abbahttps://www.netvalley.com/archives/mirrors/cerf-how-inet.htmlhttps://archive.org/details/howwebwasbornsto00gillhttps://www.nsf.gov/od/olpahttps://www.youtube.com/@FrankieFeyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_YouTubehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Facebookhttps://www.thetrevorproject.org/research-briefs/online-experiences-and-mental-health-of-lgbtq-young-people/https://www.hrc.org/magazine/2021-early-fall/online-communities-early-fall-2021https://michigan.it.umich.edu/news/2023/06/05/online-safety-for-the-lgbtq-community/https://www.oah.org/process/dame-griff-how-computers-transformed-lgbtq-life/https://scholars.org/contribution/how-media-has-helped-change-public-views-about-lesbian-and-gay-people

There are many theatre shows that involve queer folks.Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:LGBTQ-related_musicalshttps://playbill.com/article/queer-musicals-from-boy-meets-boy-to-jagged-little-pill-traces-lgbtqia-representation-in-theatrehttps://newprairiepress.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4185&context=aerchttps://theatricalindex.com/show/la-cage-aux-folles/la-cage-bway-2004https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses/LA-CAGE-AUX-FOLLES-2004-2005https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/lacage-revhttps://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/01-2008/review-round-up-is-la-cage-another-menier-hit_20049.html/https://www.broadway.com/buzz/168053/fetish-footwear-acclaimed-film-rockin-broadway-musical-explore-the-many-steps-of-kinky-boots/https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004911/http://broadwaydirect.com/feature/kinky-boots-a-new-musical-is-bornhttps://playbill.com/article/rent-dramaturg-suit-dismissed-com-71067https://prezi.com/rkee5nh4_woa/no-day-but-today-the-critical-reception-of-rent/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/oct/16/theatre4http://www.untamedspirits.net/aj/hedwig/la/h-la-bruin1199.htmhttps://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/papers/metro/08.02.01/cover/hedwig1-0131.htmlhttps://www.broadwayworld.com/israel/article/Musical-Theatre-Returns-to-Israel-With-HEDWIG-AND-THE-ANGRY-INCH-20210403https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdeymzq0

Kid shows and other forms of media have an important role in teaching kids about the world and also normalizing things like queerness. This episode also covers censorship of kids media and features the noises of our cat Pepper!Sources:https://whatsupmoms.com/for-mom/shows-lgbtq/https://www.businessinsider.com/lgbtq-cartoon-characters-kids-database-2021-06?page=explore-databasehttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1051144X.2021.1974774https://www.papermag.com/rebecca-sugar-noelle-stevensonhttps://web.archive.org/web/20210115060919/https://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/GLAAD%20-%20202021%20WHERE%20WE%20ARE%20ON%20TV.pdfhttps://web.archive.org/web/20150712194716/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/12/korra-series-finale-recap-gay-asamihttps://web.archive.org/web/20210808212837/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7881af74 https://www.booksaremagic.net/lists/LWrD_0ITQOi0/1https://roomofonesown.com/list/lgbtqia-ecstatic-childrens-picture-bookshttps://makinggayhistory.org/season-seven/https://www.pghcitypaper.com/news-2/book-bans-have-reached-greater-pittsburghs-boardrooms-and-ballots-24852802/https://www.youtube.com/@ReadswithRachelhttp://cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pine-richland-school-district-book-banning-policy-on-hold/https://www.carnegielibrary.org/organized-opposition-to-the-right-to-read-recent-changes-to-the-library-landscape/

For so long as there have been new kinds of media, there have been queer people appearing within it. Comic books are no different, but their relationship to queerness, fans, creators, and even specific countries is a bit more complicated than one would expect.Sources:https://comicsalliance.com/united-nations-condemned-superman-1950s/https://www.academia.edu/1682726/_Truth_Justice_and_the_American_Way_in_Francos_Spain_https://www.out.com/film/superman-immigranthttps://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/the-penguin-history-of-modern-spain-by-nigel-townson-review-just-a-typical-european-country-h39b865ft?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcSqg1RiPVbv4ylOJcZLbh2wwiMspnRe7lzStJfVpewrL0Tcnj3kWl-oI_OITQ%3D&gaa_ts=6997a678&gaa_sig=0XOktVbb4V212jMG3iks6D2U-s_mZIGiys9jf9vSiS4kerBhUlHygjneiLsq6-cFImJEEah1ZLzSXePLwyDaqQ%3D%3Dhttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/12/11/rise-queer-comics/https://www.dc.com/blog/2023/06/26/the-evolution-of-queer-representation-in-dc-comicshttps://gurlculture.com/2021/06/20/the-complex-history-of-marvel-and-dcs-queer-characters/https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/no-straight-lines-unearths-hidden-history-queer-comic-books-rcna66991https://magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/pink-kryptonite-made-superman-gay-19c5c3a22e6ahttps://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/commentaries/the-long-and-winding-path-to-spains-modernisation/https://dailyplanetdc.com/2023/05/22/the-secret-hispanic-history-of-superman/file:///C:/Users/arpre/Downloads/filova_evgenija%20(1).pdfhttps://openlibrary.org/works/OL6806635W/Seduction_of_the_Innocent?edition=key%3A/books/OL5221650M

Music has a lot of power in the world and gay anthems are everywhere. What makes a good queer anthem and why does it matter?Songs mentioned in this episode:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp1mlMQLZzqRHSBTB3qlCqcL7DT6VDHgc&si=aL1HuxL-pft7YIBJSources:https://bluegrasspride.net/blogs/news/the-proud-tradition-of-queering-songshttps://www.sydney-yaeko.com/artsandculture/what-makes-a-gay-anthemhttps://breaolindawildcat.com/8276/arts-and-entertainment/music/the-muting-of-queer-music/https://oxfordre.com/communication/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228613-e-1242https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/music/2022/08/05/430067/beyonces-renaissance-pays-tribute-to-black-queer-roots-of-house-and-disco-music/https://web.archive.org/web/20230617140242/https://www.berklee.edu/berklee-now/news/queer-artists-who-shaped-music-historyhttps://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/backstage-pass/vol1/iss1/13/https://blog.songtrust.com/how-the-lgbtq-community-has-influenced-the-music-industryhttps://web.archive.org/web/20220401120704/https://www.tn2magazine.ie/eight-early-2000s-artists-that-should-make-you-think-that-was-a-little-fruity/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/musics-unsung-lgbtq-heroes-629374/https://www.pride.com/music/2019/10/08/hayley-kiyoko-used-hide-her-sexuality-now-shes-lesbian-jesushttps://ew.com/music/lgbtq-anthems/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/30/its-raining-men-charts-anti-ukip-protest-song

Books have entertained humans since written language was invented, it only makes sense that just about everyone would write stories about themselves.Sources:https://bookriot.com/most-influential-queer-books/https://poets.org/poet/sapphohttps://chs.harvard.edu/focus-on-sappho/https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10007https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/carmilla-by-sheridan-le-fanu https://hyacinthreview.org/terri-pinyerd-the-picture-of-dorian-gray-and-the-symbolism-of-the-self/https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Picture-of-Dorian-Gray-novel-by-Wildehttps://www.hrc.utexas.edu/teaching/radclyffe-hall-una-vincenzo-lady-troubridge/biography/https://yeoja-mag.com/queer-icon-radclyffe-hall/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Orlando-by-Woolfhttps://archive.org/details/orlandobiography0000virghttps://www.sparknotes.com/lit/orlando/https://store.doverpublications.com/products/9780486800295?srsltid=AfmBOornVoDox2F2pnFYLrHT9MisEAGY-KNpWKqst1baMNrHGlHX7wgWhttps://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1004050https://grabthelapels.com/2023/01/18/the-price-of-salt/https://madelnemiller.com/the-song-of-achilles/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19547856-simon-vs-the-homo-sapiens-agendahttps://www.beckyalbertalli.com/simon-vs-the-homo-sapiens-agenda

Clare Joyce is a born and raised Pittsburgher who is currently studying in Philiadelphia. They love the city and hope to return once their schooling is done. Their identity is new in comparison to the queer elders we've spoken to, but they are just as thoughtful.

Films and the actors the perform in them have hidden and pulled into the spotlight queerness for decades. For good and for bad. Richard Burton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Burton#Personal_views Jon-Erik Hexumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_HexumTim Curry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_CurryJudy Garland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Garland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend_of_DorothyRock Hudson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_HudsonLiberacehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiberaceDavid Bowie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_BowiePrince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)Laverne Cox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laverne_Cox The Gay Book of Lists by Leigh Rutledge (copyright1987) pages: 24-28, 27, 96, 98-99, 107-108, 109-110

Sharing information has been much easier since the invention of the printing press. Magazines and Chapbooks have a long history. Zines, while not as old, have been as fundimental to the LGBT+ community. Images from Pittsburgh's Magazines: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U37mYVLYzgSknqSLITxL72bDzQrfXKM_/view?usp=sharingSources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBTQ_periodicals#United_Stateshttps://oer.pressbooks.pub/mediacommunication/chapter/history-of-magazine-publishing/https://www.cartermuseum.org/blog/short-history-zineshttps://sites.middlebury.edu/specialcollections/2018/12/07/a-very-short-history-of-the-chapbook/Silas's Chapbook: https://www.silasmaxwellswitzer.com/index.php/nine-parts-water-one-part-bleachEric's Chapbook: https://www.creative.pitt.edu/programs/past-initiatives/our-own-write-creative-writing-lgbtq-elders

Theatre has been a welcoming space for queerness for some time. Check out our sources to know more about the different theatres we talked about. Head to our Pirate DND page to learn more about pirates.Female theatrehttps://playbill.com/article/the-history-of-the-all-female-japanese-theatre-troupe-that-is-bringing-chicago-to-nychttps://edspace.american.edu/genderperformance/takarazuka/https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1525/ae.1992.19.3.02a00010https://nihonmono.jp/en/article/11752/#:~:text=The%20use%20of%20foreign%20language,stars%20produced%20by%20Takarazuka%20Revue.https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/performing-female-intimacy-in-japans-takarazuka-revue/11F9DC44BC6E29764EC6DEE976703763Male theatrehttps://www2.ntj.jac.go.jp/unesco/kabuki/en/history/history4.htmlhttps://kabuki21.com/hist_19.phphttps://archive.org/details/insideghqalliedo00/page/390/mode/2upWild westhttps://www.outtraveler.com/exclusives/2022/10/04/trans-history-wild-west-you-never-knewhttps://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/news/2013-10-07/historian-cross-dressing-was-common-in-the-old-westhttps://zipporahs.medium.com/a-journey-through-the-history-of-drag-performances-e43dfda6c940

Reel Q is a great orgnization that showcases queer films with the goal to make all presepctives and lives. You can learn more about them on their website.Sources:https://reelq.org/https://reelq.eventive.org/films

Tropes can be fun ways to tell a story, and also come from some very harsh realities. You can explore more information about tropes with our sources:https://lgbtqia.fandom.com/wiki/LGBTQIA%2B_tropes_in_mediahttps://lgbtqreads.com/2021/01/06/the-unofficial-ranking-of-top-queer-villains-a-guest-post-by-be-dazzled-author-ryan-la-sala/https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2017/8/29/17-lgbt-tropes-hollywood-needs-retire#media-gallery-media-7https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1579&context=mcnairhttps://glaad.org/whereweareontv23/canceled-series/https://timalderman.com/2019/12/16/gay-history-haggards-law/https://www.hercampus.com/school/msu/closeted-and-cruel-problematic-legacy-homophobic-homosexual-trope/https://www.34st.com/article/2019/05/gay-best-friend-romantic-comedy-mean-girls-trope-lgbtqhttps://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/queerbaiting-lgbtq-community-1201273/https://www.health.com/mind-body/lgbtq-health/queerbaitinghttps://bookriot.com/what-is-queerbaiting-vs-queer-coding/https://www.vox.com/2016/3/25/11302564/lesbian-deaths-television-tropehttps://www.teenvogue.com/story/riverdales-asexual-erasure-can-be-harmful Sounds:Sound Effects by freesound_community">freesound_community

This season, we'll be talking about queerness in all kinds of media and even review some of that media. We'll start with general topics and then focus in on particular pieces of media!

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Often times many different voices are drowned out in a conversation about the LGBT+ community. Even here, we've talked little about lesbians. This episode hopes to fix that.Sources:https://www.instagram.com/pittsburgh_lesbiyinz/?hl=enhttps://maryspgh.com/https://www.pghlesbian.com/archives/

This episode may be a bit sadder, talking about failures within the LGBT+ community both from bad actors and hard times. History can't always be about the happy stuff, sometimes we have to look at the unforunate side of things.Sources:https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/lgbtq-organization-delta-foundation-of-pittsburgh-to-officially-dissolve/https://qburgh.com/things-you-need-to-know-about-the-delta-foundation-of-pittsburgh/https://nextpittsburgh.com/latest-news/delta-foundation-falls-behind-on-tax-returns-and-still-owes-vendors-two-years-after-pledging-to-dissolve/https://www.pghlesbian.com/2008/06/lambda-foundation-25-proud-years/https://www.pghcitypaper.com/news-2/future-of-pittsburgh-pride-remains-uncertain-as-questions-surround-delta-foundations-dissolution-20571880/

Wilson was the first younger person that we spoke to and his experience of being gay in Pittsburgh was an interesting juxtoposition to the elders we spoke to.

Theatre has been a staple of the queer community for centuries, and that's no different in Pittsburgh. Multiple troops and performances dot Pittsburgh's theatre history.Sources:https://www.jccppgh.com/https://kelly-strayhorn.org/community/all-programs/https://www.dreamsofhope.org/mission-and-valuesPittsburgh Queer History Project

A very iconic Pittsburgher, Andy Warhol was not only an amazing artist, but also a queer man. While he was famous for mostly his art, his queerness was hidden away by even his museum for a long time, Sources:https://www.warhol.org/andy-warhols-life/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/paid-content-pittsburgh-hometown-of-andy-warholhttps://carnegiemuseums.org/carnegie-magazine/fall-2019/andy-warhols-pittsburgh/https://positivelypittsburgh.com/andy-warhol/https://www.warhol.org/events/dandy-andy-warhols-queer-history/https://www.warhol.org/lgbtq/https://qburgh.com/event/dandy-andy-warhols-queer-history/2025-09-27/https://www.constellations.pitt.edu/content/lgbtq-legacy-andy-warhol-museumhttps://www.queerportraits.com/bio/warholhttps://www.amoderngaysguide.com/andy-warhol/

Among the many bars that Pittsburgh once had, there was a coalition of a few of them that provided aid to each other and the wider Pittsburgh community.Sources:The Donny Thinnes Collection at the Heinz History Centerhttps://stageagent.com/shows/play/1097/lips-together-teeth-aparthttps://www.richardkalinoski.com/beast-on-the-moonhttps://villanovatheatre.org/red-herring-archives/

We've talked a lot about Pittsburgh's gay bars, now we'll go into detail about some of them!Sources:Pittsburgh Queer History ProjectNewspapers.comThe Heinz History Center's Library and Archives Pittsburgh OUT collection.

Religion and queerness doesn't often go together, but here in Pittsburgh, there were and are many religious spaces for LGBT+ people who still feel a connection to their faith. More than one may expect!Sourceshttps://www.dignitypgh.org/beliefs.phphttps://www.mccpittsburgh.com/https://www.bettikvah.org/index.html

Tim Ziaukas was a founding member of Thursday Night Live, a gay organization that began as a way for gay men to meet each other outside of bars and became an organization focused on educating people about AIDS and raising funds for research.

Pittsburgh has some very old organizations that have supported and aided LGBT+ people for decades. You can find more about these organizations on their home pages which you can find links to on our resource page:https://www.theholidaypride.com/resources-1

This episode features Pittsburgh's laws and ordinances focused on LGBT+ folks. Additionally, it features the most impassioned speech that the city's government has ever seen.Sources:https://rauhjewisharchives.org/entry/mark-pollock/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Madoffhttps://archive.org/details/Pghmunicipalrecord1990volA/page/n653/mode/1up?q=homosexualhttps://archive.org/details/Pghmunicipalrecord1988volA/page/1427/mode/1up?q=homosexualhttps://archive.org/details/pghmunicipalrecord1987volumeA/page/1124/mode/1up?q=homosexualhttps://archive.org/details/Pghmunicipalrecord1980volA/page/3/mode/1up?q=%22oath+of+office%22https://archive.org/details/pittsburgh-municipal-record?tab=collection&query=disease&sin=TXT&sort=datehttps://www.pittsburghpa.gov/City-Government/City-Council/Clerks-Office/Legislative-Information-Centerhttps://archive.org/details/pittsburgh-municipal-record?tab=collection&sort=datehttps://www.pghcitypaper.com/news/lgbt-rights-gender-identity-included-in-countys-proposed-anti-discrimination-law-1341174https://ecode360.com/45432358https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/22/us/repeal-of-gay-rights-law-is-pushed-in-pittsburgh.htmlhttps://pittsburgh.legistar.com/Legislation.aspx

Pittsburgh's drag scene has a long history and wonderful performers! Thanks to the Pittsbrugh Queer History Project, we have some audio and videos from a number of Drag Performances at the city's gay bars. Be sure to check out their archives to see the full videos used in this eipsode: https://github.com/happle-happle/pqhp-digital-archive/tree/main/collections!Sourceshttps://github.com/happle-happle/pqhp-digital-archivehttps://pittsburghqueerhistory.com/publications-2/https://www.strutherslibrarytheatre.org/blog/the-art-and-history-of-draghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbkmkmnhttps://www.cnn.com/style/article/drag-queen-us-history-explainer-cechttps://jcls.org/2024/06/25/the-art-of-drag/https://www.cbc.ca/comedy/the-history-of-drag-on-screen-strutting-from-ancient-times-to-cbc-s-queens-1.5699542https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/drag-queen-drag-balls-early-history-pop-cultureParis is Burning DocumentaryPittsburgh Queer History Project: Fefe, Marsha, and Vanna collections

Dante 'Tex' Gill was the owner of multiple massage parlors in Pittsburgh and he won them from the mob after the parlor wars. Although he was caught eventually, he had a wild time as one of Pittsburgh's well known mobsters.Sources:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5924185/The-incredible-life-transgender-gangster-Mr-Gill.htmlhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_%22Tex%22_Gillhttps://isaacmeyer.net/2021/05/dante-tex-gill/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/dante-gill-obituary?id=28141457https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/thedigs/2014/02/17/the-complex-and-tough-dante-tex-gill/http://www.elisarolle.com/queerplaces/ch-d-e/Dante%20Gill.htmlhttps://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/thedigs/2014/02/17/the-complex-and-tough-dante-tex-gill/gill-and-wife-cynthia-bruno-gill-in-1984-ross-a-catanzathe-pittsburgh-press/https://deadline.com/2020/07/rub-and-tug-reconfigured-tv-series-scarlett-johansson-controversy-dante-tex-gill-new-regency-television-our-lady-j-write-pilot-trans-actor-playing-pittsburgh-massage-parlor-owner-1202990712/https://www.them.us/story/the-true-story-of-dante-tex-gillhttps://worldqueerstory.wordpress.com/2019/07/27/dante-tex-gill/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/07/rub-and-tug-tv-show-our-lady-j?srsltid=AfmBOorp7AzATKEyxZvDwTuj5krqRRMnVDM2HL3S1yAngohKuM2MqoG3https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-frank-cocchiara-dri/12521482/https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/superior-court/1983/314-pa-super-256-2.htmlhttps://qburgh.com/in-memorium-herb-beatty/

Take a look at Pittsburgh's Black Pride history and learn about the way the black queer community has celeberated itself.Sources:https://positivelypittsburgh.com/pittsburgh-pride-50-years-of-history/#:~:text=1973%3A%20Pittsburgh's%20first%2Dever%20Pride,and%20ended%20in%20Schenley%20Park.https://qburgh.com/pittsburgh-black-pride-thirty-years/https://archive.triblive.com/news/pridefest-parade-30-years-of-taking-steps-toward-gay-rights-2/#axzz32YFKBUtGhttps://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/pride-month-the-history-of-pittsburghs-gay-pride-parade-spans-decades/https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/pride-month-the-history-of-pittsburghs-gay-pride-parade-spans-decades/https://www.pghblackpride.org/https://www.sisterspgh.org/2023-peoples-pride-presents-swissvale-pride

Thursday Night Live (TNL) was a gay organization for white collar workers that turned into an AIDS activist group focused on education and providing support for those with AIDS.You can learn more at the Heinz History Center's Detre Library where TNL's archives reside.

Listen to Butch Izaj talk about Pittsburgh's Gay Bars and the anual Memorial and Labor Day picnics.

Pittsburgh was one piece of a larger national study that led to great advancements in AIDS research. Listen to how it came to be!

Welcome to season 2! This season is all about Pittsburgh's queer history. Tune in for some exciting stories!

This episode explores gender as a creation of society. This is a very theory heavy episode that may be hard to digest for some. Below are the more specific sources that I utilized throughout this episode.https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender“Womanish Men and Manlike Women: The Native American Two-spirit as Warrior.” In Gender and Sexuality in Indigenous North America, 1400-1850, by Roger M. Carpenter on pages 146-164. “The New Men’s History and the Peculiar Absence of Gendered Power: Some Remedies from Early American Gender History.” from Gender & History by Toby Ditz, on pages 1-35. Neither Man nor Woman: The Hijras of India by Serena Nanda Gender Without Identity by Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann PellegriniPeoples of the Inland Sea: Native Americans and Newcomers in the Great Lakes Region, 1600-1870 by Nichols, David Andrew

Learn about one of the first successful gay organizations in the nation, the Mattachine! SourcesGay American History by Crowell Publicationhttps://guides.loc.gov/lgbtq-studies/before-stonewall/onehttps://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/blogs/its-zap#:~:text=First%20used%20by%20gay%20and,to%20think%20about%20an%20issue.Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising that Changed America

This episode is about the Hijra of India and the differing gender norms of India versus Western Europe.Also, special guest, my cat BellaBibliographyArondekar, Anjali. For the Record: On Sexuality and the Colonial Archive in India. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2009.Cohen, Lawrence. “The Pleasures of Castration: The Postoperative Status of Hijras, Jankhas, and Academics.” Sexual Nature/Sexual Culture: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society (1995): 276-305.Dutta, Aniruddha. “An Epistemology of Collusion: Hijras, Kothis and the Historical (Dis) Continuity of Gender/Sexual Identities in Eastern India.” In Gender History Across Epistemologies, edited by Donna R. Gabaccia and Mary Jo Maynes, 305-329. Hoboken, NJ: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2013.Hinchy, Jessica. Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India: The Hijra 1850-1900. Massachusetts: Cambridge University Press, 2019.Hinchy, Jessica. “Obscenity, Moral Contagion and Masculinity: Hijras in Public Space in Colonial North India.” Asian Studies Review 38 (2014): 274-294.Hinchy, Jessica. “The Sexual Politics of Imperial Expansion: Eunuchs and Indirect Colonial Rule in Mid-Nineteenth-Century North India.” In Gender, Imperialism and Global Exchanges edited by Stephan Miescher, Michele Mitchell, and Naoko Shibusawa, 23-48. Hoboken, NJ: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2015.Nanda, Serena. “Life on the Margins: A Hijra’s Story.” In Everyday Life in South Asia edited by Diane Mines and Sarah Lamb, 124-131. Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2010.Nanda, Serena. Neither Man nor Woman: The Hijras of India. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1990.Preston, Laurence W. “A Right to Exist: Eunuchs and the State in Nineteenth-Century India.” Modern Asian Studies vol. 21 no. 2 (1987): 371-387.Pushyamitra, M. “Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and Fundamental Rights: A Study.” International Journal of Law Management & Humanities 5 (2022): 1708-1716.Sweet, Michael J. and Leonard Zwilling. “The First Medicalization: The Taxonomy and Etiology of Queerness in Classical Indian Medicine.” Journal of the History of Sexuality 3, no. 4 (1993): 590-607.

The stories of saints in this episode are from research I did a few years ago. I'm super excited to share them! I read the translations of the medieval text, the Aelfric Lives of Saints.BibliographyAelfric. Aelfric’s Lives of Saints: Being A Set of Sermons on Saints’ Days Formerly Observed by the English Church. 2 vols. Edited by Walter W. Skeat. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1966.Anson, John. “The Female Transvestite in Early Monasticism: The Origin and Development of a Motif.” In Viator, 5 (1974): 1-32.Aspegren, Kerstin. The Male Woman: A Feminine Ideal in the Early Church. Edited by Rene Kieffer. Stockholm. Sweden: Almqvist & Wiksell International,1990.Bennett Judith M., Ruth Mazo Karras, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2013.Burrus, Virginia. The Sex Lives of Saints: An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004.Coon, Lynda L. Dark Age Bodies: Gender and Monastic Practice in the Early Medieval West. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.Davis, Stephen J. “Crossed Texts, Crossed Sex: Intertexuality and Gender in Early Christian Legends of Holy Women Disguised as Men.” Journal of Early Christian Studies 10, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 1-36.Kitchen, John. Saints’ Lives and the Rhetoric of Gender: Male and Female in Merovingian Hagiography. New York, New York. Oxford University Press, 1998.Lees, Clare A., ed. The Cambridge History of: Early Medieval English Literature. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013.McNamara, JoAnn, John E. Halborg, and E. Gordon Whatley, ed. Sainted Women of the Dark Ages. Durham, England: Duke University Press, 1992.Noble, Thomas F. X. and Thomas Head. Ed. Soldiers of Christ: Satins and Saints’ Lives from Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. Sound Bite: https://pixabay.com/users/freesound_community-46691455/

This is a recording of the talk Al Preston gave at the DC History Center.If you want to see the presentation that goes with this talk, check out our youtube page here.

Listen in to my conversation with Thomas Rainbolt, Chatham University Alumnus. This episode is a little more conversational than the other oral histories we have presented thus far.You can also check out Thomas's thesis on the Resource Page of the Holiday Pride.

This episode covers some LGBT+ organizations that are in Pittsburgh. Check out our resource page on The Holiday Pride directly to know more!

This is just a brief talk about why we focus so much on oral history within the queer community.

Colonization, in all of its forms, has changed the world since it began. It's a complicated historical presence and here is a quick understanding of how it has effected the Queer community.

This episode is part one of a small series about the Golden Age of Piracy. The other two parts are incoming on the main website! Stay tuned!

Here is the second oral history from a Pittsburgh local. Scott Noxon helped run and owned a number of the bars in Pittsburgh. Here, you can hear him talk about what some of the bars were like on the inside and what dating and going to bars in Pittsburgh was like.

This episode is a bit sadder than the others. The AIDS crisis was a very diffcult and painful time for the queer community, but it is very important to discuss.Bibliography https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/about-hiv-and-aids/what-are-hiv-and-aidshttps://primaryimmune.org/understanding-primary-immunodeficiency/what-is-pi/immune-system-and-pi#:~:text=The%20most%20common%20cells%20of,types%20of%20white%20blood%20cells.https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/history/hiv-and-aids-timeline#year-1981https://www.aidsmemorial.org/quilthttps://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/impact-on-racial-and-ethnic-minorities

This episode is about Anita Bryant and her war on LGBT+ rights ordinances.Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tHGmSh7f-0https://blog.history.in.gov/tag/save-our-children-campaign/https://epgn.com/2020/10/14/qanons-saveourchildren-slogan-has-long-anti-lgbt-history/https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/1970s-christian-crusader-anita-bryant-helped-spawn-floridas-lgbtq-cult-rcna24215https://www.pbs.org/outofthepast/past/p5/1977.html#:~:text=Anti%2DGay%20Organizing%20on%20the%20Right&text=Bryant%20formed%20an%20organization%20called,than%202%2Dto%2D1.https://login.ebsco.com/?requestIdentifier=78c9ac93-5a57-41c7-8e32-33992e0c8c8a&acrValues=uid&ui_locales&redirect_uri=https://logon.ebsco.zone/api/dispatcher/continue/prompted?state=NjAwNWI1OWEzNmViNGQ2N2EwMzczMjg3ZTlmYTY2MmI=#db=ers&AN=96775775https://guides.ucf.edu/glbtq/anitabryanthttps://www.history.com/speeches/anita-bryant-hit-in-the-face-with-piehttps://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/anita-bryant-hit-in-the-face-with-pie

This episode is about gay bars nationally versus how gay bars functioned in Pittsburgh. Bibliography https://www.gaycities.com/articles/52483/10-oldest-iconic-gay-bars-us/#:~:text=The%20White%20Horse%20Inn%20%E2%80%93%20Oakland&text=The%20White%20Horse%20Inn%20in,gay%20bar%20in%20the%20US.https://daily.jstor.org/gay-bars-and-gay-rights/

Welcome folks! This is a small portion of a longer interview Silas Switzer completed with Chuck Honse, a gay bar owner in Pittsburgh. He owned four bars. These stories are mostly about the AIDS crsis and the Pitt Men's Study.