The Holiday Pride: A Pittsburgh LGBT+ Community Museum Podcast

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: Coming soon! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_(film)#Production https://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-transcript Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet https://archive.org/details/inventinginterne00abba h...

There are many theatre shows that involve queer folks. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:LGBTQ-related_musicals https://playbill.com/article/queer-musicals-from-boy-meets-boy-to-jagged-little-pill-traces-lgbtqia-representation-in-theatre https://newprairiepress.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4185&context=aerc https://theatricalindex.com/show/la-cage-aux-folles/la-cage-bway-2004...

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-database https://www.tandf...

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_Americ...

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-pft7YIBJ Sources: https://bluegrasspride.net/blogs/news/the-proud-tradition-of-queering-songs https://www.sydney-yaeko.com/artsandculture/what-makes-a-gay-ant...

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/sappho https://chs.harvard.edu/focus-on-sappho/ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10007 https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/carmilla-by-sheridan-le-fanu https://hyacinthr...

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 Hexum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Hexum Tim Curry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Curry Judy Garland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Garland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...

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=sharing Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBTQ_periodicals#United_States...

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 theatre https://playbill.com/article/the-history-of-the-all-female-japanese-theatre-troupe-that-is-bringing-chicago-to-nyc https://edspace.american.edu/genderperformance/takarazuka/ https://a...

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_media https://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-tr...

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=en https://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-...

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-values Pittsburgh 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-warhol https://carnegiemuseums.org/carnegie-magazine/fall-...

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 Center https://stageagent.com/shows/play/1097/lips-together-teeth-apart https://www.richardkalinoski.com/beast-on-the-moon https://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 Project Newspapers.com The 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! Sources https://www.dignitypgh.org/beliefs.php https://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.