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Lucky (all images courtesy Pittsburgh Queer History Project)
In An Archive of Feelings, Ann Cvetkovich discusses the unique nature of archiving queer history, stating: “In the deal with of institutional neglect, along with erased and invisible histories, gay and lesbian archives have been formed through grassroots efforts, just as cultural and political movements have demanded attention to other suppressed and traumatic histories, ranging from the Holocaust, to labor and civil rights activism, to slavery and genocide. Forged around sexuality and intimacy, and hence forms of privacy and invisibility that are both chosen and enforced, gay and lesbian cultures often exit ephemeral and peculiar traces. In the absence of institutionalized documentation or in opposition to official histories, memory becomes a valuable historical resources, and ephemeral and personal collections of objects pose alongside the documents of the dominant culture in command to offer alternative modes of knowledge” (8).
Both drawing on and emphasizing Cvetkovich’s understanding of queer archives a
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, formerly New York, New York
Soon after opens at 4 p.m., noun still streaming through the bar’s plate glass windows even on the briefest of December days, it’s already rigid to get a seat. Men from the neighborhood, all white and ranging in age from 50 to perhaps 70, are drinking Iron Cities and catching up, shouting to the bartender, who shouts right back. One of them says something racist in a nonchalant way, which goes unacknowledged. It’s an incredibly average Pittsburgh scene, except for the reality that these men are gay.
, named for the building it occupies on Ellsworth Avenue, and which was once a piano bar called New York, New York, is the only gay bar left in Shadyside, but the crowd it draws indicates something about the social fabric of the neighborhood.
For decades, Shadyside has been where Pittsburgh gay life rests a little more comfortably within the white middle class. In his essay “Aroused from Hibernation” in The Bear Book: Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Male Subculture (), Scott Hill, who gre
Pittsburgh Gay City Guide: Progressive, Picturesque, and a Perfect Place to Call Home
Situated in a stunning spot where the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers encounter, Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in Pennsylvania. It is a city historically known for two things – steel and bridges – of them throughout the city, in fact. But beyond being known as a city with a rich industrial heritage, it is also a metropolis known for being warm, welcoming, and progressive, and one that is very popular with the LGBTQ community.
A Glance at Pittsburgh’s History
Traditionally, Pittsburgh has been known as a steel town house to titan Andrew Carnegie, and hub of the steel and coal mining industries. While Pittsburgh is certainly pleased of its prosperous industrial legacy, it is also satisfied of its role in United States history dating back to as extended ago as the mids when it played an essential part in the French and Indian War, and later the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, where is served as an important underground railroad hub. While Pittsburgh was a center of industry for many years, e
By Jazmine Butterfly
As I was out last night I realized everything is gone! The 90s in Pittsburgh were epic! …I mean at least to me they were! There was so much TGBLQ nightlife that we had a schedule on what bars were hopin’ on any particular night. Take for instance tonight is Thursday everybody went to Skylights (now a strip club) 2 floors of adventure…. Always an adventure for me! Anyway. There were a lot of str8 folks that went too! Mostly swingers looking to spice up there boring marriages I guess. So 2 floors one was for walking around stalking the club and dance floor and downstairs 3 bars and one big dance floor. If u were low on funds then Brewers or Donny’s place and Luckys (Lucky gave me my first job in pgh and show at Luckys).
If u were attractive u never had to stress about paying for drinks or a cover charge! And if u so happened to be a “infamous” drag entertainer like me (I was no angel by any means!)
it didn&#;t matter if I was in drag or not everybody in the Pittsburgh gay scene knew me or heard of me good or bad (Gawd I