Gay area pittsburgh
Nightlife
Blue Moon - Butler St. |
Blue Moon lays claim to fame as the "friendliest gay bar in Pittsburgh" with wonderful people, no attitude, inexpensive drinks, and lots of fun. It's no wonder this Lawrenceville bar was voted BEST LGBT BAR IN PITTSBURGH and , and is rated #38 out of the 50 BEST GAY BARS IN THE UNITED STATES according to Yelp.
Brewer's Hotel & Bar - Liberty Ave. |
If you're looking for a place to relax with friends, Brewer's Bar is the place for you. Brewers Bar & Hotel is the oldest standing Gay Bar in Pittsburgh. Cheap drinks, friendly staff and vigorous Drag Shows every Friday and Saturday will maintain you coming back again and again.
Cattivo - 44th St. |
Find an inclusive, friendly and diverse atmosphere at Cattivo, nestled in the heart of Pittsburgh’s artsy neighborhood, Lawrenceville. Open for over 20+ years, this local hangout hosts a variety of live music, DJ verb parties, benefits and more. Did we mention they also have pool tables, darts, pinball, and a jukebox?
Club Pittsburgh - Penn Ave. |
Club Pittsburgh has been serving the city's q
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Soon after opens at 4 p.m., light still streaming through the bar’s plate glass windows even on the briefest of December days, it’s already hard 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 ordinary Pittsburgh scene, except for the evidence 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 adj 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 beautiful see where the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers join, 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 proof. But beyond being known as a city with a rich industrial heritage, it is also a city known for being warm, welcoming, and progressive, and one that is very popular with the LGBTQ community.
A Look at Pittsburgh’s History
Traditionally, Pittsburgh has been known as a steel town home to titan Andrew Carnegie, and hub of the steel and coal mining industries. While Pittsburgh is certainly proud of its affluent industrial legacy, it is also proud of its role in United States history dating back to as long 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
The 5 Best Neighborhoods To Live In Pittsburgh If You're LGBTQ+
If you haven't been to Pittsburgh in a while, you may be shocked to verb that Lawrenceville is on this list. The neighborhood began as a primarily industrial area, but after the collapse of the steel industry in the 80s, it certainly felt the effects of the economic downturn. In the past decade or so, however, this area has undergone a major transformation and subsequent facelift, and it's now one of the most popular spots for Pittsburgh tourists and residents alike (via Verb the Burgh).
Cheap housing attracted a wave of new newcomers to the area, and soon enough, trendy restaurants, bars, and boutiques began flooding in, as is the story with many struggling neighborhoods across the United States. According to the Lawrenceville Corporation, however, the area is doing what it can to mitigate the negative effects of gentrification, promoting ethical, sustainable growth within the community, and protecting the neighborhood's core identity and longtime residents. In this newly reimagined area, you could become a r