People’s Pride celebrates, advocates for Black trans lives

By Rebecca Johnson, News Editor • October 12, 2020

Around 50 people donning rainbow attire and flags that said “Give us our roses while we’re still here” marched across Pittsburgh on Sunday as part of People’s Pride. They could be heard chanting “Black trans lives are under attack. What do we do? Stand up, fight back,” to the beat of a drum.

Pittsburgh pride celebrations moved to fall

By Maggie Young, Contributing Editor • May 19, 2020

According to a May 8 press release from the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh, the organization that’s hosted Pittsburgh Pride since 2008, the Foundation plans to hold the event on an undetermined fall date. Another local Pride event hosted by SisTers PGH, “People’s Pride PGH 2020 - Breaking the Cistem,” has also been postponed.

People’s Pride lifts up trans activists of color

By Emily Wolfe, Contributing Editor • June 11, 2019

Three brown paper-mache figures led the People’s Pride parade as it moved through Downtown Sunday.

People’s Pride passes on corporate sponsorships, focuses on inclusion

By Jon Kunitsky | Staff Writer • June 13, 2018

“Pride of the people will overcome evil!” This was only one of many rally cries heard from the marchers in Pittsburgh’s second annual People’s Pride March late Sunday morning. The “people”...

Photos: Pride across Pittsburgh

By The Pitt News Staff • June 13, 2018

Pittsburgh celebrates two controversial Prides

By Henry Glitz | News Editor • June 14, 2017

When Pittsburghers gathered for the city’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride parade Sunday, they probably expected the marchers to toss candy and wave rainbow flags — but they got their fair share of political chants...