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Ny’Jai and Ny’Ela Chapman, both 18, stand for a portrait in the teen section at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Homewood on Friday, May 12, 2023, in their neighborhood of Homewood. The Youth Research Advisory Board of the SPIN (Space and People In Neighborhoods) Project, of which both sisters are a part, listed the library as a supportive place to gather as they mapped the neighborhood. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

COMMUNITY STORYTELLING

We, the youth, mapped our feelings as we lived our lives in Homewood. The city must do better for our neighborhood.

by The SPIN Project Youth Research Advisory Board May 19, 2023May 20, 2023

Andi Whorehol performs among the crowd at the Be Gay Do Prom drag concert in Millvalle on April 14, 2023. (Photo by Amaya Lobato Rivas/PublicSource)

GENDER & IDENTITY

What’s a drag show like? A Millvale event had a prom vibe plus ‘overwhelming acceptance.’

by Amaya Lobato May 12, 2023May 12, 2023

Adam McKinney, the new artistic director for the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, leads a rehearsal for “Sleeping Beauty” with PBT artists Tommie Lin O’Hanlon, left, and Colin McCaslin, right, on Monday, April 24, 2023, in the Strip District. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

COMMUNITY STORYTELLING

At Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, new Artistic Director Adam McKinney seeks to create a space for everyone in dance

by Meg St-Esprit May 11, 2023May 11, 2023

Talia Paone, 27, sits on a red and white gingham blanket in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery in the Spring Hill–City View neighborhood on April 4, 2023. Since the beginning stages of her transition as a transgender woman, Talia frequently drove up to the cemetery to look at the view of the Downtown skyline and ponder about life — and death.

GENDER & IDENTITY

‘I’m living a life I never knew I was supposed to live.’ Pittsburgh’s trans community embraced ‘radical optimism’ in the face of opposition.

by Amaya Lobato May 5, 2023May 5, 2023

Lee Brigido carries his foster child in his arms as he walks down a trail next to Mary Carroll in Frick Park on Saturday, March 18, 2023. When there’s cause to advocate for his foster kid, “I put my fighting gloves on a lot faster,” Brigido said, laughing. (Photo by Amaya Lobato-Rivas/PublicSource)

GENDER & IDENTITY

‘I put my fighting gloves on a lot faster.’ How understanding foster parents may mean ‘life or death’ for trans kids.

by Meg St-Esprit April 21, 2023May 1, 2023

Aim Comperatore stands for a portrait at their Pressley Street High Rise apartment on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in East Allegheny. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Fear not gender-neutral pronouns! They can be fun.

by First-person essay by Aim Comperatore April 7, 2023April 6, 2023

Author Amanda Filippelli and her one-year-old son, River, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Baldwin Borough. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

COMMUNITY STORYTELLING

‘We are held.’ At the end of a grief-shadowed pregnancy, an echo, then a life.

by Amanda Filippelli March 31, 2023April 7, 2023

An illustration of a woman holding her hands open and looking to the sky on a yellow background.

GENDER & IDENTITY

Teaching myself to be unbothered: My Black Women’s History Month lesson 30 years in the making.

by First-person essay by Tahirah J. Walker March 24, 2023March 23, 2023

Sarah Gethers sits for a portrait in her apartment on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in Bellevue. If I’m ‘the demographic corporate America wants so desperately,’ why am I constantly sidelined? Writes Gethers in her first person essay. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

GENDER & IDENTITY

If I’m ‘the demographic corporate America wants so desperately,’ why am I constantly sidelined?

by Sarah Gethers March 17, 2023March 19, 2023

Coley Alston, program director of Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation, sits for a portrait in their office on Monday, March 6, 2023, in East Liberty. Alston is an advocate for inclusive healthcare for all gender expressions. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

LGBTQ+ healthcare experiences inconsistent, lack some services for transgender Pittsburghers

by Punya Bhasin March 10, 2023April 12, 2023