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In all of these places, I’ve always felt safe and welcomed before and after coming out. I have managed to live and/or work in just about every bit of Pittsburgh from East Liberty to Shadyside to Bethel Park to Bloomfield. After all, Pittsburgh is not called the “Paris of Appalachia” for nothing. I originally moved to Pittsburgh for school, but since graduating I have come to love this “City of Bridges.” A West Coast girl at heart, I have come to find Pittsburgh can be West Coast-esque (a San Fran if you will) for the East Coast, in that you get a little bit of everything – from culture to the sights and sounds of a beautiful city to ridiculous weather. (Although it is still small enough that you basically know everyone in whatever corner of the city you’re in.) I have found a large divide between the gay/lesbian and queer communities, so that’s something to watch out for and probably not unique to Pittsburgh!Ĭaitlin: I’ve lived in Pittsburgh for about six years. Starting two years ago, I began to expand beyond the Oakland neighborhood where school was and venture out into the queerer, greater Pittsburgh, and have found that the city has a surprisingly robust queer population. I spent my first two years relatively isolated from the queer community – I went to a politically apathetic tech school (no names mentioned!) that kept me busy with actual organic chemistry rather than organic fruit markets and relationship chemistry.
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Hannah: I moved to Pittsburgh four years ago for university. Turns out, Pittsburgh is awesome! I have quickly fallen in love with this city and the queer community that I found here. Before I got here, I was very concerned that there would be no gay people and I was making a huge mistake to leave the gay mecca of Seattle. In any case, Pittsburgh is trying to BE something, we just haven’t figured out what yet.Ĭasey: Although I grew up in Baltimore, I moved to Pittsburgh from Seattle exactly one year ago for graduate school at CMU. Not quite Northern, Southern, East Coast, or Midwestern – it’s a place all its own. It’s one of those in-between cities that is so characteristic of the Mid-Atlantic region. It is an incredibly affordable place to live and has been hailed as the “new Portland” although some are angling for it to be the next Hollywood. Pittsburgh is known as The Steel City – but it also has an emerging arts scene and DIY culture. The 200 Best Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Movies Of All TimeĬlick here for other queer girl city guides.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.