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March 31, 2026

Rate Yinz Landlord, Population Ups & Downs, and 100 PA Bird Towns

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Rate Yinz Landlord, Population Ups & Downs, and 100 PA Bird Towns

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It's Trans Day of Visibility! We're sharing some events and ways to mark the day in Pittsburgh, plus looking at where trans youth are going for gender-affirming care now that UPMC ended these services for patients under 19.  We're also discussing the latest population numbers, a new platform to rate local landlords, the newest PA "bird town," and a new outdoor music festival.

Thanks to Hanna Webster, health reporter for the Post-Gazette, for discussing her reporting on gender-affirming care.

Don't forget to tell us what you love about Pittsburgh to be entered into our $1,000 giveaway! And we're also inviting you 412 Day, a totally real holiday to celebrate what makes Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh. 

Notes and references from today’s show:

  • Population Change in the Pittsburgh Region [University Center for Social and Urban Research]
  • Pittsburgh area loses population amid nationwide immigration crackdown [Post-Gazette]
  • PODCAST: Pittsburgh Isn’t Growing. Is That Actually Bad? [City Cast Pittsburgh]
  • PODCAST: UPMC Didn't Challenge Trump, So These Pittsburgh Families Did [City Cast Pittsburgh]
  • Trans teens in Pittsburgh scramble to access care months after options were largely cut off [Post-Gazette]
  • ‘Knowledge is power:’ Rate Yinz Landlord offers students a voice on Oakland landlords [The Pitt News]
  • Richland Township named Pennsylvania’s 100th Bird Town [TribLive]
  • Live osprey camera back on at Moraine State Park [Butler Eagle]
  • First baby eagle of 2026 hatches at U.S. Steel Irvin Plant nest [WTAE]
  • Pittsburgh eagle cam captures chilling coyote howls: "Never heard anything like this" [KDKA]
  • New Pittsburgh music festival launches this summer in Frick Park [WESA]

Learn more about the sponsors of this March 31st episode:

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

Quantum Theatre

Allegheny County Poll Workers

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