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<b>BON VOYAGE:</b> Local athletes were dressed and ready to go during a sendoff party July 22 at Stir as the LGBT community came together to wish them good luck in their trip to Cologne, Germany, for the Gay Games. The 55 Team Philadelphia athletes making the trip include the organization s co-chair Kurt Douglass (from left) — modeling the local contingent s opening-ceremony shirt — Michael LoFurno, marketing chair Bob Szwajkos, treasurer Carl Funk — wearing the closing-ceremony shirt — Adelina Santiago and Jan Elsasser. The local competitors will play 13 different sports throughout the weeklong event, which ends Aug. 7. Photo: Scott A. Drake Philly athletes head to Games
Local LGBT athletes were doing their last-minute packing this week before shipping off to Germany for the world’s largest LGBT sporting event. The Gay Games, held this year in Cologne, Germany...
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NJ Supreme Court refuses gay-marriage case
Marriage-equality supporters suffered a blow in the Garden State this week when the New Jersey Supreme Court declined to hear a case filed by same-sex couples seeking the right to marry. The court...
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Area women's softball team wins statewide tourney
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After making it through a weekend of games undefeated, a group of local female softball players claimed a state title and won the chance to represent Pennsylvania at a national tournament in Septem...
CBLSL head to step down one year early
by Jen Colletta
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The City of Brotherly Love Softball League season wrapped up last weekend with the announcement that the head of the league would also be wrapping up his tenure. Jeff Sotland, CBLSL commissioner f...
News Briefing
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Donor challenge for kids’ group A reproduction-assistance agency recently made a donation that would allow a child of same-sex parents to attend a local summer camp, and another contributor has ...
Protests get personal
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Blaze Waters and about 70 other protesters gathered outside Albert's Cafe and Sports Bar in Northeast Philadelphia July 24 to protest the shuttering of House of Blaze, an LGBT club above Albert's. ...
Gayborhood Crime Watch
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The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between July 11-17. Information is courtesy of Sixth District Capt. Brian ...