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CAPITOL VICTORY: Aisha C. Mills (front left) and Danielle A. Moodie were among the first couples to emerge from the H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse in Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning after receiving the first marriage licenses given to same-sex couples in the district. The D.C. Council approved a marriage-equality law in December and it went into effect this week after Congress failed to pass resolutions opposing the measure and Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. denied a last-minute request to stay the law. The licenses will become active after three business days. Photo: Patsy Lynch
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Maryland’s top attorney last week handed down an opinion that found the state can recognize same-sex marriages performed legally in other jurisdictions. Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler...
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Pennsylvania’s Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services will convene an LGBTQI workgroup to assist the agency in addressing mental-health disparities faced by the state’s sexual-minori...
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Thomas J. Bernardo, the surviving partner of a well-known AIDS physician in the area, has been awarded close to a half-million dollars in death benefits from a disputed insurance policy. Bernardo,...
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In the days leading up to Valentine’s Day, love will be in the air in Pennsylvania’s capital, as LGBT and ally communities come together for a host of events meant to raise awareness about the need...
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The Pennsylvania Superior Court has overturned a 25-year-old legal precedent that presented gay parents with an added obstacle in child-custody cases. On Jan. 21, the court struck down the “specia...
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Even though the power went out for a time at the Please Touch Museum last Monday morning, courtesy of the day-long storm that blew through Philadelphia, it didn’t stop a group of local kids and the...