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Pa. support lacking on 'Don't Ask' repeal
Pennsylvania Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8th Dist.) took over the legislative effort to repeal the military’s ban on openly gay servicemembers last summer and has helped the bill achieve its hig...
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More changes abound at state advocacy group
Pennsylvania’s LGBT education and advocacy agency is heading into its search for a permanent executive director with a new name and new board members. The former Equality Advocates Pennsylvania ...
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State launches next phase of LGBT health initiative
by Jen Colletta
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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...
Man awarded partner's death benefits after 2 years
by Timothy Cwiek
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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,...
Marriage activists stage weeks of events in Pa.
by Jen Colletta
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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...
Pa. court makes landmark custody ruling
by Jen Colletta
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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...
LGBT families head into year with new leadership, events
by Jen Colletta
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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...