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Election Day for Philadelphia’s LGBTQ+ Community: What To Know

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5 and the 2024 general election features a wide range of races and candidates with diverse records on LGBTQ+...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey campaigns for Kamala Harris in PA

LGBTQ+ leaders from across the region partnered with the Human Rights Campaign, Philadelphia Democratic Party, and Pennsylvania Democratic Party to host a Get Out...

Community members speak out at Philadelphia’s first LGBTQ+ Equity Hearing

Councilmember Rue Landau and the Committee on Legislative Oversight hosted Philadelphia’s first-ever LGBTQ+ Equity Hearing to examine disparities experienced by the LGBTQ+ community on...

Tabu has rebranded as 254. Will those who left go back?

The bar and venue previously known as Tabu was recently sold to Stephen Carlino and business partner Randal Mrazik, who intend to make the...

Mazzoni Center Honors George Takei: Stars speak about upcoming benefit show

After a successful inaugural event last year, where Mazzoni Center honored Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz, the LGBTQ+ health and wellness center will once again...

Local queer artists receive grants from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage last month announced that it has awarded $10.2 million to 39 Philadelphia-area cultural organizations and artists. Two...

Arts & Culture

‘Emilia Pérez’: Unique, bold, and uncompromising

The vibrant trans narco musical, “Emilia Pérez,” now playing at the Ritz Five and Nov. 13 on Netflix, is an astonishing, operatic story of...

Horoscopes: Nov. 1-7, 2024

Aries: Reflect on how shame and guilt, rather than your mistakes, might be holding you back. These feelings prevent you from trying again with...

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LGBTQ+ ally claims wrongful discharge by N.J. school district

An ally of the LGBTQ+ community recently filed suit against the Manchester Township School Board in New Jersey, claiming her advocacy for a gay...

National

Brooklyn Library counters book bans by offering teens virtual access nationwide

It’s not news that book censorship has become a major point of contention for libraries across the U.S., both for public libraries and especially...

Gen Z, third party votes could lose the election

Many Democrats, especially Pennsylvanians, Wisconsinites and Michiganders, still have a lot of PTSD about 2016. That election, which altered the American political landscape for...

Educators organize to support besieged teachers

In the ongoing culture war waged by extremist conservatives against education, the right to read, and marginalized communities, teachers and educators have found themselves...

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Anita Cornwell, groundbreaking Black lesbian writer, dies at 99

Anita Cornwell passed away May 27 in Germantown “surrounded by the compassionate women who cared for her,” her literary executor, Briona Simone Jones, said....

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Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City: A Romantic Getaway Down the Shore

As someone who grew up in Florida, I never got to experience Philly’s “down the shore” culture, but after living here for the past...