Advocates mobilize after SCOTUS ruling on trans care
The US Supreme Court issued a decision on June 18 in U.S. v Skrmetti — upholding Tennessee’s ban on providing trans-affirming health care to youth. Similar bans are on the…
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Fernando Andrés and Jacob Roberts talk living ‘Rent Free’
“Rent Free,” available on digital and on demand June 27, is an amusing, shaggy comedy of manners directed, edited and co-written by Fernando Andrés, about…
Flamy Grant will close out Pride month with gospel-driven drag show in Fishtown
Rockstar drag queen Flamy Grant is set to perform a Pride-filled concert on June 29 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement in Fishtown,…
Philly comedian is ready to get back to (crowd) work
Call it a comeback or a clapback. Either way, queer trans Philly comedian and actor James Bradford is filming his first comedy special later this…
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Culture War Dispatches: ICE, Identity, and the Fight Over Who We Honor
Bucks County sheriff sued for joining with ICE On June 6, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) and the Community Justice Project have…
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s plan to deny hormone therapy to trans federal inmates
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. this week issued a preliminary injunction, temporarily blocking the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from denying hormone therapy and…
Culture War Dispatches: From book bans to Broadway boycotts
Pine-Richland School District board hit with no-confidence vote Allegheny County’s Pine-Richland School District’s board of directors has been hit with a vote of no confidence…
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No Kings protests: A reminder we’re not alone
I want to put out a disclaimer first that I was not able to attend the No Kings protest. I had a shift at my…
Some LGBTQ+ people are outlandish and weird — and you should support them too
If you’ve been to any Pride festival, you know folks will dress in all kinds of outfits, whether it’s booty shorts and harnesses or T-shirts…
Visit Philadelphia’s new sculpture needs to be in plain sight
Earlier this week, Visit Philadelphia debuted a new public art installation at Cherry Street Pier in celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. The 10-foot-tall, 250-pound sculpture,…
