Gloria Casarez (from right), the city’s director of LGBT affairs, introduces the panelists during an LGBT town-hall meeting June 25 at Tavern on Camac. State Sen. Daylin Leach (D-17th Dist.), who recently introduced a bill in the Pennsylvania Senate to legalize same-sex marriage in the state, spoke about his commitment to marriage equality, while Steve Glassman, chair of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission; Brian Sims, president of the Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia; and Jake Kaskey, policy and outreach director at Equality Advocates Pennsylvania, also addressed the crowd about other issues affecting the local LGBT community. Photo: Scott Drake
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