About 100 community members turned out for a town-hall discussion on the state’s LGBT-rights movement Jan. 10 at the William Way LGBT Community Center. The event, sponsored by Equality Pennsylvania, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the Human Rights Campaign, is one of a series of statewide meetings seeking to strengthen ties among community members and advocates and generate ideas for advancing LGBT rights in the state. Speakers included state Sen. Larry Farnese, state Rep. Babette Josephs (standing, from left), ACLU of PA legislative director Andy Hoover and Equality PA executive director Ted Martin, among others. Participants discussed efforts to block a likely move to amend the state’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage and to advance LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination, hate-crimes and bullying measures. Photo: Scott Drake