Social for LGBT parents, supporters
LGBT family group Philadelphia Family Pride will host a fundraising happy hour from 5-8 p. m. April 30 at Tabu, 200 S. 12th St., for LGBT parents and prospective parents.
The social will follow PFP’s workshop at Equality Forum Saturday afternoon at Temple University’s Center City campus.
Tabu will donate 10 percent of the bar tab to PFP.
Forum on religion, LGBTs
The YES! Coalition will stage a free public discussion next week to address the collaboration of LGBT and faith communities in achieving social progress.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 89 Pinewood Drive in Levittown, will host “Creating Legislative Change: Faith Communities and LGBTQ Issues” from 7-9 p.m. May 2.
Panelists include Jesse Salazar, special assistant to Sen. Bob Casey; Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission chair Stephen Glassman; Doylestown Pride organizer Marlene Pray and Abington Township Commissioner Lori Schreiber.
Before the panel discussion, guests can enjoy a dinner from 6-7 p.m. with a requested $5 or $10 donation.
For more information, contact [email protected].
Suicide in the Gayborhood
A young man jumped to his death last week from a high-rise building in the Gayborhood.
Police were called to 206 S. 13th St. about 3 a.m. Friday morning for a report of a suicide.
According to a police report, the 23-year-old man jumped from the window of his 15th-floor residence in The Chancellor Apartments, landing on a fourth-floor roof.
Police spokesperson Officer Tanya Little said the man and his girlfriend had been arguing about their relationship and the man threatened to kill himself several times.
The girlfriend left the apartment for a few minutes and, when she returned, found the open window and saw the man lying below.
A call to the property manager of the apartments was not returned by press time.
— Jen Colletta