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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...

William Way LGBT Community Center is temporarily closed

The William Way LGBT Community Center building, located at 1315 Spruce Street, has temporarily moved all programming to alternative locations as leaders await results...

LGBTQ+ focused town halls are happening across PA

Five LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations are working together to host town halls across the state throughout October and November. Their goal is to educate the...

Scene In Philly: OURFest Weekend 2024

Thursday, Oct. 10 — Out for Harris Walz rally and PGN's 48 Most Influential LGBTQ+ Leaders Friday, Oct. 11 — Philly Trans March and Slay...

Philadelphia Family Pride to host 15th annual conference for caregivers and prospective parents

“We Are Family” is the theme of the 15th annual Family Matters Conference, a gathering hosted by Philadelphia Family Pride (PFP), which will take...

OURFest continues to be a place to find resources and community

“It was the best National Coming Out Day that I've been a part of in Philadelphia history,” said GALAEI Executive Director Tyrell Brown about...

Arts & Culture

Jonathan Bennett on ‘The Groomsmen,’ gay roles and Overachiever Syndrome

“The Groomsmen” is a trilogy of sweet (and yes, sometimes corny) interconnected romances set in Philadelphia and abroad. The films, co-written, co-produced, and co-starring...

Philly native T.J. Wagner brings the monster to life in ‘Frankenstein’

Philadelphia area native T.J. Wagner is returning home to star as the creature and Lord Byron in Center City Stage’s production of Mary Shelley’s...

Molly Clark: Please Tell Everyone

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Lesbian files federal suit claiming wrongful termination

Cierra Butler, a lesbian in Reading Pa., has filed a federal lawsuit against Materion Technical Materials Inc., claiming she was fired from her job...

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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...

As AI rises, LGBTQ+ artists face new risks of erasure

AI is here, and it’s had a major boost in development over the past five years. According to research by Our World in Data,...

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Nuance: The word many voters do not understand

A few weeks ago, singer Chappell Roan came under fire when she commented to The Guardian about not endorsing presidential candidate Kamala Harris. “I have...

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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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