NJ Gov. signs “LGBTQI+ Senior Bill of Rights” legislation
On March 3, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation to protect seniors and queer elders who may be entering long-term care facilities. Called an “LGBTQI+...
Obituary: David “Scoops” Dyer, radio show entertainer, 36
Morning radio host and producer David “Scoops” Dyer died Dec. 24 at age 36. Dyer, who graduated from Temple University in...
Anti-PrEP ads still on social media, despite efforts for removal
Damon L. Jacobs started using Truvada for PrEP in 2011 and continues to take it daily. Personal-injury lawyers have been targeting the HIV-prevention drug...
City announces independent review of Philadelphia police use of force during...
The City of Philadelphia released a statement as of Monday, June 15, to announce that it would be engaging an independent consultant to review...
Pride is not canceled in the Lehigh Valley
Founder and Executive Director of the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Adrian Shanker, wants everyone to know that Allentown’s “Pride is not canceled; Pride is...
LGBTQ seniors at JCAA get Covid-19 vaccinations
Residents of the John C. Anderson LGBT-friendly Senior Apartments received their first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine last week, with second doses scheduled...
Penn. Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta joins national town hall to discuss COVID-19...
On Saturday, April 30, out California Sen. Scott Wiener kicked off a nationwide Zoom town hall with other out elected officials to discuss the...
COVID-19’s impact on LGBTQ participation in the 2020 U.S. Census
Continued measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 have altered life as we know it, including data collection measures and marketing initiatives surrounding the...
Dr. Rachel Levine selected for Biden administration
Trans advocates are lauding President-elect Joe Biden’s announcement he will nominate Dr. Rachel Levine as assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Dept. of...
LGBTQ performers bring socially distant circus arts to Laurel Hill
As part of the 2020 Fringe Festival, Tangle Movement Arts will present the show “The Way Out,” a series of live performances featuring local...
Gene London, children’s TV show host and out gay advocate, has...
Out gay man Gene London, the celebrated host of “Cartoon Corners” aka “The Gene London Show” from 1959-77 died Sunday, Jan. 19 in Reading...
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine welcomes out chief admissions officer
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) welcomed Adrianne Jones as its new chief admissions officer on April 27. She will be in charge of...
Court clears the way for criminal trial in Amtrak crash
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week cleared the way for a criminal trial for Brandon W. Bostian, an openly gay train engineer who was...
What to expect when LGBTQ nightlife restarts
When the time comes for LGBTQ nightlife to open up again in Philly, customers can expect changes both in the types of performers and...
What’s next for LGBT nonprofits?
For our community’s nonprofit organizations, the past few months have been challenging financially, from the inability to host in-person gatherings and fundraisers to the...
Philadelphia Police Department welcomes first openly trans graduate
The Philadelphia Police Academy saw its first transgender graduate, Benson Churgai, sworn into the Philadelphia Police Department, as part of PPD’s 391st class, on...
Mutual aid at an organizational level helps those most at-risk during...
Since early last week, Executive Director of SisTers PGH Ciora Thomas and her fellow board members have diligently combed through hundreds of applications for...
Craig Gilbert, 94, creator of ‘An American Family’
Craig P. Gilbert, producer of a groundbreaking 1973 reality show chronicling an American family with a gay son, passed away April 10, following a...
Tony Lombardo, AIDS activist
“Our beautiful friend Tony Lombardo is now with the angels,” so wrote local gay philanthropist Mel Heifetz on Facebook, about the passing of...
Philadelphia health department speaks on how to end local HIV epidemic
Consider the question: what if the COVID-19 pandemic lasted for decades? That’s what Javontae Lee Williams, program coordinator for the Department of Public Health,...
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