New study highlights suicidal thoughts among trans adolescents
A new study in the journal Pediatrics published Nov. 1 highlights the disparity between suicidal thoughts for transgender and cisgender adolescents. Dr. Brian C....
Scouts to leave building
A local Boy Scouts of America council has settled its five-year legal fight to occupy a city-owned facility near the Ben Franklin Parkway, but...
New exhibit brings unique twist to LGBT history
Starting next week, the Library Company of Philadelphia will stage a groundbreaking exhibition looking at national LGBT history. “That’s So Gay: Outing...
Melina M. Waldo, PFLAG leader, 76
Melina M. Waldo, a passionate ally of the local LGBT community for more than 20 years, died earlier this month. She was 76. ...
Tabu to host benefit for attack victim
The Gayborhood is rallying behind the victim of a recent attack who, due to his injuries, is unable to return to work while he...
Gay fed. employees to get more benefits
Last summer, President Obama issued a memorandum directing federal agencies to provide a slate of benefits to the same-sex partners of their employees and,...
Marriage activists stage weeks of events in Pa.
In the days leading up to Valentine’s Day, love will be in the air in Pennsylvania’s capital, as LGBT and ally communities come together...
House Dems hear hate-crimes testimony
Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Sims gathered many of his colleagues from the House Democratic Policy Committee last week to listen to testimony on hate crimes,...
City launches ‘safe bathroom’ guide
In what could be the first city-sponsored initiative of its kind in the nation, Philadelphia this month launched an interactive online guide to help...
Final bell ringing for Way Gay U
The spring semester of the William Way LGBT Community Center’s Way Gay U launched earlier this month, but a handful of classes remains available...
The Scouts deal: What’s next?
With little or no support in Philadelphia City Council, a bill that would have facilitated the Boy Scouts building deal is expected to die...
Gloria Casarez to be honored by PCHR
Gloria Casarez, the late director of LGBT affairs for the city of Philadelphia, will posthumously be honored by the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations....
Gayborhood Crime Watch
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Oct. 4-10....
News Briefing
AIDS whistleblower compensated Dr. Daniel J. Feldman, who accused Weill Cornell Medical College and one of its faculty members of filing false claims when seeking...
Adrienne Rich: writer and radical
The history of lesbian literature is, for many of us, a critical piece of our own personal lesbian history as well as our larger...
WINTER WONDERLAND
Hundreds of LGBTs and allies turned out at Penn’s Landing Feb. 22 for the first-ever Winter Pride. The event featured an appearance...
Court rejects challenge to military ban
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed with the Obama administration and upheld Pentagon policy barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military....
ActionAIDS awarded large national grant
Just a week after announcing it had been awarded a $25,000 grant for its work with current and formerly incarcerated populations, ActionAIDS has been...
Subcommittees forming for Philly Creating Change
Local co-chairs for Creating Change in Philadelphia said at a meeting May 23 that they would like 75 people to join 16 subcommittees. About...
Trans* March marks departure of founder, arrival of awards
The Philly Trans* March will celebrate its third annual march next week, the last to be organized under the event’s founder. Christian...
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