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Construction began last week on the 12th Street wall of Giovanni’s Room, which needs to be torn down and rebuilt, costing the nation’s oldest...

A Philadelphia nonprofit that helps thousands of people deal with chronic illnesses just got a big reward so it can help even more. Action...

A Conshohocken steel worker and his husband filed suit in federal court this week after the employee was barred from adding his spouse to...

Action Wellness, a nonprofit that helps those in the Greater Philadelphia area living with chronic diseases, held its 28th-annual Friends for Life Awards event...

Waheedah Shabazz-El, the goodwill ambassador for Philadelphia FIGHT, led a chant Monday in a conference room at the office for the Philadelphia Commission on...

Chrysostomus Boinehelo Matubatuba, the executive head of the office of the mayor of Tshwane in South Africa, visited Philadelphia last week to make plans...

Standing behind a Black Lives Matter banner, a coalition of Black Democrats took over the speaker’s rostrum of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives this...

First-time candidate Henry Sias came within 5,000 votes of becoming the nation’s first transgender male judge Tuesday. Sias placed 14th out...

The Complete Count LGBTQ Sub-Committee, a group of the city’s LGBTQ community leaders, gathered last Thursday at the Cambria Hotel Philadelphia Downtown Center City...

The city is seeking the postponement of a trial in Officer N. Melville Jones’ antibias lawsuit while it appeals a lower-court ruling in the...

If you’re looking for an escape from Popefest later this month, high-tail it to Atlantic City for the annual Miss’d America Pageant, which this...

Italy elects its first transgender mayor   General allegiances may lie with Matteo Salvini’s right-wing League party, but voters in a small town south...

Virulently anti-LGBT protest group Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket outside Mazzoni Center later this month — and the community is mobilizing to counter-protest. ...

A former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania who didn’t serve in that role long – but will be remembered for fighting for civil rights since...

On Jan. 30, Sterling Genesis International acquired TLA Entertainment Group — which includes tlamovies.com, tlavideo.com, tlagay.com, tlacult.com and tlaondemand.com. G. Sterling Zinsmeyer,...

The Independence Business Alliance and the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund will present the 2013 DVLF/IBA scholarship next week to a Temple University student. ...

The Rev. Frank Schaefer has formally been defrocked following his refusal to pledge to never perform another same-sex marriage. The Board...

A Philadelphia-based podcasting duo is introducing the voice of gay black professionals to the airwaves — a perspective they said is surprisingly lacking in...

Last month’s landmark marriage-equality ruling in Pennsylvania brought a sea change to the state’s marriage laws. Among the differences is that same-sex...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Philadelphia Pride. Over the last three decades, Pride Day has evolved from a small, impromptu march to...