Pastor faces discipline for performing son’s gay marriage
For the past 11 years, the Rev. Frank Schaefer has served as pastor of the Zion United Methodist Church of Iona, in...
Embattled attorney seeks reinstatement in Pennsylvania
Robert P. Tuerk, an openly gay attorney, seeks reinstatement to practice law in Pennsylvania but faces an uphill battle because of his recent disbarment...
International News: January 24, 2020
South Korea to decide fate of first transgender soldier
In the first such case in South Korea, military officials will determine whether to discharge a...
Three decades ago, AIDS activists set up camp in SF plaza
Thirty years ago this month, two San Francisco men, fed up with government inaction as AIDS decimated the gay community, chained themselves to a...
Center to shorten hours
The William Way LGBT Community Center will reduce its hours starting Sept. 10. Although the center will remain open seven days a...
SEPTA urges high court to uphold antibias ruling
SEPTA came out swinging last week, urging the state Supreme Court to uphold its ruling that SEPTA isn’t bound by the city’s LGBT-inclusive antibias...
Pioneering PA company launches testing initiative
One local company has made it possible to learn your HIV status within the privacy of your own bedroom, and recently launched a new...
Bebashi Closet initiative provides support for transitioning
Bebashi — Transition to Hope is aiming to be the city’s full-service, trans-specific resource center in the coming year. To that end, the nonprofit,...
Legislation to replace gendered language in city tax forms
Mayor Jim Kenney signed two bills into law that replace gendered marital signifiers on two city tax forms in an effort to make the...
Homelessness, unemployment remain issues for trans community members
Both homelessness and unemployment were cited as two persistent problems for many Philadelphia trans people, according to panelists at a Nov. 10 forum called...
Board member resigns as American Bible Society affirmation set to take...
A board member has resigned after nearly four years on the American Bible Society board, the same month that employees are required to sign...
Police release duplicate Morris homicide file
More than eight years after her death, police have released the homicide file for Nizah Morris. The file, lost since about 2003,...
Media Trail
Lawsuit filed against Westchester police The Wall Street Journal reports a lawsuit alleges the Westchester County, N. Y., police sought to humiliate...
Chester County firefighter accused of sexual assault of teen
Carlton Raye Bell, Jr., 27, met "Jake Doe," 14, on Grindr, where Jake was known by the user name "UnderageTwink," and Bell was known...
International News
Uganda’s antigay bill advances Uganda’s infamous Anti-Homosexuality Bill was approved by a parliamentary committee Nov. 23 and is moving toward a...
Engagement: Gabrielle Gibson and Jaden Rogers
After talking for several months on Facebook, Gabrielle Gibson and Jaden Rogers had their first official date at Longwood Gardens in October 2014. “We...
Local gay man pens memoirs
Walter R. Newkirk has spent almost 40 years promoting celebrities and their books. Now he finds himself in the unaccustomed position of promoting his...
Mazzoni gets large legacy gift
Mazzoni Center received one of its biggest donations earlier this year from the estate of a late Pennsylvania native. Thomas Dross,...
Gayborhood lanes to shift as bikers demand more protection
The Gayborhood is getting a makeover in 2018. Some might call it long overdue. The rainbow crosswalks that trim 13th and Locust streets...
Irene Benedetti, longtime LGBT advocate, 79
Irene Benedetti, a beloved member of the LGBT community, died May 30 of kidney failure at VITAS Hospice in South Philadelphia. She was 79...
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