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State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, the first LGBTQ person of color to serve in the Pennsylvania Assembly, is entering the 2022 race for U.S. Senate....

In a first of its kind report, SAGE, which provides advocacy and services for LGBT+ elders, has released a report on the status of...

Mazzoni Center’s 2021 Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference (PTWC) will be held virtually due to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. The Pennsylvania Convention Center has been...

“We are the antidote to broken politics.” With those words, State Rep. Brian Sims announced that he is running for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. Sims...

The nonprofit Prevention Meets Fashion (PMF), in partnership with ONE® Condoms, will host its 4th condom-centric fashion show during February’s National Condom Month. The...

LGBT advocates are praising a decision by the Biden administration to halt the implementation of a new federal rule that would have permitted social-service...

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...

Black and Latinx Community Control of Health, a local organization for LGBTQ+ people of color, held its second symposium on Feb. 6, National Black...

Black History Month is a celebration of Black excellence and Black leadership, including within the LGBTQ community. For the first time in LGBTQ history,...

When considering how to help mitigate the violence, discrimination and stigma that trans people face on a regular basis, education is paramount, along with...

For Valentine’s Day weekend this year, William Way LGBT Community Center will host a series of virtual events called Love + Solidarity. Saturday, Feb....

Last week, a story broke which detailed alleged racist, sexist and homophobic comments made by CBS executives about employees at the network’s Philadelphia station....

Declan A. Galli, an LGBT university student, has filed suit against the U.S. Department of Education challenging its new rule, created during the last...

Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg made history on February 2 by becoming the first openly gay man to win Senate confirmation to...

In a growing trend, New York City recently became the largest U.S. city to recognize LGBTQ+-owned businesses as minority-owned, qualifying business owners for government...

Reconstructing Judaism, the leading organization of the Reconstructionist movement, will soon welcome Rabbi Sandra Lawson, their inaugural director of racial diversity, equity and inclusion....

LGBTQ advocates are hailing an executive order signed by President Joe Biden on Jan. 25, reversing a Trump-era policy that severely restricted military service...

On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order affirming the importance of LGBT rights. The order directs federal agencies...

LGBTQ health organizations in Philadelphia have begun to vaccinate staff for COVID-19 and are eager to expand their reach. The Mazzoni Center, whose staff...

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...