DelCo church takes steps to affirm LGBT community members
Finding a path of self-acceptance has not always been easy for Lou Madonna. However, when he joined the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County...
LGBT activist Cleve Jones talks about how to be a ‘unifier’
Cleve Jones, founder of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and author of the memoir “When We Rise: My Life in the Movement,” will...
PA activist speaks on U.S. LGBT issues at United Nations event
Jason Landau Goodman last month met with LGBT activists from around the world. The out 28-year-old, who serves as executive director...
Trans, queer projects get boost with Leeway funding
The Leeway Foundation, a Philadelphia nonprofit supporting women and trans artists, recently awarded $47,500 to 22 local artists. The recipients are...
Director of LGBTQ Home For Hope resigns
*This story has been updated with the next leadership steps for the LGBTQ Home For Hope. The director of the first LGBT-specific homeless shelter...
Public hearing scheduled for conversion-therapy ban
A City Council committee will hold a public hearing on a proposed bill to ban conversion therapy for minors in Philadelphia. The Committee...
First LGBTQ Community Conversation addresses controversies, new initiatives
*This story has been updated to include the location and time of the Pride Kick-Off. More than 200 community members were in attendance at...
Guilty verdict in attack on trans woman
A judge this week found a man who brutally attacked a local transgender woman guilty of several charges, including attempted murder. ...
Orlando police: We don’t know if hate crimes were committed at...
Orlando police last week said they don’t know whether the Pulse Nightclub massacre was a hate crime, a terrorist attack or both. As a...
National survey reveals disparities for PA’s trans community
Data released last week revealed discrimination trends and disparities for transgender people in Pennsylvania. The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)...
Equality advocates fight back against KKK event in Lancaster
About 700 people gathered May 20 at the Lancaster County Courthouse to speak out for equality while the Ku Klux Klan was preparing to...
Killer of gay man pleads guilty
One of two people implicated in the murder of a local gay man will spend several decades in prison. Thomas...
Obituary: Paul Yabor, longtime HIV/AIDS advocate
Paul J. Yabor, a longtime advocate for people with HIV/AIDS and substance-abuse issues, died May 16 of a drug overdose. He was 55 and...
AIDS Education Month recommits to the ‘FIGHT’
A local health-services organization will once again host a month-long series throughout the city to increase HIV/AIDS awareness. Philadelphia FIGHT’s AIDS Education Month kicks...
Before there was Stonewall, there was Dewey’s
In early May 1965, at a small coffeeshop called Dewey’s on 17th Street near Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia transgender and gay people won an early...
Special Section on LGBT Aging 2017
In this annual special section, local LGBT older adults and aging-services providers explore the issues and ideas impacting the local LGBT older-adult community.
Conservative group opposes LGBT-friendly state guidance
The Pennsylvania Family Institute, a conservative faith-based group, is mobilizing people to resist proposed guidance by the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission that would expand antibias protections...
Judge: Trans people protected from disability bias
A federal judge in Allentown this week ruled that transgender people diagnosed with gender dysphoria are protected from disability bias under the Americans With...
Pride marshals announced
Philly Pride Presents this week announced the individuals who will ride its Grand Marshal float at the June 18 event. This...
Community invited to ‘conversation’ with LGBT city leaders
The LGBT and ally community is invited to the first-ever public forum with the city’s new director of the Office of LGBT Affairs and...
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