Local board game services team up
Board games have always played an important role in fostering connection across communities. While we can’t safely bond over board games in group settings...
LGBTQ-affirming medical center opens in Haddonfield
For residents of the South Jersey suburbs, finding LGBTQ-specific doctors meant heading into Center City, driving nearly two hours to Asbury Park, or heading...
Local LGBTQ+ leaders react to Capitol insurrection
On the first Wednesday in January, just before Congress convened to count the electoral votes and confirm Joe Biden as the winner of the...
A timeline of the anti-LGBTQ Trump administration
From removing protections for LGBTQ people in housing and shelters to allowing discrimination in medical care, President Trump’s hand-picked homophobes and transphobes who served...
LGBT Elder Initiative celebrates 10 years
Philadelphia’s LGBT Elder Initiative (LGBTEI), which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, is hosting its annual A Cause for Applause event on January 14....
Three Montco townships enact LGBT-inclusive antibias ordinances
Three townships in Montgomery County recently enacted LGBT-inclusive antibias ordinances without fanfare. On Sept. 14, Upper Gwynedd Township enacted its ordinance. The following day,...
JCAA hires new building manager
After less than a month as building manager at John C. Anderson Apartments, Charles Carroll said it has been “very rewarding” to be among...
Person of the Year: Honorable Mentions
Numerous members of the LGBTQ community did outstanding work amid extraordinary circumstances this year. While we wish we could recognize everyone, here are some...
Person of the Year: Malcolm Kenyatta
For much of September and October, State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta could be found traveling across Pennsylvania to speak with voters before the November election....
Goodbye, 2020
As 2020 draws to a close, LGBTQ people have little to celebrate in a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump’s attacks on...
Brazil, Mexico, USA saw most trans murders in 2020
Every year on Trans Day of Remembrance, Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide (TvT) research project publishes data collected via the Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM) research...
Malcolm Kenyatta receives Tammy Baldwin Breakthrough Award
State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta has received the Victory Institute’s Tammy Baldwin Breakthrough Award, which honors an “up-and-coming state or local LGBTQ elected official whose...
Suspect in Fells murder arrested in California
A man wanted in connection with the murder of Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells was arrested in Los Angeles on Monday night. Police initially issued a...
COVID-19 spikes in Philadelphia
Philadelphia had its single largest increase in Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, with 879 new confirmed cases of the virus. Last week, the average of...
Anders promoted to supervising judge in Philadelphia
LGBT advocates are lauding the promotion of Common Pleas Court Judge Daniel J. Anders to the position of supervising judge of the court’s civil...
ERG leaders speak on promoting workplace equality
Campbell Soup Company was among the many organizations to celebrate Pride Month. More specifically, the Camden-based company’s employee resource group Our Pride Employee Network...
Biden moves forward with presidential transition amid Trump lawsuits
As Philadelphia remains the epicenter of outgoing President Donald Trump’s personal ire and Pennsylvania the locus of several lawsuits from his campaign, President-Elect Joe...
Biden ahead in 2020 electoral vote
It’s all over but the counting. While Democrats had hoped for a blowout victory after the deaths of nearly a quarter million Americans from...
LGBTQ candidates make history in election
Across the country, including some traditional conservative strongholds, LGBTQ candidates won elected office in the 2020 general election. In addition, a great many of...
Supreme Court hears arguments on city’s foster-care dispute
Efforts by Philadelphia officials to eradicate anti-LGBT bias within the city’s foster-care system remain at risk, after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments...
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