Four to be honored at Black-Tie GayBINGO!
AIDS Fund’s monthly GayBINGO event will honor community contributions in a more formal setting this month with the 18th-annual Black-Tie GayBINGO! The March 25...
Commission on LGBT Affairs to hold first public meeting
*The position titles of each Commission on LGBT Affairs member have been updated to reflect a press release issued by the city. The city's newly...
DVLF announces HEROES honorees
An LGBT community foundation this week announced the honorees for its annual awards ceremony. During its 11th-annual HEROES brunch April 9, DVLF will honor three individuals...
N.J. LGBT group hit by vandalism
Garden State Equality executive director Christian Fuscarino was working in the organization’s Asbury Park office last weekend when he heard a loud crash. ...
Advocates, officials gather to support transgender students
*Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify that Sharron Cooks organized this event. The original story stated that Equality Pennsylvania organized the...
Transgender issues presented at Sex and Gender Research Forum
A local university included LGBT issues, with a focus on the transgender community, at a research forum Wednesday. Harper Jean Tobin, the director of...
Spring Wedding Issue 2017
We could all use a little good news these days, right? Well, our Spring Wedding Issue is chock full of it! From engagements to...
Gay restaurant worker files antibias suit
A South Philadelphia gay man filed suit last week in federal court claiming pervasive anti-LGBT harassment forced him out of a restaurant job. ...
Amtrak wants engineer’s home address disclosed
Brandon Bostian, the engineer involved in a fatal train derailment in Philadelphia, doesn’t want his home address publicly disclosed in a lawsuit against Amtrak....
Philly-born database enhanced for LGBT asylum-seekers
An online resource catalogue for LGBT asylum-seekers last month launched an update, with improvements for users in the Philadelphia and Seattle areas. ...
Program launches to provide gov’t lessons
Malcolm Kenyatta said he recently felt like he was experiencing scenarios similar to the ones on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” in which correspondents interview...
Obituary: William Ortiz, artist and interior designer, 42
It was First Friday in Old City Philadelphia, November 2012, and the usual crowds were weaving in and out of the open storefronts, taking...
SCOTUS punts trans student’s case
The nation's top court on Monday delivered a setback in the fight for equal access for transgender students. In a one-sentence order,...
Parent of trans girl sues PA school district
The mother of an 8-year-old trans girl filed a federal lawsuit this week, seeking to establish a clear right for her daughter to use...
Twelve LGBT groups file brief in trans antibias case
A coalition of 12 LGBT-advocacy groups wants to be heard in a federal case that will determine whether trans people born in New Jersey...
Mazzoni Center partners with other nonprofits for Take Action Philly
A local LGBT nonprofit is among 10 organizations involved in a citywide initiative to protect Philadelphia’s most vulnerable residents. Mazzoni Center,...
D.A. says Morris 911 recordings aren’t agency records
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office last week said it doesn’t recognize 911 recordings pertaining to the Nizah Morris incident as agency records, even if...
Out entrepreneur overcomes obstacles to embrace his fashion
Fashion designer Aquilla Savoy describes himself in his Instagram bio as a “young entrepreneur” who has “been weird — just noticing.” ...
Local lawyer launching traveling legal program
“If we’re scared here in Philadelphia, I can’t imagine what it’s like in Laramie, in Chatanooga, in small towns in Arkansas.” ...
Rainbow Wedding Network presents 10th LGBT expo
Rainbow Wedding Network co-founder Cindy Sproul noticed an increase in attendance at the organization’s wedding expos after the 2016 presidential election. ...
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