Media Trail: December 11, 2019
Report: Substitute teacher fired for berating child on dads
The Salt Lake Tribune reports officials said a substitute teacher in Utah was fired after berating...
Flipping back: Paging through 2018’s best reads
There were so many superb LGBTQ books in 2018 that it’s impossible to narrow the field to a “best” list. Americans are reading fewer...
Victory Fund backs five more candidates in Pennsylvania
Victory Fund, the organization dedicated to getting more LGBTQ leaders elected to public office across the country, rolled out 17 new endorsements for the...
Murder victim’s partner speaks
“She was laying there peaceful, like she was asleep, but I touched her and just felt death. ” The image of Stacey...
United Methodist Church division over LGBTQ clergy, marriage could cause break-up
The United Methodist Church is not so united over the issues of gay marriage and noncelibate LGBTQ clergy, and could split up because of...
Landmark trans disability case settled
Kate Lynn Blatt, a Pottsville trans woman who filed suit in 2014 claiming her former employer failed to reasonably accommodate her disabling gender dysphoria,...
17 states and D.C. support city in foster-care dispute
Officials representing 17 states and the District of Columbia have filed an amicus brief in support of Philadelphia’s efforts to prevent LGBT bias within...
Museum CEO: ‘Overwhelmingly positive’ response to Drag Queen Storytime
Please Touch Museum CEO and president Patricia Wellenbach said she stands by her decision to hold the Drag Queen Storytime event at the museum’s...
David Hellmann, 60, church volunteer
David Hellmann, a longtime supporter of St. Luke and The Epiphany Church, died June 15. He was 60. Hellman attended Upper Moreland...
Local LGBT activism marks 50th anniversary
Radnor Township is one of several municipalities in Pennsylvania poised to become the 18th municipality in the state to ban discrimination against LGBT individuals....
DVLF adds new board members
The Delaware Valley Legacy Fund is a vital Philadelphia LGBTQ philanthropic organization to which members of the community could contribute, add to their wills...
Five to be awarded at OutFest
Five individuals and one community organization will be presented awards at next weekend’s OutFest celebration. “We try to acknowledge people that...
Legislation introduced to repeal Woodbury’s anti-trans law
Legislation was introduced in Woodbury, N.J., City Council last week to repeal an obscure anti-cross-dressing law in the town. Although police don’t enforce...
International News
Iceland may appoint lesbian PM The fall of Iceland’s government could pave the way for the world’s first lesbian prime minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir....
Dems hang on to U.S. Senate, lose House
In a decisive commentary on the current Democratic leadership, Americans on Tuesday cast vote after vote for Republican candidates, who swept races from coast...
Plan to name street after Gloria Casarez
A resolution to name the 200 block of South 12th Street “Gloria Casarez Way” was introduced in Philadelphia City Council Nov. 19. Councilman Mark...
Community pays off Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center mortgage
Allentown’s Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center became one of a small number of Pennsylvania LGBTQ community centers to own its building after community members crowdsourced...
N.J. Republican Senate candidate pro-marriage equality
Former pharmaceutical executive Bob Hugin is looking to be the first Republican in 46 years to serve as a New Jersey senator who is...
Out PECO VP to receive national law award
The National LGBT Bar Association, the largest organization of LGBT and allied legal professionals in the country, has announced that Romulo L. Diaz Jr.,...
Mazzoni defends ‘legitimate’ firing amid accusations
Mazzoni Center officials blasted accusations of discrimination in the recent termination of its first director of diversity and inclusion and said they welcome an...
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