AIDS Fund revamps structure to focus on individuals, not agencies
The Philadelphia AIDS Walk marks its 30th anniversary next month, with a new fundraising strategy in place that mirrors a change at the organization...
High court appears receptive to LGBT rights
All seven members of the state Supreme Court appeared supportive of LGBT rights during this week’s hearing on an antibias dispute involving SEPTA. ...
Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks LGBT volunteers at Boxers
As a student at the University of Delaware in the early 1980s, Renna Van Oot drove to the nearby offices of Big Brothers Big...
Racial justice becomes queer at Task Force’s institute
More than 150 activists gathered at the African American Museum last weekend for the Queering Racial Justice Institute, a daylong training on ending racial...
Miss’d America to be crowned on bigger stage
After a sold-out success its first year at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, the Miss’d America Pageant will move to the venue’s larger performance...
Local Boy Scouts council target of three lawsuits
The Boy Scouts of America Cradle of Liberty Council — the target of a lawsuit eight years ago because it refused to vacate a...
Trans woman convicted of harassment, disorderly conduct
Kate Lynn Blatt, a trans woman who allegedly caused a disturbance at a Walmart store in St. Clair, has been convicted of harassment and...
Out MontCo judge awarded for diversity internship program
In the last eight years, 80 law students have taken advantage of the diversity internship program in Mont-gomery County that connected at least one...
40 Years Ago: Sept. 16-22, 2016
Lawyers guild drops police suit Adapted from reporting by Harry Langhorne Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions forced volunteer lawyers to drop...
Interfaith coalition to launch
More than 40 faith leaders who work with LGBT communities have been invited to the start-up meeting for a new coalition later this month....
OUTMuslim moving from social media to real-world programming
When Sahar AliDeen travels to Cape Town in October, he hopes to track down Muhsin Hendricks for an interview. The South African imam is...
LGBT-centric congregation loses church to fire
Pastor Pamela Williams didn’t believe the news when she picked up a phone call from her girlfriend last month. “She said,...
Dignity bridges distance for LGBT Catholics
In the 1970s, Philadelphia boasted a robust culture of LGBT religious groups. They were the first to have social events outside bars, said Michael...
United Church of Christ in Montco partners with Qmunity Center to...
About six years ago, a United Church of Christ in Montgomery County took a vote to receive the “open and affirming” designation. It requires...
LGBT-affirming congregation marks 45 years
Whosoever Metropolitan Community Church has undergone many changes in its 45 years — from location to name to leadership — but has always provided...
Rainbow Buddhist Meditation Group celebrates 15 years
Tommy Dorsey was a drug addict and drag queen in San Francisco in the 1960s when Zen Buddhist masters from Japan started arriving in...
LGBT Muslim Retreat a hidden gem in Southeastern Pennsylvania
Although the LGBT Muslim Retreat has operated for the last five years in the Philadelphia suburbs, it’s not widely known. Due...
Senate committee postpones public hearing on nondiscrimination
The Senate State Government Committee has postponed a public hearing that was scheduled for this month on the Pennsylvania Fairness Act and a separate...
Convictions overturned in Tyler Clementi case
The man who broadcast gay Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi's embrace with another man — shortly before Clementi committed suicide — has had his convictions overturned. ...
Four years later, mother of slain trans woman still looking for...
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