Philly-based House celebrates 20 years
When the House of Prestige was founded, it sought to provide a safe and welcoming atmosphere for LGBT young people to grow as individuals...
The Road to Stonewall: Roberta Hacker
Roberta Hacker grew up in a small, mostly working-class, largely Mennonite community in Telford, 50 miles outside Philadelphia. At 17, she graduated from high...
News Briefing
AIDS org. to hold annual fundraiser Fighting AIDS Continuously Together will host its 24th annual Summer Games from noon-6 p.m. Sept....
Glassman reflects on state service
Stephen Glassman handed in his resignation letter last week after a successful run as Pennsylvania’s highest-ranking openly gay official. Glassman is...
Norristown man seeks pro-LGBT appellate ruling
A Norristown gay man hopes his lawsuit against a Whitemarsh nursing home will result in federal antibias protections for LGBT workers in the region....
Joey Ruggiero, 28
Joey Ruggiero, a local healthcare worker and dedicated volunteer in the LGBT community, died suddenly April 14. He was 28. Friends of...
Frances Kellor and the birth of multiculturalism
Few topics in American politics under President Trump elicit more controversy than immigration. The same was true in early 20th-century America, when waves of...
International
Sao Paulo’s Pride parade draws more than a million More than a million people took to Sao Paulo’s streets June 2 for...
Local vet speaks out about trans military ban
Joanne Carroll thought the president, to whom Carroll does not refer by name, was “ridiculous” after he tweeted a plan to ban transgender people...
Obituary: Mary Louise Cervone, CFO and Dignity leader, 54
Former Philadelphia FIGHT chief financial officer and longtime Dignity Philadelphia member Mary Louise Cervone died Feb. 5 of cancer. She was 54....
Robert A. Schoenberg, 1944-2021
Robert A. Schoenberg, 76, passed away on August 2, 2021 at KeystoneCare, a residential hospice in Wyndmoor, PA, after a courageous battle with cancer....
LGBTs, families find support at Asian and Pacific-Islander event
Joanne Lee had tears in her eyes as she explained her transgender son’s suicide to about a dozen people at the Leeway Foundation in...
Two found guilty of 2013 Gayborhood attack
A judge last week found two men guilty of a 2013 attack in the Gayborhood. On Feb. 27, Common Pleas Judge...
Mixed expectations as Gayborhood prepares for DNC
Staff members at Duross & Langel have cleaned the shop’s windows about 25 times a day since two fiberglass donkeys were installed to promote...
Biz journal compiling second LGBT business list
The Philadelphia Business Journal will announce its second-annual list of the top-25 LGBT-owned businesses in the tri-state region in December. PBJ launched...
LGBT angles included in eating-disorder conference
An estimated 30-million people will suffer from an eating disorder at some point in their lives. Despite stereotypes, those conditions do not discriminate--an idea...
Fair Practices bill moves forward
A City Council committee last week unanimously approved a measure that would strengthen the city’s LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination law. The Law and...
Philly to host national discussion on LGBT, racial issues
A local LGBT organization will serve as the host group for a national convention that seeks to produce a realistic and tangible plan to...
Lesbians and Bisexual Women at Higher Risk for Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Philadelphia is pretty in pink. Liberty Place, 8th and Market, the fountains at Logan Circle, and the...
Illinois approves civil unions, guv to sign
The Illinois Senate has approved civil unions, putting Illinois on the verge of granting official recognition to gay and lesbian couples. ...
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