Government: Gender dysphoria has physical cause
The U.S. Department of Justice says gender dysphoria appears to have a physical cause, thus it’s not necessarily excluded as a protected disability by...
Media Trail: April 9-15
Gay-rights order OK’d Advocate. com reports openly lesbian Houston mayor Annise Parker issued an executive order banning discrimination against LGBT city employees....
International News
Mardi Gras refuses gay animal-rights group An animal-rights group has claimed it was denied a float at this year’s Sydney Mardi Gras. ...
PA House sees first marriage bill
PA House sees first marriage bill Pennsylvania Rep. Babette Josephs (D-182nd Dist.) submitted a marriage-equality bill, HB 1835, to the House...
GETTING FABULOUS
Guys and gals throughout the Gayborhood welcomed spring this past week by getting fit and fabulous. Eric at Andre Richard Salon (from...
Nijicon celebrates LGBT comics for a second year
With comics books as popular as ever in film, television and pop culture in general, LGBT fans of comics are starting to coalesce at...
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing a referendum on LGBTQ rights, race
It was nearly 10 p.m. Tuesday night, more than 12 hours into the second day of the confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee...
Wedding: Jay Kottoff and Mark Matey
For Jay Kottoff, Mark E. Matey was an unexpected bright spot in an otherwise gloomy night. Kottoff and Matey met at...
76ers, Flyers welcome LGBT fans
Hoops and hockey fans will have the chance to show support for their local teams — and the local LGBT community — with LGBT...
Following months of pressure, Google removes anti-gay conversion therapy app
LGBTQ groups are claiming victory following Google’s decision Thursday to stop offering an app by a ministry that included material considered “ex-gay” involving conversion...
LGBT-friendly Trenton neighborhood to host Holiday House Tour
Gregory Rollins moved to Mill Hill, a neighborhood of Trenton, N.J., with his partner in August. The out community member noted the differences between...
Judges consider fate of church
Three judges pondering the fate of an old Catholic church once owned by AIDS agency Siloam appeared reluctant last week to order its demolition....
Wedding: John Pcsolar and Alan Sandman
Travel has always been a theme in John Pcsolar and Alan Sandman’s relationship — and, this past fall, the Philadelphia couple fittingly headed to...
Philadelphia Bar Association partners with CCP to host name-change clinic
The Philadelphia Bar Association’s LGBT Rights Committee is collaborating with the Community College of Philadelphia to hold a free name-change clinic for members of...
Philadelphia LGBTQ Bar Association fights on
The import and impact of lawyers — like those working under the rubric of the Philadelphia LGBTQ Bar Association — is integral in the...
Person of the Year runners-up
Ronda Goldfein Among her work in 2012, AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania executive director Goldfein spearheaded a discrimination case that drew national headlines...
Pa. Sen. moves on hate-crimes bill
Pennsylvania state Sen. Jim Ferlo (D-38th Dist.) has taken the first steps in the legislative process to introduce a bill that would...
Community fundraiser set for letter-bombing victim
The employer of a local gay man who was seriously injured in a letter-bomb incident last month is hosting a community celebration and fundraiser...
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