Gayborhood salon to host fundraiser for hurricane victims
A Gayborhood salon is staging a fundraiser Thursday afternoon to help victims of Hurricane Harvey. From 2-5 p.m. Aug. 31, André Richard...
Performers take stage for NJ diversity weekend
With spring upon us and summer approaching, what better way to celebrate the warm weather than with a trip to the Jersey shore? ...
Trans activists fight latest attack
The U.S. Department of Justice has levied a new attack against transgender people. In a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, Solicitor General Noel...
Toomey rejects LGBT student bill
U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania Patrick Toomey (R) this week again voted against a pro-LGBT measure. Toomey was one of 45 Senators...
PHL Diversity panel offers tips for corporations starting employee-resource groups
Since the 1920s, PPL Electric Utilities has flown four flags: for the United States, Pennsylvania, Allentown and the company. But after the June 12...
City releases Gayborhood racism findings, recommends training
This story has been updated to include comments from representatives at Philadelphia FIGHT and the Mazzoni Center. The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations offered...
Congress sees two LGBT-rights bills
Two pieces of legislation to bolster rights for LGBT individuals were reintroduced to Congress last week. The Senate saw the submission...
Celebration, calls for resistance at trans flag-raising ceremony
Perseverance, strength and power were on display Thursday at Philadelphia City Hall, where the transgender flag was raised amid celebrations of trans triumphs and...
Biz Journal intros LGBT advocate awards
The Philadelphia Business Journal’s annual Top LGBT-Owned Company Awards return this fall, accompanied by a new batch of awards honoring individuals. ...
Workers collective continues protest against FIGHT
Philadelphia health department officials plan to meet with the Black and Brown Workers Collective, a spokesperson said after the group delivered a 13-page document...
Mayor, LGBT business leaders meet
Mayor Nutter met with a group of LGBT community leaders last weekend to assess the community’s needs and inform its representatives about the current...
Pop-up market makes veganism local, accessible to all
A local vegan market is highlighting the “different faces of veganism” with monthly pop-up events, including an upcoming one featuring LGBTQ vegan-business owners. ...
Allentown organizations receive grant for LGBT youth empowerment program
Valley Youth House and the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center received a $250,000 grant today to start a professionally staffed LGBT youth-empowerment program in Allentown....
Adoption expo coming to Philly
The American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys will host their first Family Building Expo in Philadelphia...
MontCo biz group announces first-time board
The Montgomery County LGBT Business Council announced its first-time board members last month, as part of an ongoing effort to expand the organization’s reach....
Out candidate files appeal for reinstatement to Nov. ballot
Sherrie Cohen has filed a lengthy appeal, challenging the ruling of a Philadelphia judge who disqualified her from running for a seat on City...
Judges reject rapist’s plea for new trial
A three-member panel of state Superior Court judges last week rejected Jeffrey J. Marsalis’ request for a new trial. Marsalis, 42,...
New Jersey trans man’s police-abuse case reinstated
Civil-rights attorneys are praising last month’s court ruling in New Jersey that reinstated a transgender man’s police-abuse lawsuit. In 2012, Shakeem...
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...
PGN seeks complete case file in Morris open-records request
PGN this week asked a state agency to add four documents to the case file relating to the paper’s open-records request for Nizah Morris...
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