Minority, LGBT media demand Inquirer sensitivity training
The city’s minority and multicultural publications, including PGN, united this week in calling for the Philadelphia Inquirer to have sensitivity training for their staff....
Mazzoni to target MSM with CDC funding
Last week the Centers for Disease Control awarded community-based organizations around the country, including three Philadelphia-based health-services providers, a total of $216 million in...
School’s back in session at FIGHT
Local HIV/AIDS service organization Philadelphia FIGHT is starting the new year on the right foot with the relaunching of its highly popular and longstanding...
Ralph Everline, barber, 64
Ralph Everline, former Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia deacon and owner of Fairview Barber Shop, died April 28 at Holy Spirit Hospital in Central...
Country-western dancers lasso in funds for nonprofits
Cowboys and girls from around the region will mosey into Pure Nightclub this weekend to hit the dance floor for area nonprofits. ...
Tourism agency awarded for U.K. LGBT campaign
A Philadelphia tourism agency recently received an award from an international advertising company for its outreach efforts to the overseas LGBT community. ...
Out gymnasts reach new heights at Temple
One local college sports club is turning the stereotype about the intersection of gays and sports on its head. ...
Building a bodywork business from the ground up
The field of bodywork has gone through a number of evolutions in the past few decades — changes that Freedom Massage has kept up...
Sex conviction appealed in Supreme Court
Kenneth Schneider, a Philadelphia-area attorney who traveled with a 15-year-old boy to Russia with the intention of sexually abusing him, wants the U.S. Supreme...
IBA searching for inaugural executive director
The local LGBT chamber of commerce recently opened the search for its first executive director. Independence Business Alliance is accepting applications...
Dem. Lt. Gov. nominee backs LGBT rights
The race for the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor was too close to call for more than a week, but when former Philadelphia City...
News Briefing
TLA announces new LGBT film festival TLA Entertainment Group has decided upon a name for its new LGBT festival that will debut this...
Media Trail – 8/30/19
Printer who nixed gay pride shirt goes to Ky. Supreme Court The Washington Post reported Kentucky print shop owner who refused to make a...
Mazzoni Center expands outreach, education programs
A local LGBT health and wellness center is expanding education and outreach efforts through programs benefiting the LGBT community. Through the...
Medicaid’s anti-trans provision challenged
A federal lawsuit was filed last week seeking to eliminate the state Medicaid program's ban on covering treatments for gender dysphoria. ...
LGBT History Month — Barbra Casbar Siperstein: Breaking ground in NJ,...
The story of Barbra “Babs” Siperstein is one that will both break your heart and move you to action. It’s a story...
Bethlehem bans conversion therapy
The Lehigh Valley municipality of Bethlehem became the seventh in the state to ban conversion therapy in a unanimous City Council vote of 6-0....
LGBT group moves S. Jersey office
Earlier this month, Garden State Equality, which is fighting for marriage equality in New Jersey, closed its Cherry Hill office and opened a larger...
International News
Samoa bans ‘Milk’ The Samoa Censor Board has banned “Milk,” a film depicting the life of gay-rights activist Harvey Milk. ...
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