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PAC Morris subpoena decision expected The city’s Police Advisory Commission plans to reach a decision next month about court-enforcement of its subpoena of...
Surrogacy case appealed to PA top court
Actress and former talk-show personality Sherri Shepherd is asking Pennsylvania's top court to overturn a lower-court ruling that validated gestational-surrogacy contracts, which was a boon for many same-sex...
Trans Equity Project receives $25K grant
A local organization received a $25,000 grant to support the continued HIV/AIDS prevention and advocacy work for transgender and gender-nonconforming communities in Philadelphia. ...
World AIDS Day 2017
HIV/AIDS and LGBT service providers from around the region collaborated on this special supplement to mark World AIDS Day. From facts and figures to...
PA Senate blocks quick passage of Pride Month resolution
The state Senate this week failed to move forward a resolution honoring June as LGBT Pride Month in the typical process followed for...
PRIDE UNDER THE RAINBOW
About 3,000 people turned out for the third annual Latino Pride Festival June 5 in North Philadelphia. The event, organized by Brenda...
Local lawyer honored by National LGBT Bar Association
Angela Giampolo, who goes by Philly Gay Lawyer online, will receive an award this week in Washington, D.C. She was singled out by the...
Pa. House committee approves hate-crimes bill
A committee of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted to approve legislation this week that would reinstate LGBT protections in the state’s hate-crimes law....
Murder victim mourned, remembered
Londyn Kiki Chanel, a 21-year-old transgender woman, was killed earlier this month in North Philadelphia, and friends are remembering her for her vibrant and...
Teen arrested for assaulting boy
An 18-year-old male is accused of pulling a 10-year-old boy from his bicycle and raping him in a Southwest Philadelphia house last week. ...
Workshops to foster faith inclusion
A series of workshops in the next few months is aiming to advance LGBT inclusion in faith communities. The “Building an...
Parent of trans girl sues PA school district
The mother of an 8-year-old trans girl filed a federal lawsuit this week, seeking to establish a clear right for her daughter to use...
Spring 2016 LGBTQ Youth Supplement
We're pleased to present the first LGBTQ Youth Supplement of 2016! Featuring the writing of high school and college-aged LGBTQ youth and allies, the Supplement showcases...
LGBT seniors: Out of the closet and nowhere to go
In June, the queer community will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Stonewall. Along with that celebration comes the reality that many who...
Conference to focus on cancer among lesbians, bisexuals
Although research is still emerging about the health of the LGBT community, many in the medical community assert that lesbians and bisexual women are...
Supreme Court denies final COPA appeal
The U. S. Supreme Court decided Jan. 21 that it would not hear arguments against a lower-court ruling that found the Child Online...
Out teacher wins GSK scholarship
After changing his career focus from medicine to education, Ethan Ake is now pursuing a doctoral degree, with the support of a local scholarship...
Will historic marker’s language be revised?
Seven months after the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission became the owner of an LGBTQ-oriented historic marker installed near Rittenhouse Square, it remains...
LGBT athletes: Making an impact, on and off the field
Esera Tuaolo walked onto the fabled grass at Wisconsin’s Lambeau Field Sept. 14 to sing the national anthem before the Green Bay Packers’ home...
Judge: Morris records belong in a homicide file
A Philadelphia judge last week said computer-assisted dispatch records pertaining to the Nizah Morris incident belong in an official homicide file. ...
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