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Cleveland halts Gay Games payments Advocate. com reports the city of Cleveland has issued a letter to the Cleveland Synergy Foundation...
Scouts lift ban on gay adults
The Boy Scouts of America’s national executive board voted this week to allow gay adult employees and volunteers into the organization, but local units...
Candidate interview: Katie McGinty
Office sought: U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania Party: Democrat McGinty is a Northeast Philadelphia native who earned a law degree from Columbia Law School and...
District Attorney’s LGBTQ+ advisory committee holds first meeting; members still not...
The newly-created LGBTQ+ advisory committee for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office held its first meeting earlier this month. However, the names of committee members...
News Briefing
Abington rights bill fails The Abington Township Board of Commissioners voted 10-5 Jan. 13 against a proposed ordinance that would have...
Council committee approves ban on conversion therapy
A committee of Philadelphia City Council took a step Monday to make the city the second in Pennsylvania to ban conversion therapy for youth. ...
Site launched with info on anti-racism hearing
The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations launched a site this month featuring information on this fall's hearing addressing racism in the LGBT community. ...
Where is Brittney Griner?
The war in Ukraine has all but sundered relations between the U.S. and Russia, and in that geopolitical atmosphere there is growing concern over...
12th Street Gym to change ownership
Gayborhood icon 12th Street Gym will start a new chapter next month as its longtime owner departs the helm. Rick Piper...
Annual gala celebrates best of LGBT community
The William Way LGBT Community Center will host its annual Indigo Ball to celebrate the accomplishments of the center and recognize the contributions of...
Wedding: John Schmiechen and Theodore Lewis
John Schmiechen and Theodore Lewis were married at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church on Oct. 4, a culmination of 13 years together. ...
Prop. 8 heading to state court
Marriage equality in California continues to be in limbo, as a federal appeals court signaled last week that it required input on the Proposition...
News Briefing
Man pleads in gay-sex extortion case A Philadelphia man this week pleaded guilty to extorting money from a New Jersey man who responded...
News Briefing: Nov. 4-10, 2016
Gay inmate lodges complaint On Oct. 27, openly gay federal inmate Kenneth J. Houck Jr. lodged a complaint with federal-court officials in Colorado, stating...
CBLSL begins 30th season honoring history
The City of Brotherly Love Softball League will open its season this weekend amid the usual fanfare and festivities — except, this year, it...
Penn welcomes first federal Latina judge
University of Pennsylvania Law School’s LGBT student organization is preparing to stage its second-annual symposium focusing on issues impacting the local LGBT community —...
Sex education org hosts virtual fashion show
The nonprofit Prevention Meets Fashion (PMF), in partnership with ONE® Condoms, will host its 4th condom-centric fashion show during February’s National Condom Month. The...
Covid across the pond is not much different from Philly
At month nine of this seemingly endless pandemic, we could all use a little holiday togetherness. Health officials around the U.S. have been urging...
Creating Change offers budget options for conference
The Creating Change Host Committee heard about various ways to attend the winter conference at an affordable rate at a June 21 meeting. ...
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