Red-carpet event to honor leaders
The red carpet will be rolled out next month to honor the celebrities in the local LGBT community. Dawn Maitri of Maitri...
Orgs. call for LGBT participation in On the Table Philly
Two local organizations are calling for the LGBT community’s participation in mealtime conversations focused on ways to create an engaged population next month. ...
Local Boy Scouts council target of three lawsuits
The Boy Scouts of America Cradle of Liberty Council — the target of a lawsuit eight years ago because it refused to vacate a...
Florida bathroom rule draws ire
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A blond girl heads from a playground into a women’s restroom. A scruffy man, lurking outside, darts in behind...
Locals named to POZ 100
Several local advocates have been named to POZ magazine's list of 100 people across the nation who are making impressive strides in the HIV/AIDS...
Judge clears way for trans murder trial
A Philadelphia judge last month cleared the way for a December murder trial for Charles N. Sargent, who stands accused of stabbing to death...
Another brick off the wall
Construction began last week on the 12th Street wall of Giovanni’s Room, which needs to be torn down and rebuilt, costing the nation’s oldest...
Kenneth Andrews, freelance photographer, 61
Kenneth Andrews, local freelance photographer, died Feb. 6 of natural causes. He was 61. Andrews was born March 14, 1953, in the...
Williams pleads guilty, will resign as Philly D.A.
In a surprise move, Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams entered a guilty plea June 29 to a single count of bribery and will...
Gayborhood coffee shop closes after ‘audit from hell’
Joe Coffee Bar, a gay-owned coffee shop at 1100 Walnut St. , brewed its final mug last month after the store’s owner underwent...
Media Trail
Boy’s drag performance at Ohio bar prompts lawmaker’s action The Toledo Blade reports the drag queen performance of a 9-year-old boy at a...
Volunteer spots still open for DNC
The Philadelphia 2016 Host Committee for the Democratic National Convention has recruited more than 16,000 volunteers for the July event, surpassing its initial goal...
International News
Italian activists to protest singer A singer who has penned a song about a man who used to be gay is generating controversy...
Interview: Edie Windsor on life post-SCOTUS
Edie Windsor has a harpsichord in her living room, which holds the many awards she’s received over the past three years for her role...
SEPTA challenges city commission’s jurisdiction
The city’s transportation authority has filed a lawsuit that could limit the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relation’s scope of authority. On...
Media Trail – 5/24/19
Court: Adoption agency can’t reject same-sex couples A federal court says New York officials weren’t infringing on a Christian adoption agency’s religious freedom by...
The Rev. Dr. Bob Hanrahan, AIDS volunteer, 76
The Rev. Dr. Bob Hanrahan, a former volunteer at the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, died June 18. He was 76. Hanrahan...
LGBT data collection hot topic at White House summit in Pittsburgh
The LGBT community cannot continue to use anecdotal evidence when asking for policy changes from the government, said Adrian Shanker, executive director of the...
CDC reports record number of STD cases
According to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control, the rates of chlamydia and syphilis continue to rise and disproportionately affect several...
Human Rights Watch: Iraqi gays tortured and killed
BAGHDAD — Militiamen are torturing and killing gay Iraqi men with impunity in a systematic campaign that has spread from Baghdad to several other...
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