Pa. support lacking on ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal
Pennsylvania Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8th Dist. ) took over the legislative effort to repeal the military’s ban on openly gay servicemembers last summer...
PA legislators to introduce marriage-equality bill
One day after the Supreme Court ruled to overturn both California’s Proposition 8 case and a key section of the Defense of Marriage Act,...
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About 1,000 cowboys and girls from across the country participated in the second annual Liberty Stampede, hosted by the Liberty Gay Rodeo Association, last...
Pennsylvania poised to make history
They call it The Hillary Effect. For two years since Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 3 million and lost the election by...
Post-marriage name-change equals headache
Couples who tie the knot in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection pay an $80 fee to obtain their marriage license, which...
Gay media assocation bans meetings in Georgia
The National LGBT Media Association (NGMA), composed of the 12 largest LGBTQ publications in the nation including Philadelphia Gay News, recently passed a resolution...
Out lesbian at center of Cosby case
After two days in a special hearing, Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O’Neill decided Wednesday to proceed with charges against comedy icon Bill Cosby...
ACLU to schools: Stop web filtering LGBT content
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The American Civil Liberties Union sent letters Monday to schools in Missouri and Michigan telling them to stop...
Meeting cancelled for committee considering antibias bill
The Pennsylvania Senate committee that was set to today consider legislation that would prohibit discrimination in housing cancelled its meeting. A...
Wedding: Eric Alayon and Joe Rudisill
Same-sex marriages took effect July 1 in Delaware, and one Philadelphia couple spent last weekend tying the knot in the First State, where their...
Barney Frank talks Trump and how Democrats can ‘take back’ power
An out former Congressman next week will take a local stage for a series of performances. Former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank...
Obituary: Steve Black, 44, LGBT activist
Steve Black, a longtime activist and co-founder of a regional LGBT-rights group, died Jan. 13. He was 44. The cause of death had not been...
‘Radical hospitality’ in action at Broad Street Ministry
Once a month, LGBT and ally congregants of Broad Street Ministry gather for conversation and community. “It’s not about educating or...
Sherrie Cohen runs for city council for the third time
Sherrie Cohen, the daughter of the late Philadelphia Councilman David Cohen and an out lesbian, has declared her candidacy for an at-large seat on...
Three trans women sue to obtain name changes
Three transgender women filed suit last week in Commonwealth Court, challenging a provision of the state’s name-change law that prevents Pennsylvanians convicted of certain...
Gay Eagle Scout spearheads petition drive
Pascal D. Tessier, an openly gay Eagle Scout, is looking forward to his 18th birthday on Aug. 5. He’s planning for...
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...
Local lesbian murder-suicide shakes community
On the afternoon of Dec. 16, two women, married to one another, were found dead by two of their three children — ages 12...
Two LGBT antibias laws in Pa. challenged
Legal challenges targeting two LGBT civil-rights ordinances in Pennsylvania are winding their way through the courts. In Haverford, Fred W. Teal...
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