Prison violence punishes LBT women, and it can kill
This is part three of a series on LGBTQ people in prison. Unless otherwise noted, names have been altered to protect the privacy of...
Pride marshals announced
Philly Pride Presents this week announced the individuals who will ride its Grand Marshal float at the June 18 event. This...
Trans comedian and activist with Philly roots dies by suicide
Daphne Dorman, a trans activist and comedian who was a Philadelphia native, died by suicide last weekend. She was 44 years old. ...
New Jersey votes against marriage equality
Legislators in New Jersey voted this week to reject a same-sex marriage bill, stifling hopes for marriage equality in the Garden State for at...
Pennsylvania marks one year of marriage equality
One year to the day after they nervously gathered to await news on their court case, plaintiffs in Whitewood v. Wolf again assembled —...
N.J. woman charged in wife’s murder
A New Jersey woman allegedly shot and killed her wife on Sunday. Mount Holly Police responded to a call about a...
Pledges still sought from weight-loss program
One year ago, a group of community leaders came together for an innovative weight-loss program to raise money for LGBT agencies and promote health...
Media Trail
Prop. 8 judge is gay San Francisco Chronicle published a Feb. 7 column about an aspect of the Proposition 8 trial...
NJ Sen. Frank Lautenberg, LGBT ally, 89
Democratic U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg from New Jersey died Monday at age 89 from complications of viral pneumonia. He was the...
Does D.A. have missing 911 transmissions in Morris case?
Earlier this month, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office confirmed that it has documents pertaining to the Nizah Morris case that were generated by police....
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...
Rainbow flag to fly again at City Hall
The fifth-annual Philadelphia LGBT History Month celebration kicks off next week with the raising of the rainbow flag. For the month...
Analysis: Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate Race
The Pennsylvania Senate race is one of the most critical in the country. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell thinks so. And so do the...
In settlement, PA district to update policies, pay students
A Central Pennsylvania school district has agreed to pay nearly $150,000 to three transgender students and their attorneys who challenged their school’s policy on...
African-American lesbian sues her former employer
Nafeisa Johnson, an African-American lesbian, has filed suit against Northeast Building Products, alleging wrongful termination and other unlawful acts allegedly due to her race...
Feds: City misconstrues antibias law
The U. S. Department of Justice has filed a “statement of interest” in the case of trans litigant Bobbie Burnett, contending the city...
VYING FOR THE VOTE
Members of the LGBT community turned out in force April 1 at Tabu for a meet-and-greet with nearly 20 political candidates who are seeking...
AN INSPIRING PORTRAIT
The Attic Youth Center executive director Carrie Jacobs (right) and the agency’s other supporters surprise Jim Bryson, founder and namesake of the organization’s education...
Lambda Legal Files Federal Lawsuit on Behalf of Allentown LGBT Center
On Nov. 23, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris released a partial list of Cabinet members and other key personnel choices for...
International News: January 31, 2020
South Korean military decides to discharge transgender soldier
South Korea's military decided Jan. 22 to discharge a soldier who recently undertook gender- affirmation surgery, a...
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