Legislative outlook: Where state-level LGBT bills stand
This month is one of the busiest times of the year in Harrisburg as legislators work to hammer out and pass the annual state...
Mazzoni’s Elixir gala returns
This year, Mazzoni Center’s annual gala will commemorate the community organization’s milestone 35th anniversary. Elixir: the Cure for the Common...
Creep of the Week: Pat Robertson
Extra, extra! Read all about it: Pat Robertson will come to your Big Gay Wedding! There’s one condition: You’re gonna have...
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
Guests at the Traverse Arts Project’s Oscar party March 7 struck a pose for the paparazzi on the red carpet. Shaun Faulkner...
Couple faces Valentine deportation
As couples in the area rush to buy last-minute gifts for their sweethearts, two local men are feverishly working to ensure they can even...
GALAEI honors youth-oriented leaders and organizations
GALAEI: A Queer [email protected] Social Justice Organization will pay homage to two dedicated community leaders and one organization with the fifth annual David Acosta...
Philly lawmakers to boycott Trump inauguration
Philadelphia’s Congressional delegation is breaking with tradition and sitting out this week’s presidential inauguration. U.S. Reps. Bob Brady, Brendan Boyle and...
Local orgs. participate in national event for LGBT elders
Local organizations are taking part in a national community-building event for LGBT elders. Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) will partner with AARP...
Kavanaugh and LGBTQ rights
While the vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh hits a snag amidst a credible accusation of sexual assault, it is worth noting that...
New Jersey trans man sues Catholic hospital
A New Jersey trans man filed suit this week in federal court in Newark, claiming a Catholic hospital denied him access to a medically...
Howard Deck, pioneering and beloved union leader, 70
Howard Deck, a pioneering labor-union leader, died Feb. 15 of a heart attack. He was 70. Deck, a native of Reading, began...
Lutherans allow sexually active gays as clergy
MINNEAPOLIS — The nation’s largest Lutheran denomination took openly gay clergy more fully into its fold last Friday, as leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran...
Visit Bucks County 2015
New Hope will be in the rainbow spotlight this weekend for its annual Pride festivities but the riverside town is just one of myriad Bucks...
News Briefing
Giovanni’s Room vandalized Two basement windows on the Pine Street side of LGBT bookstore Giovanni’s Room were smashed this week. ...
Trans woman gets favorable rulings from PCHR
Bobbie E. Burnett has been involved in litigation against her employer, the Free Library of Philadelphia, for the past six years. She’s...
Council moves to strengthen antibias law
City Council last week unanimously voted on a bill to strengthen penalties for local businesses that discriminate. Councilman Derek Green introduced...
Sex worker arrested for murder
Police this week arrested a sex worker for the murder of a suburban man in a Center City hotel. Police...
Four to be honored at Black-Tie GayBINGO!
AIDS Fund’s monthly GayBINGO event will honor community contributions in a more formal setting this month with the 18th-annual Black-Tie GayBINGO! The March 25...
Accused killer of trans woman seeks suppression of police statement
Charles N. Sargent, who allegedly stabbed to death trans woman Diamond Williams, seeks the suppression of a statement he gave to Philadelphia police. ...
Lehigh Valley partnership moving ahead
The merger between Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center and Pride of the Greater Lehigh Valley is now complete, the organizations announced last week. ...

































