Philly suburbs consider LGBT ordinances
Although the Pennsylvania legislature has yet to move forward on a proposed statewide LGBT nondiscrimination bill, an increasing number of activists at the local...
Police group looks at crimes, unsolved murders
The first Philadelphia Police LGBT Liaison Committee meeting of the year came with a word of caution to the community: Be aware of your...
Teen arrested for assaulting boy
An 18-year-old male is accused of pulling a 10-year-old boy from his bicycle and raping him in a Southwest Philadelphia house last week. ...
Penn earns top marks as LGBT-friendly campus
After three months of gathering information for the Campus Pride Index, the University of Pennsylvania earned a perfect score as an LGBT-friendly campus. ...
Allentown organizations receive grant for LGBT youth empowerment program
Valley Youth House and the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center received a $250,000 grant today to start a professionally staffed LGBT youth-empowerment program in Allentown....
PAT increases donations and space
Philly AIDS Thrift recently announced an increase in its monthly charitable donations, as well as the expansion of its store space — milestones that...
Retreat provides haven for LGBT Christian teens
Although LGBT teens undeniably face hardships uniting their sexual identities with their family and social lives, LGBT young people of faith may be faced...
NE church reaches out to LGBT youth
LGBT youth have increasingly come into the spotlight in recent years with stories of intense pressure at school, as well as from their peers,...
Known LGBT donor gives again
Last week, Mel Heifetz, a local gay businessperson and philanthropist, donated $20,000 to the Democratic National Committee in the name of Philadelphia’s LGBT...
State police revise hate-crime designation
The Pennsylvania State Police recently revised a hate-crime designation for a 2009 mass shooting near Pittsburgh from “anti-gender-nonconforming” to “anti-female.” In...
Trans woman critically wounded in Germantown
A transgender woman suffered severe injuries March 20 after being stripped of her clothing and repeatedly stabbed by an assailant in Germantown, police say....
Jefferson explores reproductive-therapy counseling
Thomas Jefferson University this week is hosting “When it Takes More Than Two to Make a Baby,” an infertility-counseling conference that includes a number...
Law firm mum on returning county payments
A law firm that prides itself on giving back to the community had no comment this week about returning a controversial payment for work...
LGBT health org. marks milestone
This month marks the 35th anniversary of one of Philadelphia’s leading LGBT community organizations, Mazzoni Center. “It has been an incredible...
Milano’s killer loses bid for third trial
Richard R. Laird, who murdered gay artist Anthony Milano in 1987, has lost his bid for a third trial. On July...
Resolution for statewide LGBT Pride Month passes in House
A resolution designating June as LGBT Pride Month moved forward in the House of Representatives Wednesday. State Reps. Dan Frankel and Brian Sims introduced...
Adrian Shanker set for new role at California LGBTQ org
For Adrian Shanker, stepping down from his role as founder and executive director of Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center is bittersweet. After announcing the concept...
Judge temporarily dismisses trans birth-certificate suit
A federal judge last week dismissed the antibias lawsuit of a New Jersey trans woman who seeks a birth certificate that matches her...
Mt. Airy author writes chilling horror novel
Local author Victoria Brownworth’s latest work is her darkest, most compelling horror novel to date. “Ordinary Mayhem” recounts photojournalist Fay Blakemore’s...
Trans sex worker to face murder trial
New details emerged this week in the case of a transgender prostitute accused of murdering a man at a local hotel this past fall....
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