Community to ‘rise up’ at Trans* March
An inspiring new song by Grammy-nominated artist Andra Day will serve as the anthem for this year’s Philly Trans* March. The...
Hearing set for Sargent
A judge this week granted a delay in the preliminary hearing for a man accused of brutally murdering a local transgender woman. ...
High-rise apartment building to be built in Gayborhood
Plans are underway for a high-rise condominium to be built on the site currently occupied by the empty 12th Street Gym in the Gayborhood....
PAT @ Giovanni’s Room to host award-winning local author
“JD” follows one man’s exploration of both personal and societal evolutions — and his wife’s uncovering that journey decades later. The...
Joe Lobdell: tragedy and triumph of a 19th-century transition
When Joseph Israel Lobdell passed away in 1912 at the Binghamton State Hospital, his death went largely unnoticed. Joe, as he was known, was...
Philly media professionals elected to national board
Several local media members now sit on the national board of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. Philadelphia NLGJA member Steve...
News Briefing
City continues Scouts subsidy City officials continue to subsidize a local Boy Scouts of America troop that occupies a city-owned building in Roxborough....
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...
The importance of social distancing
Of the many health-related topics circulating since the start of the new coronavirus outbreak roughly four weeks ago, social distancing has been at the...
Victims of antigay Halloween attack speak out
Philadelphia has been served yet another reminder that anti-LGBT hate crimes are far from being a thing of the past. Shortly after 1 a.m....
Meet DVLF’s new executive director
The Delaware Valley Legacy Fund elected an executive director nearly seven months after the resignation of his predecessor. Social-justice professional Juan...
Lib City endorses 10 candidates
When two women, both doctors in their 40s, wanted to get married in Montgomery County in the summer of 2013, they contacted the register...
Mazzoni brings global focus to annual law luncheon
Next month’s Justice in Action luncheon will highlight the connectedness among the local, national and international LGBT-rights movements. The event, held...
Charges dropped against man who drove truck into Delaware pride parade
Delaware state prosecutors are dropping all charges against a man who drove his truck into an LGBT Pride Parade in Dover in June, injuring...
International News
Life sentence in antigay slaying A 20-year-old Liverpool man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of an 18-year-old gay man...
News Briefing
Nominate revolutionary leaders GALAEI: A Queer [email protected] Social Justice Organization is gearing up for is fifth-annual David Acosta Revolutionary Leader Awards this spring...
Live music brightens ‘Shut Up & Dance’
Shut Up & Dance is back for another year of dance, music and nourishment. The annual fundraiser for Metropolitan Area...
Orlando vigils, events in the region
A number of local communities are planning vigils to remember the victims of the LGBT nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla. For a full listing...
Evolution of the Gayborhood
In the second half of the 20th century, the Center City neighborhood that became known as the Gayborhood formed in the vicinity of 13th...
International News: Canada bans conversion therapy
In a major victory for sexual minority advocates, Canada has banned conversion therapy, a widely discredited practice that claims to change a person's sexual...
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