New Year, New You 2018
Now that we are at the beginning of the New Year, it's time to keeping our minds and bodies healthy. In our second-annual "New Year,...
Report: School bullying up, few resources in PA
An analysis released this week by a national safe-schools agency found pervasive homophobic comments and behavior throughout Pennsylvania high schools. The...
Person of the Year 2016: Deja Lynn Alvarez
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General election endorsements
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Law firm seeks private arbitration for antibias suit
The Center City law firm of Blank Rome has asked a Philadelphia judge to refer an LGBT antibias lawsuit to private arbitration. ...
The Word: A breast-cancer blog
Part three in a three-part series In March, Gloria Casarez, director of LGBT affairs for the Mayor’s Office, was diagnosed with breast cancer....
Trans woman files suit against Walmart
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Pride marshals, logo announced
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4 arrested in California gang rape of lesbian
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COLOURS gets new interim ED
The COLOURS Organization Inc. last month named a new interim executive director after the agency’s founder stepped down from the position he’d...
Morris advocates march through Center City
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PGN, local company stage Valentine’s video contest
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Catholic agency files appeal in U.S. Supreme Court
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Tales of two bills
Third time the charm for PA civil-union bill? For the third time, state Rep. Mark Cohen (D-202nd Dist.) introduced a bill...
Groundbreaking trans surgery program welcomes first fellow
The Delaware County Memorial Hospital’s Transgender Surgery Fellowship, headed by Dr. Sherman Leis, recently welcomed its first fellow, Dr. Jude Opoku-Agyeman. This fellowship is...
Biggest LGBT business conference headed to Philadelphia
The National LGBT Chamber of Commerce is holding its largest annual business conference in Philadelphia this year, with up to 5,000 people expected to...
Justice pending in Scouts eviction trial
The long-awaited Boy Scouts trial is finally underway, with the fate of the local Cradle of Liberty Council ultimately in the hands of eight...
Cabela’s seeks partial dismissal of trans complaint
Cabela’s Retail Inc., which is being sued by trans woman Kate L. Blatt, filed a legal brief last week urging partial dismissal of her...
Media Trail
Study: Kids of lesbians have fewer problems CNN. com reports a nearly 25-year study concluded that children raised in lesbian households were...
Scouts file for dismissal
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