Human Rights Campaign releases report on anti-trans violence in 2019
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation released a new annual report outlining the state of violence against trans people in the United States based on...
Philadelphia receives perfect score in HRC’s Municipal Equality Index
The Human Rights Campaign has created a series of indexes and reports on the status of LGBTQ equality in the U.S. The latest, the...
Philadelphia Foundation grants $100,000 to Penn for HIV prevention study
Penn Nursing — ranked as the best nursing school in the world — has received a $100,000 grant from the Robert I. Jacobs Fund...
Suit says pharmacy violated HIV-positive trans woman’s privacy
A West Philadelphia pharmacy allegedly violated a trans woman’s HIV-privacy rights when delivering drugs to the mailroom of an apartment building she resides in,...
Petition opposes potential appointment of LGBTQ-progressive priest as Philly archbishop
An online petition aiming to block the appointment of a priest with progressive views about the LGBTQ community as Philadelphia’s new archbishop has received...
City Hall flag-raising commemorates Transgender Day of Remembrance
The trans flag was raised into the air at City Hall on Wednesday afternoon to commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual observance that...
FBI reports 1 in 5 bias crimes are against LGBTQ people
The FBI has released its annual Hate Crime Statistics report, which concluded that LGBTQ people are targeted in nearly one in five hate crimes....
Depression and substance abuse common among LGBTQ elders
The second in a three-part series
"I can't tell you how many times I have wanted to open a bottle of scotch in the middle...
‘Denial of Care Rule’ struck down again
On Nov. 19, U.S. District Judge William Alsup issued an opinion and order in Santa Clara v. Azar, a case against a proposed Trump...
Visit Philadelphia wins awards for LGBTQ, Latinx campaigns
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City. While celebrations, honorariums and memorials have been rooted in the...
Penn claims trans people are not protected under federal antibias law
The University of Pennsylvania, widely regarded as a progressive institution, is arguing in court documents that transgender individuals in the region aren’t protected from...
Community pays off Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center mortgage
Allentown’s Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center became one of a small number of Pennsylvania LGBTQ community centers to own its building after community members crowdsourced...



























