DA names openly gay spokesperson
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams this week announced a new member of his staff, who is an LGBT community member. ...
Favorite Photos 2010
Last year, we weren’t the only ones who liked our favorite photo of 2009: “The Kiss” won two awards and was instrumental in a...
Apple CEO comes out
Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly acknowledged he's gay this week for the first time. Cook came out in an option piece...
Disability Pride Philadelphia hosts sex education event for people with disabilities
"Everybody is a sexual a being," Vicki Landers, president and CEO of Disability Pride Philadelphia (DPP), said. "People with disabilities have sex too."
But talking...
Evidence review continues in Maya Young murder case
Lawyers for the two accused in this year’s fatal stabbing of a transgender woman in Frankford will review evidence against their clients until the...
New film festival comes to Delaware :
Movie lovers will have a new opportunity to take in LGBT films this month in Delaware. LGBT film festival OUTflix will...
Community, police continue crime conversation
The Police Liaison Committee, which serves to connect the LGBT community and the local police force, met last week to discuss ongoing crime and...
Boyertown students appeal court’s decision to protect trans youth
Pennsylvania students are appealing a federal court judge’s decision to uphold a Berks County district’s trans-inclusive policies. Earlier this year, four...
Del. man on starting family with expanded parental leave at Bank...
Timothy Petlock met his husband while driving to the beach in Florianopolis, Brazil. He was using a Go Pro camera to take pictures of...
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...
Charges dismissed against train engineer in Amtrak derailment
A Philadelphia judge this week dismissed all charges against Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian, who was involved in a train derailment in Port Richmond that killed...
Bethlehem school district sued for anti-trans bias
The mother of a
Northampton County non-binary student is suing the Bethlehem Area School
District, claiming her child has been the victim of anti-trans bias while
receiving...
C. Everett Koop: A remembrance
When I heard that former U. S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop had died Feb. 25 at age 96, I let out a...
Census officials conduct outreach
Same-sex married couples will, for the first time, be counted accurately in the decennial U. S. Census next year, and the Census Bureau...
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Mass. continues to ban funeral protests According to the Boston Herald, Attorney General Martha Coakley said Massachusetts will continue to enforce...
Get Out! LGBTQ travelers show how to travel safely this fall
Just when we thought it was safe to hit the road, we were walloped by the Delta variant, the latest plot twist in the...
PA legislators to introduce marriage-equality bill
One day after the Supreme Court ruled to overturn both California’s Proposition 8 case and a key section of the Defense of Marriage Act,...
T. Desiree Hines, organist and trans activist, 33
T. Desiree Hines, a former Philadelphian and renowned organist who pioneered the way for transgender inclusion in the classical-music world, died Jan. 19 after a...
CDC reports record number of STD cases
According to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control, the rates of chlamydia and syphilis continue to rise and disproportionately affect several...
Top Stories 2013
MOVING FORWARD City adopts groundbreaking LGBT-reform law Philadelphia Councilman Jim Kenney pioneered legislation that put Philadelphia at the top of its game...
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