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Mazzoni celebrates anniversary with AC concert

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Philadelphia is invited to celebrate a legendary LGBT health facility along with a legendary gay icon later this month at the Jersey Shore. ...

News Briefing

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Black LGBT elders to speak to community To celebrate Black History Month, members of the local black LGBT community will gather next...

After racist video, community responds

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Several-dozen people protested outside of ICandy Thursday night, hours after a video surfaced of the club's owner using racist language. Earlier in the day,...

Alleged gay bashers back in court

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The trio accused of attacking a gay couple this fall were back in court Thursday. Kathryn Knott, Kevin Harrigan and Philip...

Settlement on hold in Scouts case

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Last spring, when former city official Joyce Wilkerson was asked if she would support the Scouts’ eviction from a city-owned building even if it...

Marriage activists stage weeks of events in Pa.

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In the days leading up to Valentine’s Day, love will be in the air in Pennsylvania’s capital, as LGBT and ally communities come together...

Arrest made in N. Philly slaying

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Police this weekend made an arrest in the recent murder of a lesbian in North Philadelphia.  Investigators say Randolph Sanders shot...

Garden State Equality hires new executive director

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Christian Fuscarino will be the new executive director of Garden State Equality, the statewide organization that advocates for LGBT equality. The organization announced his...

IBA to host LGBT Health Fair as monthly mixer

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For the first time, the local LGBT chamber of commerce will combine its monthly networking mixer with a health fair. Through...

Maine OKs marriage

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Maine became the fifth state to legalize same-sex marriage this week after the state legislature and governor approved a bill that overturned a ban...

First-ever federal anti-bias bill intro’d

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First-of-its-kind federal legislation to ban discrimination against LGBT people in a number of sectors was introduced this week, following the announcement of two pro-LGBT...

FBI: Hate crimes drop in U.S., PA

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation released its annual hate-crimes report last week, finding that the number of bias crimes in the nation dropped last...

AN INSPIRING PORTRAIT

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The Attic Youth Center executive director Carrie Jacobs (right) and the agency’s other supporters surprise Jim Bryson, founder and namesake of the organization’s education...

Nondiscrimination bills reintroduced amid new public support

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Legislation to ban LGBT discrimination statewide was reintroduced into the House and Senate this week, and backers are optimistic that the long-stalled effort could...

Trump issues revised ‘religious-freedom’ order

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Though President Donald Trump's "religious-freedom" executive order Thursday didn't contain a provision explicitly sanctioning anti-LGBT discrimination by the federal government, as it was rumored to,...

Media Trail

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MLB gets first out owner 365gay. com reports the Chicago Cubs have become the first major-league team to have an openly gay...

Knott’s attorney asks judge to reconsider sentence

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Ten days after being ordered to prison, Kathryn Knott is asking a judge to reconsider her sentence. Bill Brennan, who has...

New rule eases restrictions on needle purchases

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AIDS activists are hailing a state-agency vote taken last month that clears the way for the purchase of needles and syringes in Pennsylvania without...

LGBT activists trained in Philly

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Twenty people spent five days in Philadelphia last week learning the ins and outs of advocating for LGBT nondiscrimination legislation. The...

Vets to march in Pride parade

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Members of local chapters of Veterans for Peace, a national anti-war organization that also works for expanded rights for veterans, will march for the...

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