PUTTING DOWN THE PEN
Longtime Philadelphia Inquirer staffer Gail Shister announced last week that she will leave the publication June 1. The out journalist came to...
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Wisc. AG won’t defend partnerships The New York Times reports Wisconsin’s attorney general said on Aug. 21 he will not defend...
Site unveiled for Lehigh Valley center
Backers of the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center took a big step forward this week in bringing the first LGBT center in the Lehigh Valley...
Victory Fund backs five more candidates in Pennsylvania
Victory Fund, the organization dedicated to getting more LGBTQ leaders elected to public office across the country, rolled out 17 new endorsements for the...
Attic Youth Center seeks new executive director
The Attic Youth Center has begun a search for a new executive director, the organization announced via email Wednesday. Carrie Jacobs, the founding executive...
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Bishop targets diversity program Times-Tribune. com reports Bishop Joseph F. Martino is calling on Misericordia University to “seriously consider discontinuing its Diversity...
New book links labor union and LGBT histories
Interested in exploring the intersection of organized labor and the LGBT-rights movement? Miriam Frank’s new book, “Out in the Union: A...
Temple grad launches app for LGBT women
Philadelphia native Ariella Furman moved to Pittsburgh two years ago and was at a loss: The booming LGBT environment she experienced in her hometown...
Penn drops request to out trans litigant
Officials at the University of Pennsylvania have withdrawn their request for a judge to unseal the name of a trans woman who’s suing...
Center City parking system to get facelift
Beginning this summer, drivers parking in and around the Gayborhood will no longer have to dig for quarters between their seats or scour local...
Black and Brown HIV+ led conference centers HIV/AIDS
The Community Control of Health, a local committee of Black and Brown LGBTQ and Poz folks are holding a symposium “focused on the liberation...
12 men arrested in sting near Rehoboth
Twelve men were arrested by Delaware police last month at a gay-male cruising area about 3 miles northwest of Rehoboth Beach. ...
Church space dropped for LGBT events
Equally Blessed, a national coalition of LGBT Catholic groups gathering in Philadelphia next month in conjunction with the World Meeting of Families, was told...
New trans policy on the books for police
The Philadelphia Police Department is in the process of rolling out new guidelines aimed at ensuring law-enforcement officers treat transgender and gender-nonconforming citizens respectfully....
Local lawyer named to national LGBT legal board
Philadelphia attorney Kevin Ray was recently elected to the board of directors of the National LGBT Bar Association. Ray, 47, practices...
The Pulse of Our Lives: Five Years Later, a Community Still...
In moments, the Pulse gay nightclub shooting in Orlando five years ago extinguished the lives of 49 young people, wounded 68 others and altered...
Philly orgs celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with in-person and virtual...
Numerous Philadelphia LGBTQ organizations and initiatives are honoring Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), which falls yearly on March 31. Although TDOV may vary in...
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Gay sex ban to stay MSNBC. com reports the ranking Republican and Democrat on the Kansas state House Judiciary Committee intend to...
Name change granted for trans woman with criminal record
A Philadelphia judge last week granted the name-change petition of a trans woman convicted of felonies, despite a state law restricting such name changes....
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