LGBT center opens in Northeast PA
More than 200 people turned out last weekend to celebrate the opening of an LGBT community center in Northeastern Pennsylvania — the first of...
Oral arguments set in Morris case
Oral arguments are scheduled for the spring in a document-access dispute relating to the Nizah Morris case. Morris was a transgender...
Schneller denied from intervening in marriage cases
An antigay activist who sought to intervene as a defendant in several legal challenges to Pennsylvania’s ban on marriage equality has been blocked in...
Out EEOC commissioner awarded at Mazzoni Center
Mazzoni Center will honor the first openly LGBT person to serve on the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission at its fifth annual...
Israeli leader talks LGBT story-telling in Philly
The Philadelphia Consulate of Israel welcomed a special guest to its offices last week. Irit Zviely-Efrat, executive director of Israeli organization Hoshen,...
’30 Rock’ star to take local HRC stage
The local chapter of the Human Rights Campaign is gearing up to host its annual gala, with some help from a popular sitcom star....
E. Huntington “Hunter” Parker, costume designer, 72
E. Huntington “Hunter” Parker, costume designer and seamster, died Feb. 9 of metastasic lung cancer. He was 72. Parker was born in...
News Briefing
Lesbian clemency request pending The clemency request of Lois J. Farquharson remains pending with the state Board of Pardons. In...
Community mourns loss of Jaci Adams
“Somebody like Jaci, they come along once in a lifetime. To me, she is a part of everything.” — Franny Price ...
Sen. Casey poses for NoH8
Following the passage of California’s ban on same-sex marriage in 2008, the NoH8 photo campaign launched to organize and showcase LGBT supporters — and...
Coming home: Meet the residents of JCAA
After years of planning, the John C. Anderson Apartments will celebrate its ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 24. The LGBT-friendly senior apartment building is...
Officer pursues legal reimbursement from city
Michael A. Paige, a Philadelphia police officer who allegedly sexually assaulted another man while on duty, is determined to have his legal...
AIDS Law Project wins national honor
The AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania celebrated 25 years of excellence in 2013 and greeted this year with another accomplishment. On Feb....
Penn talk explores high-profile teen murder
On Feb. 26, Gayle Salamon, an assistant professor in Princeton University’s Department of English and its program in Gender and Sexuality Studies,...
Panel looks at ACA through LGBT lens
Whether it goes by the name of Affordable Care Act or Obamacare, the measure is more than a hot-news item or the butt of...
News Briefing
Gay man appeals trial denial Convicted killer William F. Smithson has appealed last month’s denial of a new murder trial....
Renee Verker, forklift driver, 65
Renee Verker, forklift driver and founding member of Jewish Lesbian Women, died Feb. 10 of a heart attack. She was 65....
Day in the Life Of….a business entrepreneur: Johnny Columbo
“I am a domestic at heart and baking keeps me in touch with my domestic side. That is where I am at...
Gayborhood Crime Watch
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the 6th Police District between Jan. 27-Feb....
Penn launches new LGBT program
Penn Medicine recently launched an innovative, multidisciplinary program focused on investigating and improving the health of the LGBT community. With its...
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