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The Centers for Disease Control announced this week that three Philadelphia community-based organizations were awarded new funding to deliver HIV-prevention initiatives to underserved populations....

City Council will soon consider expanding its city contracting rules to allow for equal benefits for LGBT workers and their partners. ...

NAMPA, Idaho — About a block from a street concert in downtown Nampa, Melissa Sue Robinson strolls with purpose into a trendy coffee shop...

A pipe bag in the Penn Museum depicts a winkte, a class of Lakota people from the Great Plains who assume a female role...

U. S. Sen. Arlen Specter (D) last week urged the FBI to revisit its longstanding definition of rape, expanding it to include, among...

David Ruth and Keith Davis have renewed hope they’ll be able to stay in their Chester County home after a judge ruled this week...

A new directive from the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Department strives to ensure the safety of transgender individuals. Sheriff Jewell Williams signed “Interaction with Transgender Individuals” during...

Next month’s Justice in Action luncheon will highlight the connectedness among the local, national and international LGBT-rights movements. The event, held...

The Attic Youth Center is calling all transgender and questioning youth to be active participants in the revitalization of a program that seeks to...

Archivist and University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) Prof. Joshua Burford stresses that the LGBTQ archive he spearheaded is not a complete history....

LGBT researchers, community leaders and activists will join in Philadelphia next month for a conference to address the damaging effects of so-called “ex-gay” therapy....

ALBANY, N. Y. — A midlevel appeals court last Thursday upheld New York’s policy granting health benefits to spouses of gay state workers...

The parents of a bisexual girl who allegedly suffered extensive anti-LGBT bullying at her former school continue to seek their family’s day in court....

Bipartisan business support for the Pennsylvania Fairness Act, which has been stalled in committee since September, was the talk of the night May 4...

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is among a coalition of mayors urging the U. S. Supreme Court to mandate marriage equality across the nation....

About 1,000 cowboys and girls from across the country participated in the second annual Liberty Stampede, hosted by the Liberty Gay Rodeo Association, last...

The man charged in the fatal shooting of transgender woman Keisha Jenkins will proceed to trial, a Philadelphia judge ruled today. Pedro...

A federal judge last month dismissed an anti-bias complaint filed by Dr. Emmanuella Cherisme against AIDS Care Group.   In a...

Luis A. Berrios 3d says he was brutalized by Philadelphia police during a domestic disturbance five years ago, and he’s requesting a new trial...

SisterSpace Weekend is gearing up for its 36th year as a haven for fun, food and friends for LGBT women. SisterSpace, which...