2013 Person of the Year runners-up
Attorney General Kathleen Kane Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane made waves this past summer when she declined to defend the state’s ban on...
Wedding: John Pcsolar and Alan Sandman
Travel has always been a theme in John Pcsolar and Alan Sandman’s relationship — and, this past fall, the Philadelphia couple fittingly headed to...
Dennis Clegg, business manager and Fins member, 44
Dennis Clegg, a longtime member of the Philadelphia Fins Aquatic Club, died of a heart attack Dec. 21. He was 44. Clegg...
International
Pope ‘shocked’ by gay-adoption bill Pope Francis was reportedly “shocked” by proposed legislation to allow gay couples to adopt children in Malta. ...
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...
More than half-mil for new HB 300 campaign
The effort to pass an LGBT nondiscrimination law in Pennsylvania recently received new financial support. The State Equality Fund, of which the...
Arguments scheduled in HIV-privacy case
Jacob P. Fyda says he’s determined to bring public accountability to the process of distributing millions of HIV/AIDS dollars in the nine-county...
News Briefing
JSPAN supports Morris probe The Jewish Social Policy Action Network, a progressive agency in the Jewish community, has sent a letter to state...
Progress in Pennsylvania
While 2013 will go down in LGBT history as the year the federal Defense of Marriage Act largely met its downfall, marriage-equality history was...
In memoriam
Rita Urwitz, 69 retired social worker and union leader Jan. 6 Raymond Hill, 27 Penn research coordinator Jan. 9 ...
Psych exam ordered for alleged murderer of transwoman
A man accused of brutally murdering a transwoman this past summer will undergo a psychological evaluation before trial, according to a judge’s ruling this...
Methodist minister defrocked after LGBT dispute
The Rev. Frank Schaefer has formally been defrocked following his refusal to pledge to never perform another same-sex marriage. The Board...
Hearing set in Gayborhood attack
The two men accused of attacking and robbing a local gay man last month will come before a judge next week. ...
State asks for relationship history of ACLU plaintiffs
Attorneys for a group of same-sex couples who are suing the state for the right to marry are arguing that state attorneys are seeking...
Mummers Parade to feature both queens and kings
For a second year in a row, drag queens will sashay through the annual Mummers Day Parade on New Years Day — and this...
New Board leadership for DVLF
Delaware Valley Legacy Fund elected its new slate of board leaders Dec. 11, bringing about a change at the helm of the...
LGBT legal group celebrates milestone
The Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia celebrated its 25th anniversary this week. GALLOP was founded in 1986 as Philadelphia Attorneys...
News Briefing
Appeals court rules against trans litigant Janis Stacy, a transwoman who alleges wrongful termination from her engineering job, received another setback in her...
Corbett backs HB 300
The Republican governor of Pennsylvania announced Wednesday that he supports the long-stalled effort to instate nondiscrimination protections for LGBT Pennsylvanians. In...
Voyeur staffer charged in Gayborhood attack
Two men were arrested last weekend in connection with the brutal attack of a gay man last month, and one of the suspects is...
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