DVLF selects new executive director
After an eight-month search, LGBT grantmaking agency Delaware Valley Legacy Fund selected its new leader this month. Michael Kendrick, 53, began...
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Gov. nominee to meet with LGBTs Dan Onorato, the Democratic nominee for governor, will host a discussion with the LGBT community...
Casey introduces anti-bullying measure
U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania Robert Casey Jr. (D) introduced a bill last week that seeks to mandate federal regulations for school bullying,...
Man in women’s clothing found dead in park
A jogger in Fairmount Park last week found a man dressed in female clothing whom police say was murdered. Police identified...
Visit Philly debuts LGBT emojis
The next time friends ask each other to meet in the Gayborhood, they just might make the request with a Philly Emoji. ...
International News
International News Moscow gay pride parade uncertain At press time, the decision on the Russian capital’s first gay pride march is up in...
Chesco LGBT group gets new office, name
Leaders with the LGBT Equality Alliance cut the ribbon Sept. 22 on the organization’s first office in Phoenixville. A couple-dozen...
Family Matters Conference returns to University of the Sciences
After moving around to different locations the previous seven years, an annual conference for LGBT families will return next month to its 2016 location....
Oral arguments next week in SEPTA case
Oral arguments will take place next week in protracted litigation involving SEPTA’s adherence to local antibias laws. The public is permitted to attend the...
Few stimulus dollars going to LGBT community
The City of Philadelphia will receive about $137 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, but the amount that will be directly funneled...
International News
S. African lesbians protest corrective rape Lesbian activists in the South African capital of Cape Town held a demonstration outside parliament...
One year after historic action, community rallies behind MontCo official
One year after the Montgomery County Register of Wills issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Pennsylvania, those couples and other supporters are coming...
Judge orders lesbian reinstated to Air Force
TACOMA, Wash. — A federal judge ruled last Friday that a decorated flight nurse discharged from the Air Force for being gay...
Hurricane hinders weekend in gay Philly
Hurricane Irene blew through town Saturday night, leaving flooding, downed trees and throngs of deserted LGBT tourists in its wake. While...
Gay man files complaint against police
Christopher R. Lombardi, an openly gay resident of South Philadelphia, contends he was mistreated by Philadelphia police when he was arrested for driving under...
Media Trail
Obama names first gay social secretary The White House announced Feb. 25 that Jeremy Bernard, a senior staffer at the U.S....
D.A. to attend Morris forum
Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams will attend a panel discussion on the Nizah Morris case, it was announced this week. ...
Equality PA gets new lobbying power, funding
A Pennsylvania statewide LGBT organization is starting 2011 with strong footing, including the launch of its advocacy program and new funding boosts. ...
Mazzoni Center announces new legal director
Thomas Ude, Jr., former senior staff attorney and counsel for Lambda Legal, will assume the legal and public-policy director position at Mazzoni Center, effective...
Antigay harassment alleged at Wal-Mart
A local gay man has settled a private criminal complaint against an employee of an area Wal-Mart whom he said engaged in pervasive antigay...
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