Pending appeal, marriage equality coming to New Jersey
New Jersey same-sex couples will be allowed to marry starting Oct. 21, pending an appeal from the state. In a landmark...
PA marriage-equality bill introduced
One week after a New Jersey judge paved the way for marriage equality in the Garden State, lawmakers on this side of the Delaware...
Fed suit: Recognize out-of-state marriages
A local lesbian couple filed a federal lawsuit last week that could bring the fight for marriage equality in Pennsylvania one step closer to...
State suit: Recognize MontCo marriages
Twenty-one same-sex couples who received marriage licenses in Montgomery County this past summer sued the state last week in an effort to have their...
ActionAIDS expands to DelCo
Two HIV/AIDS service organizations in the region will collaborate to enhance case-management services for people living in Delaware County. Philadelphia’s ActionAIDS announced...
Trans woman murdered in NJ
A transgender woman was stabbed to death last week in New Jersey. Eryicka Morgan, 26, was found in her New Brunswick...
Employer defends refusal to offer DP benefits
The Allegheny Intermediate Unit, an educational-services provider based in Homestead, filed court papers last month defending its refusal to offer domestic-partnership benefits. ...
Trans* March marks departure of founder, arrival of awards
The Philly Trans* March will celebrate its third annual march next week, the last to be organized under the event’s founder. Christian...
News Briefing
Arguments next week in church dispute The state Commonwealth Court will hear oral arguments next week in the appeal to preserve an old...
NJ judge rules on same-sex marriage
BREAKING NEWS: New Jersey same-sex couples will be allowed to marry starting Oct. 21, ruled a judge from the Mercer County Superior...
New state, federal suits filed for marriage equality in PA
Two more lawsuits were filed Thursday in the effort to overturn Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage. A federal lawsuit was filed...
QUEEN OF A.C.
Miss Victoria “Porkchop” Parker (in blue) reacted to the news that she was crowned the winner of the 2013 Miss’d America Pageant Sept. ...
PA pastor fired for gay wedding
A Pennsylvania pastor’s decision to officiate at a same-sex wedding reportedly cost him his job. The Rev. Ken Kline Smeltzer was...
Gay man sues N.J. school district
Thomas Vandergrift, a gay man from Philadelphia, says Pennsauken, N. J., school officials wrongly accused him of child molestation after he advocated for...
With local support, federal bill seeks ‘religious conscience’ clause
Legislation was introduced last week that seeks to counter the wave of pro-LGBT federal policies rolling out after the overturning of a key provision...
Sims to seek re-election
Openly gay state Rep. Brian Sims (D-182nd Dist.) formally announced this week that he will seek re-election. Sims defeated longtime incumbent...
Trans leader to address coming out, activism
LGBT Jewish congregation Beth Ahavah, along with Rodeph Shalom, will celebrate National Coming Out day with a visit from a national transgender leader who...
First LGBT health clinic opens in Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley next week will celebrate the grand opening of the first primary health-care clinic for the LGBT community in the area. ...
Sold-out Indigo Ball set for success
Hundreds of supporters of the William Way LGBT Community Center will come together next week for the agency’s largest fundraising event of the year,...
PAT increases donations and space
Philly AIDS Thrift recently announced an increase in its monthly charitable donations, as well as the expansion of its store space — milestones that...
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