Emergency dispatch-records bill amended
The state Senate has amended a controversial bill that seeks to protect the privacy rights of 911 callers in Pennsylvania. Critics say an earlier...
Catholic agency files appeal in U.S. Supreme Court
Attorneys for Catholic Social Services filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court requesting an emergency order for the resumption of foster-child referrals from...
Trial date set for Sen. Farnese
An August trial date has been set for state Sen. Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. (D-Phila.), who recently pleaded not guilty to corruption charges. ...
Black Pride returns in more-focused format
Philadelphia Black Pride will return next week, with opportunities for the black LGBT community and allies to network and celebrate. Black...
Community rallies behind Giovanni’s Room
The nation’s oldest LGBT bookstore is beginning to show its age. One of the brick walls that borders Giovanni’s Room, at...
Scouts urge judge to keep injunction
The local Boy Scouts chapter has urged a federal judge to uphold an injunction blocking its eviction from a city-owned building until a jury...
Civil-union bill to hit PA House
A Pennsylvania lawmaker is gathering legislative support for a bill that would make civil unions for same-sex couples a reality in the Keystone State....
Paint Day scheduled for Casarez mural
The life and legacy of Gloria Casarez will be memorialized in the Gayborhood, starting next weekend. The LGBT and ally community...
Prosecution asks judge to uphold charges in Clementi case
Prosecutors in the Tyler Clementi case fired back this week against a motion to drop the charges against the defendant. Dharun...
Led by out arts exec, gala honors humanitarian actor
Stars will converge at the Kimmel Center next week for an annual awards gala that honors artists whose work goes far beyond the screen...
DOMA repeal clears key hurde
The effort to overturn the federal ban on same-sex marriage saw a significant victory last week, although most pundits are not optimistic full repeal...
The Word: A breast-cancer blog
Part one of a series In March, Gloria Casarez, director of LGBT affairs for the Mayor’s Office, was diagnosed with breast cancer. ...
Attorneys for Milano’s killer paid $200K
Two court-appointed attorneys who represented Anthony Milano’s killer received a combined total of more than $200,000 in taxpayer-funded compensation, according to documents released this...
Philly gears up for several LGBT conferences
Two LGBT organizations planning conventions in Philadelphia were represented at a local business luncheon Tuesday. PHL Diversity hosted its 11th-annual Business...
Media Trail
Cynthia Nixon to wed Fox News reports “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon is engaged to her long-term girlfriend Christine Marinoni. ...
New doc highlights defrocked pastor’s story
Months after Frank Schaefer made headlines when he was fired from his job as a Methodist minister for officiating his gay son’s wedding, a...
More water work expected on rainbow crosswalks
The Philadelphia Water Department expects workers to return to the rainbow crosswalks at 13th and Locust streets in the Gayborhood “sometime in the near future,”...
News Briefing
HIV education night The COLOURS Organization Inc. will host a community-education event from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in the first-floor conference...
Solicitor defends Scouts deal
City Solicitor Shelley R. Smith appeared at a political event last week to promote a controversial proposal that would sell publicly owned...
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