Regional diverse chambers of commerce formalize coalition to grow minority businesses
In efforts to strengthen and advocate for minority-owned businesses in the Philadelphia region, the Diverse Chambers Coalition of Philadelphia (DCCPHL) have announced an official...
Full room for GALAEI workshop on LGBT youth engagement
Manny Coreano, a youth mentor at GALAEI: A Queer [email protected] Social Justice Organization, emphasized the importance of circles at a workshop he helped lead Friday on...
Resources abound at wedding expo
Wedding planning is a stressful, often-chaotic undertaking for all couples — regardless of sexual orientation — but this weekend, same-sex couples can pick up...
Person of the Year: Malcolm Kenyatta
For much of September and October, State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta could be found traveling across Pennsylvania to speak with voters before the November election....
Obama to sign exec. order
President Obama announced this week that he will sign an executive order banning LGBT workplace discrimination by federal contractors. An official...
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Louise Chernin, executive director of the Greater Seattle Business Association, the largest LGBT chamber of commerce in the country, was the featured speaker during...
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Memorial set for David Rosenblum A community memorial has been scheduled to remember David Rosenblum, the director of Mazzoni Center’s legal-services department....
Valley Youth House soups up LGBTQ youth resources, plans to revive...
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the youth housing organization Valley Youth House never closed its doors. Although many of its programs switched to virtual platforms,...
Lehigh official signs LGBT-inclusive administrative orders
The Lehigh County executive signed two administrative orders Wednesday that aim to protect and promote equality. The orders will ensure the...
CDC: ‘Alarming’ spike in HIV among young black MSM
A new report by the Centers for Disease Control found that, while the rate of new HIV infections in the country has stayed steady...
Equality Forum celebrates 25th anniversary, names historic markers
An LGBT education nonprofit next week will celebrate its 25th anniversary and designate two historical markers. Equality Forum will host its...
Orlando benefit ‘pops up’ in Philly
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Pop-Up Garden at 15th and South streets is a popular post-work hangout, with locals gathering for brews and bites — and...
HHS to create LGBT senior organization
The Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that it would spearhead an effort by the federal government to provide support for...
Coming out of the guard closet
Color guard: if you’ve heard of it at all, chances are you’ve heard the people involved dubbed the “reject cheerleaders,” or simply seen them...
Christopher “Carlos” Perez
On February 12, 2021, Christopher “Carlos” Perez transitioned from this world. Carlos was well known in the Philadelphia Gay Community from Woody’s to the Bike...
LGBT panel focuses on Scouts deal
Participants at last week’s panel discussion on the proposed Boy Scouts deal said it would violate local civil-rights laws if consummated, and must be...
Media Trail: Sept. 6, 2019
LA police probe transgender women bar removal as hate crime The Fresno Bee reported Los Angeles police are investigating the aggressive removal of a...
Church space dropped for LGBT events
Equally Blessed, a national coalition of LGBT Catholic groups gathering in Philadelphia next month in conjunction with the World Meeting of Families, was told...
Trans United Fund to hold City Hall event
Local and national transgender leaders and allies will gather at Philadelphia City Hall this week to address the need for coordinated, comprehensive advocacy for...
Book explores generational crises for gay men, recent increase in hate...
A New Jersey statistician released a book that chronicles the lives of 15 gay men across three generations, evaluating the different hardships and similarities...
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