Out performer gets honor at Geno’s
A local performer and LGBT advocate has joined the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Britney Spears and former president Bill Clinton — on the “Wall...
Trans activist Deja Lynn Alvarez to join Public Health
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has created new positions to help LGBT people link up with health services. Trans activist Deja Lynn Alvarez...
MOTION FOR MANNA
Pennsylvania Ballet Company members Lillian Di Piazza (left) and Alexandra Hughes performed during the 21st annual “Shut Up & Dance” March 23 at Forrest...
Hearings set for Sims challenges
Hearings have been set in two challenges to our state Rep. Brian Sims' nominating petitions. On Tuesday, the Commonwealth Court set...
Remembering Q. Todd Dickinson, LGBTQ activist and patent law leader
According to friends and colleagues alike, Q. Todd Dickinson was a joyous, hard-working and passionate man, devoted to those he loved and to his...
Phillies debut ‘It Gets Better’ video
The nearly 900 LGBT Phillies fans who attended Gay Community Night at Citizens Bank Park Friday were treated to the premiere of the team’s...
Former city official takes helm at Liberty City
A longtime member of the Liberty City Democratic Club and the former deputy secretary of external affairs under Mayor Street is now the head...
New Philly Bar Association director ready to learn
The Philadelphia Bar Association’s new executive director said listening and learning are his key priorities as he begins leading the 12,000-member organization. ...
Gay judge needn’t recuse himself
The case against same-sex marriage in California saw a setback Tuesday when a federal judge ruled that the judge in the landmark case was...
Center looks beyond Bayard to black LGBT history
Bayard Rustin, a leader in the civil-rights movement of the 1960s and a close advisor to Martin Luther King Jr. , was one...
Gay man’s gifts to Williams spotlighted in indictment
In a blistering grand-jury indictment released this week, Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams is accused of accepting expensive gifts from individuals facing legal...
Media Trail
Hundreds rally after gay-bar raid The Southern Voice reports hundreds gathered Sept. 13 outside the Atlanta Eagle to protest a Sept....
Latinx youth give Congreso CEO failing ‘report card’
Young leaders last week met with the CEO of a Latinx nonprofit organization to discuss the agency’s ability to serve the community. ...
AIDS orgs. hit by budget issues
Pennsylvania is now more than one month into its fiscal year without a budget, and Mayor Nutter announced late last month that until the...
Voter ID law finally dead
Gov. Tom Corbett announced last week that the state would not appeal a ruling invalidating the proposed voter-ID measure, effectively killing the...
Philly reports no LGBT hate crimes in 2013
According to statistics released by the FBI Tuesday, there were no hate crimes motivated by a victim's sexual orientation or gender identity committed in...
Feds: City misconstrues antibias law
The U. S. Department of Justice has filed a “statement of interest” in the case of trans litigant Bobbie Burnett, contending the city...
Wins and losses in the 2021 election
Incumbent New Jersey governor Phil Murphy's bid for re-election was supposed to be a walk in the reliably blue state — but the Democrat...
Women lost all the jobs in December
In the December monthly jobs report from the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), it was revealed that the US lost 140,000 jobs...
Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs making strides in fraught times
Once upon a time, the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs was a force to be reckoned with. Those who remember its earliest years will...
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