Sarah McBride set to become first transgender state senator after primary...
Sarah McBride won the Democratic primary in Delaware’s first state senate district Tuesday night, all but assuring her a general election victory. With a...
HRC announces expanded voting resources for Pennsylvania
Earlier this week the Human Rights Campaign announced it will be adding five new staff members to their team in Pennsylvania, bringing the total...
Equality is on the ticket in November
The protests were peaceful on Tuesday night as they moved from outside the Constitution Center at Independence Mall, up Market Street and ended in...
So you want to be a poll worker: What you need...
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Hit by the one-two punch of the pandemic and an aging workforce, election officials across the commonwealth and nationwide are racing to...
Fells’ suspected killer still at large; suspect identified in Stephens attack
In the months following the murder of Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells, members of the Philadelphia trans community of color have been exchanging information regarding her...
Philly voting initiative targets LGBTQ voters
According to a study by UCLA’s Williams Institute, twenty-percent of LGBTQ adults in the U.S. are not registered to vote. That amounts to roughly...
Masks still necessary as gayborhood bars and restaurants reopen
Philadelphia’s Camac Street, in the heart of the gayborhood, has long been a destination for dining, drinking, and entertainment. “The Little Street of Clubs,”...
Gay man of color sues LA Fitness for workplace bias
A Philadelphia gay man of color recently filed a workplace-antibias lawsuit against LA Fitness, alleging he was victimized by antigay slurs, then fired when...
Indonesian LGBT+ people subjected to police raids
LGBT+ people are under attack in Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous nation and the world’s largest Muslim population. LGBT+ people have been under...
Judge issues favorable ruling for former service members with HIV
A federal judge in Baltimore last week cleared the way for an antibias trial in the case of a midshipman and a cadet who...
Gay dating in the time of COVID-19
When the pandemic swept through the country and prompted Philadelphia and everywhere else to lock down, people who were dating, trying to date, or...
Religious orgs support city in LGBTQ foster care case
The City of Philadelphia has received support from a wide swath of religious organizations regarding its upcoming Supreme Court case against Catholic Social Services...
Shippensburg adopts LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance
On September 1, the Shippensburg Borough Council voted 5-1 to adopt an LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance. Shippensburg, located 45 miles from Harrisburg in Franklin County,...
Will Pennsylvania Decide the 2020 Election?
Voters who remember the 2000 election recall the nightmare scenario: no clear winner on Election Night. The result on November 7 was a toss...
Killer of gay man seeks removal from death row
Richard R. Laird, who’s been on death row for 32 years for the gruesome killing of gay artist Anthony Milano, last week asked an...
Republican Convention features fear mongering and dog whistles
At the Republican National Convention, President Donald J. Trump gave a 70 minute acceptance speech for his re-nomination from the front lawn of the...
Judge allows anonymity in anti-trans bias case
A federal judge this week allowed the mother of a nonbinary trans student who allegedly was subjected to school-based anti-trans bias to proceed anonymously...
Trans woman of color beaten in her South Philly home
Kendall Stephens, a transgender woman of color and leader in Philadelphia’s LGBTQ+ community, was attacked by a mob of people in her Point Breeze...
LGBTQ candidates in Pa. and Del. hope to win seats this...
According to LGBTQ Victory Institute's Out for America 2020 digital report, there are 843 openly LGBTQ elected officials in the U.S. However, in order...
Pompeo Continues Assault on LGBT+ Abroad Via USAID
A new attack on LGBT+ people abroad by the U.S. State Department was revealed in a policy draft under the department’s foreign aid arm,...
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