School district seeks dismissal of trans antibias suit, citing Trump guidance
Public-school officials in Minersville recently asked that a trans student’s antibias case be dismissed, citing Trump administration educational guidance that stops short of...
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Riots rage in San Francisco A series of violent demonstrations later known as the White Night Riots broke out in San Francisco beginning...
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...
Sims launches Congressional campaign
Several-dozen people, including university students and people active in Democratic Party organizations, filed into the Ethical Humanist Society in Rittenhouse Square Oct. 6 for...
Judge approves transparency in church sex-abuse case
Attorneys for the family of a young man who died from a drug overdose — the result of years of substance addiction after a...
Minor-league baseball club to host LGBT night
Baseball has long been America’s favorite pastime and next month, the Reading Fightin’ Phils will invite the LGBT community to a free night of...
PA Senate considers nondiscrimination bill
State Sen. Larry Farnese (D-1st Dist.) last week introduced a bill that would ban LGBT discrimination at the state level. Farnese’s...
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Church gets another reprieve Commonwealth Court last week temporarily blocked the demolition of an old Catholic Church formally owned by AIDS agency Siloam....
HIV/AIDS orgs. face drastic cuts
The city’s AIDS Activities Coordinating Office sent out a memo late last month to inform local HIV/AIDS service organizations they would be faced with...
Homeless LGBT youth to benefit from $700K grant
Homeless youth in Philadelphia will receive extra services thanks to a new city grant. The $700,000 in funding, announced Tuesday, will...
Congress mulls benefits, school-bullying bills
Two separate committees of the U. S. House of Representatives last week held hearings on two pieces of legislation that seek to expand...
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2009. No matter who you ask, chances are good they’ll say this year was not one they’d like to repeat. Considering the...
Action Wellness expands services
A local nonprofit is expanding, with increased services and a new location. Action Wellness, in partnership with The Family Practice &...
Convention Center to see first same-sex wedding expo
The first same-sex wedding expo to be staged at Pennsylvania’s Convention Center will kick off later this month. The Same-Sex Marriage Equality Wedding Expo,...
Questions linger after marriage-equality ruling
Pennsylvania is eight months out from the landmark court decision that legalized same-sex marriage in the Keystone State — but there are still a...
Cabela’s seeks partial dismissal of trans complaint
Cabela’s Retail Inc., which is being sued by trans woman Kate L. Blatt, filed a legal brief last week urging partial dismissal of her...
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Cabbie fined for discrimination A judge with the Philadelphia Parking Authority this week ruled in favor of a gay couple who said they...
NO LONGER MISS’D
The Miss’d America Pageant returned to Atlantic City last weekend after a several-year hiatus but didn’t miss a beat, as nearly 1,200 people filled...
Local Scouts move to accept gay adults
The Boy Scouts of America Cradle of Liberty Council voted unanimously this week to accept gay adult volunteers and employees into the organization. ...
MANNA honors surgeon, talk-show host
A doctor who has garnered international recognition after his countless appearances on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” will be in town next week to accept...
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