Cordova family meets with commissioner
The family of slain transgender woman Kyra Cordova met with the head of the Philadelphia Police Department last week to discuss the progress of...
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NC senator apologizes Newsobserver. com reports a Republican state senator apologized Feb. 25 for comments he reportedly made to a GOP gathering...
Amid ‘No Gay Thursdays’ scandal, football coach resigns
John Vogan, head football coach of Conestoga High School, has resigned effective immediately amid the school district's investigation into hazing that the players referred...
National plan to fight HIV announced
The Obama administration this week unveiled its domestic HIV/AIDS plan, a $30-million initiative that focuses significantly on prevention efforts among men who have sex...
YHEP launches youth clinic
Philadelphia FIGHT’s Youth Health Empowerment Project recently opened the doors of a new clinic designed to provide primary health care to young people. ...
Councilmembers call for prosecutors’ termination
All five female members of Philadelphia City Council have joined forces with the local chapter of the National Organization for Women in urging the...
Second inmate indicted in prison assault
A federal grand jury has indicted Justin O’Brien for his alleged role in a brutal assault on fellow inmate Kenneth Houck. ...
DP benefit bill passes House comm.
A bill that seeks to provide equal benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees passed an important test in Congress last week. ...
MANNA to reach 10-million milestone
This summer, the Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutritional Alliance will deliver its 10-millionth meal — and is inviting the people who’ve benefited from its services...
Out educator receives hero award
Freda Anderson created the first Queer-Straight alliance at the U School, a North Philadelphia high school where she teaches a community-organizing class. On...
Regional LGBT center joins trans discrimination Supreme Court battle
Allentown’s Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center has joined 32 other LGBTQ rights organizations across the country in filing documents supporting trans woman Aimee Stephens in...
Dems hang on to U.S. Senate, lose House
In a decisive commentary on the current Democratic leadership, Americans on Tuesday cast vote after vote for Republican candidates, who swept races from coast...
Religious liberty, efficiency top concerns at nondiscrimination hearing
Whether to include a religious exemption in a proposed bill to prohibit LGBT discrimination in employment dominated the conversation in a four-hour public hearing...
Trans woman sues Temple Health
A Philadelphia Trans woman has filed suit in federal court, alleging that Temple University Health System dismissed her as a dietary aide because she...
Bills would limit police transparency
Two bills pending in Harrisburg would delay or prevent the release of the names of police officers involved in use-of-force incidents. But some civil-rights,...
Minor-league baseball team celebrates LGBT game night
The Reading Fightin Phils — described by a team representative as “the most LGBTQ-friendly baseball team in the minor leagues” — are gearing up...
Free program trains LGBTQ people for nonprofit boards
The Office of LGBT affairs launched an inaugural leadership-training program aimed at developing the diversity of local LGBTQ nonprofit boards. Applications are now being...
House hearing on DADT expected soon
The lead sponsor of the bill to repeal the military’s ban on openly gay servicemembers said he expects movement on the legislation in the...
Drag pageant brings disco fever to A.C.
The 2014 Miss’d America Pageant, a drag-queen spoof on the annual Miss America Pageant, returns to Atlantic City at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 at...
Court says gay couples can’t divorce in Texas
DALLAS — Gay couples legally married in other states cannot get a divorce in Texas, where same-sex marriage is banned, a state appeals court...
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