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Killer seeks new trial Frank R. Chester, who allegedly conspired with Richard R. Laird to kill gay artist Anthony Milano almost 25 years ago, wants...
Youth event raises awareness about LGBT homeless
One in five homeless youth identify as LGBT, according to the National Coalition for the Homeless, and a local youth agency is hoping to...
City, community hit by Sandy
The largest hurricane to ever hit the mid-Atlantic brought Philadelphia, and the LGBT community, to a screeching halt this week. While...
FIGHT launches new HIV-prevention project
HIV/AIDS has come a long way from being the death sentence it once was, and a local service organization is instating an innovative new...
Where the candidates stand
Philadelphia voters will head to the polls Nov. 6 for a general election that will not only decide the next president of...
Which out candidates could join Sims in PA House?
Brian Sims is set to become Pennsylvania’s first openly LGBT state lawmaker, as he is running unopposed next week, after having won the April...
PAC to mayor: We need more commissioners
The city’s Police Advisory Commission has fewer than half of its allotted number of commissioners, and it’s calling on Mayor Nutter to make new...
Caucus to celebrate 10 years of tourism
A local LGBT agency is celebrating a decade of paving the way for Philadelphia to emerge as a leader in the LGBT tourism market....
Philly to stage fundraising leather event
A Pride event is returning to Philadelphia next month — and it’s not your typical rainbow-covered festival. The Philadelphia Leather Pride will...
New Facebook app aims to engage LGBT tourists
With Philadelphia rapidly emerging as a top LGBT tourism destination — and Facebook rapidly emerging as a realistic business tool — the local tourism...
NJ agency backs lesbian couple in discrimination case
A government agency in New Jersey determined last week that a religious group violated the state’s nondiscrimination law when it barred a lesbian couple...
News Briefing
BINGO for AIDS group Fighting AIDS Continuously Together Bucks County will host “Sparkles and Spurs BINGO” at 6 p.m. Nov. 7 in New Hope...
William Way launches new fundraising program
William Way LGBT Community Center has launched a unique fundraising model to support one of its most unique services. The center...
International
Parental rights to be extended for LGBT families in the Netherlands The government in the Netherlands is looking to change the law...
Lawmaker targeted for pro-LGBT positions
A state representative has made it onto the radar of a local pro-life agency that, in part, attacked his work for the LGBT community....
City, community hit by Sandy
The city came to a halt Monday, as city agencies, schools and public transportation shut down in preparation for a direct hit from Hurricane...
Appeals court strikes down DOMA in favor of Philly native
A federal appeals court in New York last week became the second in the nation to declare a portion of the federal ban on...
Local publication to name top LGBT companies
Local LGBT-owned businesses will be in the spotlight early next year. The Philadelphia Business Journal, with the support of LGBT chamber...
Upper Merion unanimously bans discrimination
Although it is still legal in most of Pennsylvania for an LGBT person to be fired for his or her orientation, one local town...
Boy with HIV permanently barred from reapplying to Hershey School
A 14-year-old boy with HIV whose federal lawsuit prompted an antibias policy at the Milton Hershey School won’t be able to personally benefit from...
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