Arrest made in Gayborhood arson
An Olney man was charged with arson and related offenses in the Sept. 15 Gayborhood fire that caused the evacuation of two apartment...
Wide array of priorities post-marriage for LGBT community
As the only activist on a five-person panel to discuss movement priorities in the wake of marriage equality, Elicia Gonzales kept her talk locally...
CDC reports record number of STD cases
According to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control, the rates of chlamydia and syphilis continue to rise and disproportionately affect several...
City funding crisis almost derails Pride parade
With only four days to go until this weekend’s Pride parade, organizers of the event were still unsure if the parade would be held...
Criminal charges against HIV-positive nurse withdrawn
Julie Ann Graham went through a very challenging experience relating to her HIV-positive status, and she hopes her story will serve as an inspiration...
Youth gala to benefit The Attic
A local youth-focused philanthropy organization will celebrate LGBT young people at its annual gala next month. The Spruce Foundation was...
Kenney appoints two LGBTs to new posts
Mayor-elect Jim Kenney this week appointed a lesbian and a gay man to two new top posts. Anne Fadullon will serve...
William Way honors local leaders at Indigo Ball
Mel Heifetz, honored as the humanitarian of the year at the 2015 Indigo Ball, started his work in the 1950s as the owner of...
The Road to Stonewall: Roberta Hacker
Roberta Hacker grew up in a small, mostly working-class, largely Mennonite community in Telford, 50 miles outside Philadelphia. At 17, she graduated from high...
Community organizations boost trans resources
Providing robust resources for transgender communities is always paramount, but given the war that the Trump administration has waged against the trans community, trans...
Plea deals possible in murder of trans woman
The District Attorney’s Office is weighing whether it will offer plea agreements for two people charged with the February murder of a local transgender...
SCOTUS justice discusses freedom in Philly
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy paid his first visit to the National Constitution Center on Independence Mall on Monday. ...
Arrest made in NoLibs shooting
Police have arrested a man for this month’s shooting that left a transsexual woman wounded and her mother dead. Police arrested...
Andre Carroll hopes to bring his lived experience to the Pa....
Andre Carroll wants to see more elected officials who have lived experiences similar to the people they’ll represent. Carroll grew up in Germantown and...
The Philadelphia Transgender Wellness Conference postponed until 2021
This week, the Mazzoni Center regretfully announced that the Philadelphia Transgender Wellness Conference (PTWC), which was supposed to be held on June 23-25 2020,...
GOP book bans are targeting Race, LGBT+ and U.S. History
There are stories nearly every day now from somewhere in the U.S. Schools and libraries are banning books. School boards are debating what books...
News Briefing
Westboro to visit Philly Antigay fringe group Westboro Baptist Church is set to visit Philadelphia next week to protest at two Catholic high...
Sterling Goode, Attic board member, 55
Sterling Goode, a longtime board member of The Attic Youth Center, died Dec. 21 of pancreatic cancer. He was 55. Goode served...
LGBTQ aging: Illness, disability and aging in place
The third in a three-part series.
“I never thought about what it would mean to be old.” Tom Gentile turned 72 at Thanksgiving, a week...
LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce and PNC Bank provide award for local...
The Independence Business Alliance (IBA), Greater Philadelphia’s LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce, is still accepting applications for its 2020 PNC LGBT Business Award. Sponsored by...
TRENDING
RECENT ARTICLES
Allen Ginsberg was a political poet
Allen Ginsberg, the celebrated poet, counterculture icon, and out gay man, died 25 years ago, on April 5, 1997.
In a recent interview, the musician...
