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UK-hosted equality conference cancelled over conversion therapy row
The conservative Tory-led U.K. government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson has created a human rights and public...
P.A.C. seeks DA’s interviews with Morris officers
Confidential interviews with three police officers and a sergeant involved in the Nizah Morris incident are among a batch of records the Police Advisory...
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Guests at the Pennsylvania Ballet’s “Shut Up & Dance” benefit for the Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutritional Alliance May 21 donated to the agency through...
Blind gay man on dialysis denied Meals on Wheels
A Lancaster County gay man who’s blind and on kidney dialysis has been denied low-cost meals through his local Meals on Wheels agency since...
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Haverford ordinance challenged Anti-LGBT activist James D. Schneller has taken his challenge of Haverford’s LGBT-inclusive anti-bias ordinance to state Commonwealth Court....
Equality Forum director makes bid for Council
With planning well underway for the annual international LGBT event Equality Forum later this month, the agency’s executive director is also gearing up for...
Tabu settles antibias lawsuit for $15,000
Tabu Lounge & Sports Bar has settled a trans-related antibias lawsuit filed by a former Tabu employee for $15,000 while denying any wrongdoing in...
Settlement possible in Scouts case
The city Law Department has reached a tentative settlement with a local Boy Scouts of America council that would allow the council to purchase...
Paperwork submitted by Morris officers indicates deception
For years, advocates of Nizah Morris have expressed concern that police officers who responded to her on the morning of her fatal head injury...
Ain’t she a woman: Laverne Cox on intersectional feminism
Transgender actress Laverne Cox remembered sitting in a therapist’s office in Alabama when she was around 8 years old. The therapist asked if she...
How PGN Covered AIDS In The First Year
For the first year of the AIDS crisis, 1981, nobody knew what to call the disease. ‘Gay cancer’ was a commonly used term, but...
Local synagogue seeks LGBTQ input, plans future programming
For Congregation Rodeph Shalom’s LGBTQ-plus connection group, pRISM, it was a busy spring — with an even-busier autumn on tap. And while the North...
Eighth Ward supports Morris probe
The Eighth Ward Democratic Committee voted unanimously last week to urge Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane to investigate the Nizah Morris case....
Locals fight Old City development
Old City attorney Robert P. Tuerk has a deep appreciation of history — including LGBT history — and he views any new...
Bucks synagogue green-lights gay marriage
A Bucks county synagogue has opened its doors to same-sex couples. Last week, the board of Congregation Beth El, located in...
After fire, community comes together for ally
Kristen Brinkman only had enough time to grab her laptop, wallet, keys and dog and escape her Fishtown home before it was engulfed in...
National gay pageant to be held in Philly
Last month Philadelphia was selected to host next year’s national lesbian softball World Series, and this month the good news kept coming with the...
International News, March 15-21, 2019
Group concerned over arrest of Egyptian transgender woman An international rights group is voicing concern over the safety and well-being of an Egyptian transgender woman...
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Giovanni’s Room vandalized Two basement windows on the Pine Street side of LGBT bookstore Giovanni’s Room were smashed this week. ...
William Way to connect refugees, immigrants with LGBT resources
New Philadelphians who are resettling from another country will now have more opportunities to learn about and get involved with local LGBT resources, thanks...
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