News Briefing
City settles LGBT complaint for $10,500 The city has settled an LGBT antibias complaint with a $10,500 payment, and an agreement to conduct...
Report details iniquities for kids of gay parents
According to her dads, life is good for Carrigan Starling-Littlefield, a spunky 5-year-old being raised by two gay men in South Carolina, which doesn’t...
Election Round-up
On Nov. 8, the city of Philadelphia will head to the polls for Election Day. In the heavily Democratic town, many of...
Out Republican candidate under fire for photos
An openly gay Republican candidate for Bethlehem City Council is facing condemnation from fellow politicos for posting nude photos of himself on the Internet...
LGBT amendment defeated in worker-database bill
The House State Government Committee this week approved a bill that is part of a legislative trend said to stem the tide of illegal...
Obituary: : Douglas Shaps, LGBT activist and financial analyst, 53
Longtime LGBT and political activist Douglas Shaps died of colon cancer Oct. 22. He was 53. While he most recently worked as...
Servicemembers challenge DOMA
The next stage in the fight for equality for LGBT servicemembers began last week. Eight married same-sex couples, represented by Servicemembers...
International News
Pride parade draws 30,000 in Taipei With music, self-made signs and creative costumes, an estimated 30,000 people from across Taiwan and several other...
AIDS orgs in for sea change
Local and national HIV/AIDS experts, advocates and activists gathered at the University of Pennsylvania last week to share ideas and information about the shifts...
Trans health facility to launch
The name Nizah Morris has long conjured feelings of frustration and anger from members of the LGBT community dismayed with the local transwoman’s unsolved...
Activists blast A.C. casino owner for donations to antigay politicos
Union leaders are criticizing the co-owner of an Atlantic City casino that recently launched an LGBT club for having a history of donating to...
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...
LGBT lawyers group gets new leadership
Philadelphia’s LGBT attorney group recently came under the direction of a new leader who is eager to bring new successes and growth to an...
State College settles for $42K with lesbian employee in discrimination:
The final portion of a settlement between the State College Area School District and a lesbian who sued for domestic-partner benefits was announced this...
News Briefing
Trial set in Clementi case The former Rutgers University student accused of spying on Tyler Clementi before the latter committed suicide turned down...
Trans woman sentenced for boyfriend’s murder
A transgender woman from Philadelphia will face prison time for the stabbing death of her boyfriend. Asia Santana pleaded guilty in...
PPA launches LGBT sensitivity training
The Philadelphia Parking Authority announced this week that it has launched LGBT sensitivity training for all of its employees. PPA has...
Two LGBT antibias laws in Pa. challenged
Legal challenges targeting two LGBT civil-rights ordinances in Pennsylvania are winding their way through the courts. In Haverford, Fred W. Teal...
Josephs testifies for inheritance-tax bill
The prime sponsor of a bill to eliminate a tax penalty faced by same-sex couples came before a state legislative committee this week to...
PA grad student claims prof made antigay comments
A lesbian graduate student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania is alleging that a classroom discussion on homosexuality turned into a personal attack. ...
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