OutFest proves strong, despite rain and protests
Despite sporadic rain showers, more than 25,000 people attended Outfest Oct. 9, said Philly Pride Presents Executive Director Franny Price. “The...
Council moves to strengthen antibias law
City Council last week unanimously voted on a bill to strengthen penalties for local businesses that discriminate. Councilman Derek Green introduced...
New Jersey trans man’s police-abuse case reinstated
Civil-rights attorneys are praising last month’s court ruling in New Jersey that reinstated a transgender man’s police-abuse lawsuit. In 2012, Shakeem...
Trans woman convicted of harassment, disorderly conduct
Kate Lynn Blatt, a trans woman who allegedly caused a disturbance at a Walmart store in St. Clair, has been convicted of harassment and...
Trial date set in trans-abuse case
A jury trial is scheduled to begin next month in the case of Shakeem M. Holmes, a trans man seeking damages after Jersey City...
Coworker arrested for murder of N. Philly lesbian
The search to find the man responsible for killing a North Philadelphia lesbian woman in broad daylight last month has ended. Randolph Sanders, a...
Don’t ask when: Repeal of gay ban won’t be soon
As promised, the Pentagon has begun examining how the ban on gays serving openly in the military could be eased and then repealed, but...
New antibias rule for Pa. attorneys rendered unenforceable
The Disciplinary Board of the state Supreme Court has withdrawn its appeal of a federal judge’s ruling halting implementation of an LGBT-inclusive antibias rule...
Local gay vet, campaigning for peace, featured in PBS series
Disbelief was clear on Mike Felker’s face as he heard the news about the mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub last month. ...
LGBT ally retires from PNC Bank
After a more-than 40-year career in the banking industry, Bill Mills will retire this week. Mills, 66, has served as president...
Wolf announces first statewide LGBTQ commission in U.S.
Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order Monday evening to form the Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs, the only one of its kind in...
Trans woman stabbed to death, suspect arrested
A transgender woman was murdered and dismembered last week in the city’s Strawberry Mansion section. On July 20, police arrested and...
News Briefing
Leach to discuss marriage bill Philly for Change, the local affiliate of Democracy for America, will host state Sen. Daylin Leach...
Martin Delaney, HIV-treatment activist, 63
SAN FRANCISCO — Martin Delaney, who led the movement to grant AIDS patients access to experimental drugs and headed early education efforts about the...
Youth residences to be named for late local leader
Ground will be broken next month on a pioneering youth residence, which will be named for one of the community’s own pioneers. ...
When the past and the future met
By a fortunate coincidence, my boyfriend Micheal and I were already planning to be in Washington, D.C., the night of June 26 for an...
Indigo Ball returns with formal dinner, new party
This fall’s Indigo Ball will fuse the new with the old — with a change of location, the return of a previous format and...
Beating crime in the Gayborhood
Within three separate half-hour intervals in a two-day stretch last month, police arrested 12 men for prostitution-related offenses within the Gayborhood. Despite...
Attorney: Gay-bashing civil trial could be 1-2 years away
The victims of a 2014 gay-bashing case in Philadelphia have filed a civil suit against their attackers. Zachary Hesse and Andrew...
POY runners-up
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