New sick-leave bill awaits mayor
A new version of the bill to mandate earned sick days for Philadelphia workers is awaiting action from Mayor Nutter, who vetoed a previous...
GALAEI expands board, initiatives
The Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative is branching out for several new efforts to raise awareness about safe sex and HIV prevention...
Swarthmore LGBT group presses district on Scouts:
A group seeking to promote acceptance of the LGBT community in Swarthmore is urging its school district to limit its involvement with a group...
Group launched for LGBT cancer patients, survivors
While a cancer diagnosis can itself be daunting, navigating the twists and turns in the road to recovery without the proper support networks can...
PA trans youth gets national award
This weekend Chaz Bono will take a break from “Dancing With the Stars” to accept an award from the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education...
Colours marks 20 years
The Colours Organization was created in 1991 to fill a void in services for LGBT people of color and, 20 years later, provides needed...
News Briefing
Remembering Kameny The local LGBT community will come together to pay tribute to late LGBT activist Frank Kameny Oct. 21. ...
OutFest sees record attendance
The world’s largest National Coming Out Day celebration was bigger than ever this year, as revelers filled every inch of Philadelphia’s Gayborhood. ...
Philly gay man to be deported
Philadelphia immigration officials last week denied a request to halt deportation proceedings against a local gay man. At an Oct. 7...
LGBT-rights pioneer Kameny dead at 86
Dr. Franklin Kameny, known by many as a father of the modern gay-rights movement, died this week. He was 86. Kameny...
Gay group endorses council, judicial candidates
The Liberty City Democratic Club held its endorsement meeting last week, lending its support to a number of pro-LGBT candidates on the Nov. ...
Lincoln plans advance
A long-vacant Gayborhood eyesore is one large step closer to renovations this week. The Washington Square West Civic Association voted Tuesday...
‘Runway’ star to promote ‘positive’ living at AIDS Walk
After keeping his HIV diagnosis a secret for a decade, last fall “Project Runway” contestant Mondo Guerra shared his status on national television —...
News Briefing
Kick HIV in South Philly In honor of the seventh annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, a number of local Latino agencies and...
Artists unite for LGBT youth
The city’s premiere architecture and design event will this year include an art show benefiting an LGBT organization that is building itself from the...
William Rufus King: First gay U.S. vice president?
William Rufus DeVane King, the 13th United States vice president, has the distinction of having served in that office for less time than any...
WALKING BACK IN TIME
Passersby in Center City got a dose of HIV/AIDS education Sept. 30 as AIDS Fund kicked off the lead-up to its 25th...
Come out, come out for OutFest
The streets of the Gayborhood will be teeming with rainbows this weekend as Philadelphia stages the world’s largest celebration of National Coming Out Day....
Center employee contends antigay harassment
A staff member of the William Way LGBT Community Center says he was the target of antigay slurs when he attempted to seek assistance...
One year later, Blahnik case stalled
Police continue to investigate the murder of a local transgender woman as the one-year anniversary of her death approaches. In an...
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...
