Last call for Venture Inn
Instead of announcements of decorations and parties at its Saturday staff meeting, Venture Inn staff will instead receive notice that the decades-old institution is...
New LGBT organization works to protect refugees
Homosexual acts are illegal in 85 countries throughout the world, and at least seven countries permit the death penalty for those found to have...
NYC Council speaker talks Obama, weddings
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, an open lesbian, has long fought for equality in the Empire State, and she’s now hitting the...
Dunkin Donuts seeks dismissal of trans employee’s lawsuit
A Dunkin’ Donuts shop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania has asked a federal judge to dismiss the antibias lawsuit of a trans woman of color who...
American Bible Society to implement restrictive employment policy
The American Bible Society, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Center City, will implement a new policy next year that’s expected to disqualify sexually active...
District Attorney’s Office develops tracker for LGBTQ-related crimes
The District Attorney’s Office (DAO) recently created a method of tracking LGBTQ+-related crimes in the city of Philadelphia. DAO staffers hope that doing so...
CA gay-rights group: Wait for 2012 to attack ban
SAN FRANCISCO — California gay-rights activists are at odds over when to ask voters to repeal the state’s same-sex marriage ban, with one of...
Local worship centers’ gay marriage policies
For years, if same-sex couples wanted a religious commitment ceremony or wedding, they had only one option, UFMCC — the United Fellowship of Metropolitan...
AMA supports banning conversion therapy
The American Medical Association (AMA) has voted to support state and federal efforts to ban gay conversion therapy, the scientifically discredited practice of attempting...
Scouts will vacate Parkway building
A local Boy Scouts of America council has lost its five-year legal fight to occupy a city-owned facility near the Ben Franklin Parkway, but...
Philly companies rank high in LGBT equality index
14 Philadelphia-based companies scored a perfect rating in Human Rights Campaign’s annual Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The index rates companies on criteria including nondiscrimination...
Same-sex marriage begins in Vermont
WATERBURY, Vt. — After 17 years together, Bill Slimback and Bob Sullivan couldn’t wait another minute to get married. So they didn’t....
International News
India celebrates second annual Pride Two of India’s largest cities held Pride events Nov. 27, with organizers saying it was a...
ACT UP Philadelphia member arrested in D.C. protest
This story has been updated to include comments from Jose DeMarco. An ACT UP Philadelphia member was arrested Dec. 1 while protesting in Washington,...
Temple’s National Coming Out Week celebrates multiple identities
Temple University is celebrating its 10th annual National Coming Out Week this month with a series of events examining the theme “Love Is Intersectional.”...
‘Gay porn twin’ talks life post-prison
This is the second in a two-part series. “Money injects you with stupidity. I felt like it was never gonna end.”...
Person of the Year: Zach Wilcha
Zach Wilcha, executive director of Independence Business Alliance (IBA), had a good year. He read 74 books, which he reviewed in a beautiful and...
Voter ID bill may impact trans community
A bill is wending its way through the Pennsylvania legislature that would require voters to produce a government-issued photo each time they hit the...
News Briefing
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....
AIDS Fund revamps structure to focus on individuals, not agencies
The Philadelphia AIDS Walk marks its 30th anniversary next month, with a new fundraising strategy in place that mirrors a change at the organization...
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