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Another transgender teen from Pennsylvania is fighting his school’s homecoming-court policy regarding gender-nonconforming students. Kasey Caron addressed the Richland High School...

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) this week called on federal officials to issue guidance for how courts should handle cases of same-sex couples who previously relied...

The Greater Philadelphia Gay Officer Action League, called GOAL, will no longer lead the Pride parade in June. The LGBT law-enforcement officials from the...

Last month, Commonwealth Court rejected a petition from three trans women to strike down a Pennsylvania law prohibiting residents with serious felonies from changing...

The former husband of 181st District Democratic primary winner Malcolm Kenyatta is weighing legal action after a homophobic flier featuring the couple’s image was...

After two days of tweeting, Ellen DeGeneres’ crew made an appearance on the 1600 block of Walnut Street. The city closed off the block...

Neighbors opposed to a security fence erected by a gay couple in Chester County won’t appeal a court ruling that allows the fence to...

Data released last week revealed discrimination trends and disparities for transgender people in Pennsylvania. The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)...

A judge granted a motion to protect a New Jersey LGBT community center from eviction while a discrimination lawsuit against its landlord moves forward....

A lesbian mother says she’s “heartbroken” after Pennsylvania Superior Court last week said she isn’t entitled to partial custody of her former life partner’s...

Six weeks after she was elected, the chair of the newly created Commission on LGBT Affairs was voted out this week. ...

Neb. bill could target gays The Sioux City Journal reports that Nebraska’s gay community is concerned it might be unfairly targeted...

City attorneys want a federal judge to exclude LGBT-related evidence in an upcoming police-brutality case, claiming the evidence is irrelevant and inflammatory. ...

Councilman Mark Squila is spearheading a bill to prohibit conversion therapy for individuals under age 18 in Philadelphia. The councilman introduced...

The city’s Police Advisory Commission this week agreed to view records related to the Nizah Morris homicide at the District Attorney’s office, but it...

This summer, Philadelphia AIDS Thrift is packing up and moving. While the new store will just be around the corner, the...

A Pride event is returning to Philadelphia next month — and it’s not your typical rainbow-covered festival. The Philadelphia Leather Pride will...

FRIDLEY, Minn. — The Rev. Dave Glesne stood before the members of Redeemer Lutheran Church a few weeks ago and told them...

by John L. Micek The civil rights group Human Rights Campaign is out with its scorecard for the current session of Congress, and its findings...

The Centers for Disease Control announced this week that three Philadelphia community-based organizations were awarded new funding to deliver HIV-prevention initiatives to underserved populations....