Flag-raising details announced
For the first time, Philadelphia's annual rainbow flag-raising ceremony will take place the same day as OutFest. The sixth-annual event take...
Maryland marriage bill advances
A committee of the Maryland Senate last week approved a bill that would extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. The...
Ferlo talks coming out
State Sen. Jim Ferlo (D-38th Dist.), who came out as gay on Tuesday at a rally and press conference at the Capitol Rotunda in...
DADT repeal in limbo
The effort to repeal the military's ban on openly gay servicemembers was dealt another setback Thursday in the Senate, as a motion to bring...
No appeal in Chesco fence case
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...
Philly athletes head to Games
Local LGBT athletes were doing their last-minute packing this week before shipping off to Germany for the world’s largest LGBT sporting event. ...
Court says gay couples can’t divorce in Texas
DALLAS — Gay couples legally married in other states cannot get a divorce in Texas, where same-sex marriage is banned, a state appeals court...
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Penn to offer trans coverage The University of Pennsylvania last week announced that it was expanding its student healthcare plan to allow coverage...
Transwoman transferred after abuse complaint
A transgender woman was transferred to a male prison this week after spending more than a year in the city’s only all-female prison. ...
City: D.A.’s Morris records off-limits to police
Dozens of interviews conducted by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office in 2003 while investigating the Nizah Morris case are unavailable to the police department,...
DVLF board names temporary co-director
The Delaware Valley Legacy Fund announced this week that an officer of its board of directors will help guide the LGBT-grantmaking agency through its...
AG Kane declines to defend PA marriage ban
The Pennsylvania Attorney General announced this week that she would not defend the state's ban on same-sex marriage against a pending lawsuit challenging its...
CA marriage on hold, appeal sped up
Same-sex couples last week prepared to head to courthouses throughout California to tie the knot, but a ruling from an appeals court put those...
Upper Merion unanimously bans discrimination
Although it is still legal in most of Pennsylvania for an LGBT person to be fired for his or her orientation, one local town...
PGN files court appeal for Morris 911 recordings
PGN last week filed an appeal in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, continuing its quest for 911 recordings pertaining to the Nizah Morris incident believed...
Two more suits leveled against Archdiocese
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia was hit with two more sex-abuse lawsuits in the past two weeks, bringing the number of suits in just the...
News Briefing
HHS to listen to LGBTs The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services will hold a listening session this weekend in...
Man alleges assault at Woody’s
Tyree Lawson, a former patron of Woody’s Bar, has filed suit against the establishment, claiming a bouncer injured him while escorting him out...
Bebashi anniversary event sold out
Bebashi, an HIV/AIDS organization focusing on people of color, has sold all 400 tickets to its 30th-anniversary gala, set to take place next weekend....
Meeting cancelled for committee considering antibias bill
The Pennsylvania Senate committee that was set to today consider legislation that would prohibit discrimination in housing cancelled its meeting. A...
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