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Ugandan LGBT activists win suit Ugandan Justice Stella Arach issued a ruling on Dec. 22 in favor of LGBT activists in...
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The Feb. 10 snowstorm, on top of last weekend’s storm, gave Philadelphia its first-ever pair of 14-plus-inch storms within a week, as...
A pioneer and a pupil honored on Constitution Day
One of the most well-known names in LGBT history was memorialized last week at the National Constitution Center. Harvey Milk took...
Allentown Republican tries to strike anti-LGBT provision from defense spending
U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, an Allentown Republican, sponsored a bipartisan amendment to remove an anti-LGBT provision from next year’s proposed $583 billion defense-spending plan,...
Sale in jeopardy for LGBT-friendly youth facility
A judge last week green-lighted a bidding war for land that had been slated as the site of an LGBT-friendly youth-housing facility. ...
U.S. funds countries where gays are put to death
Being gay can still get you killed in many places around the world. News reports on Brunei’s latest decision to implement Sharia law against...
Mayor, LGBT business leaders meet
Mayor Nutter met with a group of LGBT community leaders last weekend to assess the community’s needs and inform its representatives about the current...
ChesCo group launches new health event
It can be intimidating to walk into an OBGYN’s office as a gay couple planning to start a family, said Rachel Stevenson, owner of...
Historic Prop. 8 trial begins in California
California’s same-sex-marriage ban was back in court this week with the start of a much-anticipated trial to determine the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the...
Baldwin asks Clinton to follow through on State Dept. pledge
Openly gay U. S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) called on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week to make good on her pledge...
Trans leader takes over N.J. LGBT group
This week, Garden State Equality welcomes one of the first transgender executive directors to head a statewide organization. Andrea “Andy”...
Media Trail
Married gays can still be discharged The Des Moines Register reports gay military servicemembers who are legally married in Iowa can still be...
Star speaker for QPenn Week
The University of Pennsylvania is gearing up to host a weeklong event to explore queer identities, and special guests will include one of the...
C. Everett Koop: A remembrance
When I heard that former U. S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop had died Feb. 25 at age 96, I let out a...
Women lost all the jobs in December
In the December monthly jobs report from the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), it was revealed that the US lost 140,000 jobs...
GALAEI holds virtual sex-ed workshops during COVID-19 quarantine
As part of online initiatives to continue connecting with and educating the community during COVID-19 protocols, Philly’s LGBTQ+ Latinx social justice organization GALAEI is...
New GALAEI campaign gets city recognition
A new HIV-education campaign targeting the Latino community was honored by the city this week. POSITIVO, which launched last month from...
William Way shows continued growth at annual meeting
Things are looking up at the William Way LGBT Community Center, which held its annual meeting last week to discuss new initiatives and funding....
Gayborhood Crime Watch
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Nov. 5-13....
Community Briefs: February 11, 2022
Mazzoni Center gets grant for trans women of color program
In order to execute its new L.I.F.E. (Living in Fullness Everyday) Academy, Mazzoni Center received...
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