Mazzoni to mark solemn anniversary
LGBT health facility Mazzoni Center will pay tribute to its namesake next week with an event that will look back on the late physician’s...
Lutherans begin gay-clergy discussion
FRIDLEY, Minn. — The Rev. Dave Glesne stood before the members of Redeemer Lutheran Church a few weeks ago and told them...
LGBT census effort advances
Leaders in the local LGBT community came together this week for the first training of the LGBT Complete Count Committee, an ongoing effort to...
NJ college hosts first-ever Day of Silence
Next week a community college in New Jersey will host its first-ever Day of Silence — an event to create awareness of bullying...
FIGHT promotes education, discussion in June
Prevention, treatment and justice will be at the core of Philadelphia FIGHT’s AIDS Education Month activities this June. The 17th-annual affair...
Soccer club to host annual tourney
The Philadelphia Falcons will show off their soccer skills and city next weekend for the sixth annual Liberty Bell Classic. The...
Changes coming this fall for QSpot
Monthly LGBT youth event QSpot is moving to a new home this fall. The gathering — which offers local youth the...
Alleged murderer found competent
It has been one year since transgender woman Diamond Williams was brutally murdered — but, unlike several unsolved homicides of local transgender women, Williams’...
News Briefing
House parties for Mazzoni LGBTs and allies throughout the region will participate in Mazzoni Center’s Night of a Thousand Friends next weekend to...
MontCo fires back at state
The waiting game continues in Montgomery County. More than 80 marriage licenses have been issued to same-sex couples since MontCo Register...
Walmart gives grant to Philly LGBT elder group
The Walmart Foundation announced this week that it will provide a $300,000 grant to Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders, which provides support and...
Hate crimes rise nationally, fall locally
The number of hate crimes, including those motivated by victims’ sexual orientation, rose nationwide last year but dropped in Pennsylvania. ...
Record crowds celebrate Pride in Philly
Last Sunday’s Pride was one for the history books. Philly Pride Presents executive director Franny Price said more than 16,000 people...
Presbys affirm marriage
On June 19, the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted at its General Assembly to allow ministers to perform same-sex marriages and to change its constitution’s...
Litigant speaks out against Facebook posts
Thomas Vandergrift is speaking out against Facebook postings made by a member of the Pennsauken Board of Education, which he views as homophobic and...
Sick-leave bill back in Council
An LGBT-inclusive bill to mandate paid sick-leave time for Philadelphia workers made it back to City Council last week. Councilman-at-Large Bill Greenlee...
Year In Review
Coming and goings Nellie Fitzpatrick, D. A.’s Office: The District Attorney’s Office brought on its first LGBT liaison, Helen “Nellie” Fitzpatrick, at...
LGBT leader encourages equality at march
In 1963, openly gay Pennsylvanian Bayard Rustin organized the March on Washington, which went on to become one of the nation’s most influential and...
Scouts: Most programs in city building open to gays
As a decision nears in the Boy Scouts eviction case, the Scouts have filed court papers focusing attention on a program they say is...
Mazzoni hires second full-time doc
Earlier this month, LGBT health facility Mazzoni Center grew its staff with the addition of another physician who will serve patients through its Family...
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