MANNA launches 15th annual pie sale
Even though fall just began, the holiday giving season is already in full swing at one local organization. More than 50...
Five years after murder, community member keeps sister’s memory alive
Rafael Colon had a strong reaction to his 23rd birthday this year. “The age I am right now, my sister never made it to,”...
Settlement on hold in Scouts case
Last spring, when former city official Joyce Wilkerson was asked if she would support the Scouts’ eviction from a city-owned building even if it...
Day in the Life Of: a senior account executive, Jennifer Lydon
It is a pretty big day for Jennifer Lydon. Lydon, 48, is a senior account executive at Metro US — a free daily newspaper...
Exhibit explores ‘the colors of leather’
Looking for something different to do on Valentine’s Day? Then go check out “Black & Blue: The Colors of Leather,” an intriguing exhibit on...
Pompeo’s Human Rights Panel Subverts LGBT and Women’s Rights
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is driving an anti-gay, anti-abortion religious freedom agenda with regard to a report he commissioned last July that is...
Local LGBTQ health organizations get a financial boost
CHECK, PLEASE!: LBGT-specific HIV agencies across the area were recently awarded thousands of dollars from two different contributors. Coca-Cola (left) presented Action Wellness PHL...
City requests immediate eviction of Scouts
Emphasizing the damaging effects of antigay bias, city officials are asking a federal judge to order the immediate eviction of the local Boy Scouts...
PA lesbian kicked out of prom
A Pennsylvania high school is coming under fire after administrators ejected a lesbian student from her prom. Aniya Wolf reports...
UP, UP AND AWAY – Sand Blast
The Atlantic City beaches, bars and casinos rolled out their rainbow welcomemats last weekend for Sand Blast. Now in its 13th year,...
Gay university student sues U.S. Department of Education
Declan A. Galli, an LGBT university student, has filed suit against the U.S. Department of Education challenging its new rule, created during the last...
Breast cancer awareness for LBTQ people
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Yet despite annual awareness campaigns with pink lights and pink ribbons everywhere throughout the month, breast cancer remains...
Board meeting addresses diversity, deficit at center
The William Way LGBT Community Center’s board held the second of its four public board meetings for this year on May 25 at 1315...
PA marriage-equality bill introduced
One week after a New Jersey judge paved the way for marriage equality in the Garden State, lawmakers on this side of the Delaware...
Man stoned to death, suspect cites Bible
Police in Lansdowne last week charged a man with first-degree murder whom they say allegedly stoned a 70-year-old developmentally disabled man to death, saying...
D.A.’s Office finds ‘destroyed’ Morris record
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office last month said it located a dispatch record associated with the Nizah Morris incident that the office previously...
Judge orders Social Security to recognize PA same-sex common-law marriages
In a sharply worded ruling this week, U.S. District Judge Berle M. Schiller ordered the Social Security Administration to recognize same-sex common-law marriages in...
Amtrak engineer’s address can remain private
Brandon Bostian, the engineer involved in a fatal train derailment in Philadelphia, isn’t required to publicly disclose his home address in a lawsuit against...
Lesbian fights wife’s parents for death benefits
A case is currently pending in a Philadelphia court that pits a lesbian spouse against her deceased wife’s parents. Chicago resident...
Cosby retrial scheduled
Actor Bill Cosby will again stand trial for the alleged sexual assault of a lesbian, after jurors this summer failed to render a verdict...
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