Two murder cases spotlight trans community
A transgender sex worker spent the last week in prison, awaiting arraignment on murder charges for a recent killing at a Center City hotel....
Activists call on city to cut AIDS housing waiting list:
About 60 members of ACT UP took to the streets Wednesday afternoon to speak up for the city’s HIV-positive homeless population, which they say...
Locals tell youth ‘It gets better’
In the past month, thousands of LGBTs and allies from around the world have submitted videos to out writer Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better”...
News Briefing
William Way to host police group The William Way LGBT Community Center will serve as host early next year to a monthly community...
LGBT bills die with end of state session
Leadership in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives last week abruptly announced the body would not finish out its legislative session, a decision it reversed...
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Hawaii positioned to pass same-sex civil unions The Washington Post reports Hawaii voters have opened the way for same-sex civil unions to become...
FIGHT celebrates two decades of service
Two days after this year’s World AIDS Day, the Philadelphia HIV/AIDS community will come together to pay homage to an agency that has been...
GOP gains LGBT support
According to exit polling done after last week’s midterm election, support for Republican candidates among LGB voters rose considerably in the past two years....
Gayborhood Crime Watch
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Oct. 25-31....
Supreme Court asked to remove gay military ban
SAN FRANCISCO — A Republican gay-rights group asked the U. S. Supreme Court last Friday to allow a California trial judge’s order barring...
Removal of Iowa judges may inspire similar efforts
DES MOINES, Iowa — Emboldened by the success of a ballot initiative to oust Iowa judges who supported gay marriage, conservative activists are looking...
Sex worker arrested for murder
Police this week arrested a sex worker for the murder of a suburban man in a Center City hotel. Police...
Pro-LGBT casualties not losing hope
Whether it was financial or ideological fear that motivated a majority of American voters to go Republican in Tuesday’s midterm elections, the nation’s LGBT...
Dems hang on to U.S. Senate, lose House
In a decisive commentary on the current Democratic leadership, Americans on Tuesday cast vote after vote for Republican candidates, who swept races from coast...
Witness tell City Council of continued HIV scourge
With HIV incidence rates in Philadelphia nearly five times the national average, a committee of the Philadelphia City Council last week convened a public...
LGBT college group’s ‘Top 25’ includes locals
National LGBT college association Campus Pride last week named the top movers and shakers of the LGBT and ally college communities, and two area...
News Briefing
Haverford sees LGBT bill The Haverford Township Commissioners will undertake a first reading and vote of a proposed LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance next week....
WWCC green-lights housing proposal
The board of directors of the William Way LGBT Community Center voted unanimously this week to give conditional approval for plans to proceed on...
OUTMusic features trans organist
Before personalities like Melissa Etheridge and Carol Channing take the stage at the 2010 OUTMusic Awards in New York City next month, a transgender...
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