DADT lifted, reinstated
Former Lt. Dan Choi, one of the most visible faces in the fight to repeal the military’s ban on openly gay servicemembers,...
Man stabbed in Gayborhood
A man was stabbed early Wednesday morning in the Gayborhood, and his alleged attacker now faces attempted murder charges. Police were...
Protesters to ‘lift luggage’ at NARTH meeting in Philadelphia
As members of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality convene inside the Renaissance Philadelphia Hotel next month, the LGBT community will...
National LGBT group stages anti-‘ex-gay’ weekend
LGBT researchers, community leaders and activists will join in Philadelphia next month for a conference to address the damaging effects of so-called “ex-gay” therapy....
DNC chair urges LGBTs to get out the vote
With just a week left until the midterm elections in a year when Democrats are expected to lose at least a few seats to...
Media Trail
Facebook works to remove hate speech The San Francisco Chronicle reports Facebook is working with a gay-advocacy group to reduce hate speech and...
PECO offers trans panel
About 250 employees of the Philadelphia Electric Company packed into Energy Hall at the company’s Center City headquarters Oct. 18 for a...
Gayborhood Crime Watch
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Oct. 4-10....
In state races, gay marriage resurfaces as issue
This election will be the first since the 1990s without a measure to ban gay marriage on any state ballot, yet the divisive issue...
Experts say gang taboos fueled NYC gay bias attacks
NEW YORK CITY — Late one Saturday, members of a gang in a Bronx neighborhood spotted one of their recruits coming out of an...
International News
Transgender activists on trial in Turkey International human-rights groups are calling on officials in Turkey to drop charges against five transgender-rights activists on...
Blahnik house mother murdered
A well-known local transgender woman who was a fixture in the ballroom community was murdered in her home this week in South Philadelphia. ...
OutFest celebrates 20th year on high note
The annual OutFest scored a perfect 10 this year — with tens of thousands converging on the Gayborhood for the world’s largest National Coming...
School commission tightens bullying policies
The governing body of the Philadelphia School District last month approved new guidelines that seek to curb school bullying. The five-member...
Summit convenes to examine LGBT aging issues
More than 100 older LGBT community members and aging-service providers will convene Oct. 15 to examine the myriad issues impacting the elderly...
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...
Judge orders ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ halted
A federal judge in California this week issued an injunction that would bar the military from enforcing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. ” ...
HIV-positive woman wins $58K
An HIV-positive woman who was kicked out of a suburban personal-care home two years ago will receive more than $50,000 in damages from the...
Media Trail
No charges over computer porn mix up According to MSNBC. com, police say a Pennsylvania blood-bank worker won’t be charged for accidentally...
ActionAIDS sued for privacy violation
An HIV-positive woman is suing ActionAIDS, claiming the agency violated her privacy rights when a receptionist allegedly disseminated her HIV status without her permission....
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