Black leaders helm LGBTQ orgs in historic first
Black History Month is a celebration of Black excellence and Black leadership, including within the LGBTQ community. For the first time in LGBTQ history,...
Prosecutors: Keep ‘predatory’ killer on death row
Last week, Bucks County prosecutors urged the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to reject Richard R. Laird’s request to vacate his death sentence. Laird,...
New Jersey ends public-notice requirement for name changes
LGBT advocates are hailing a recent administrative action of the New Jersey Supreme Court which eliminates a statewide rule requiring people who obtain court-ordered...
Reminiscing on the perfect 10: Mother Stacey Lee Blahnik
Stacey Lee, best known as Mother Stacey Blahnik, was a light that shined in the ballroom community and outside it. Stacey was a beacon...
Obituary: Bobbie Burnett, former Free Library worker, 61
Bobbie E. Burnett, a trans woman who filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the city in 2009, died Feb. 3 due to complications from a...
TransWork, Philadelphia airport team up for job fair aimed at increasing...
Applying to jobs is often stressful. But for AJ Kingsbury there’s an extra layer of anxiety — one where “you can feel your insides...
Lesbian gunned down in North Philly
A North Philadelphia lesbian was shot in broad daylight Tuesday morning while on her way to work. Kim Jones, 56, was...
Out rabbi to begin tenure at local synagogue
Not every synagogue has a community as tightly knit and accepting as the one at Or Hadash, a Reconstructionist synagogue in Fort Washington....
Election 2020: Your guide to voting in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanians will have the chance to vote for state legislators, row officers, members of Congress, and, of course, the President on Nov. 3.
The Capital-Star...
LGBTQ attorneys move forward with new initiatives
After numerous challenges, a local association of LGBTQ attorneys is rolling out new initiatives. The Philadelphia LGBTQ Bar Association, formerly known as GALLOP, will...
International News: June 6 – 11
Being gay still illegal in 70 countries, international report states
A map released from the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGBTIA) in...
Indonesian LGBT+ people subjected to police raids
LGBT+ people are under attack in Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous nation and the world’s largest Muslim population. LGBT+ people have been under...
Valley Youth House soups up LGBTQ youth resources, plans to revive...
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the youth housing organization Valley Youth House never closed its doors. Although many of its programs switched to virtual platforms,...
Local LGBTQ Democratic club hosts virtual COVID-19 info session with Penn...
In lieu of its March 25 endorsement meeting, the members of Liberty City LGBTQ Democratic Club held a virtual meeting in which a local...
Patron sues Woody’s Bar and Voyeur Nightclub
A Juniata Park man recently filed suit against Woody’s Bar and Voyeur Nightclub claiming he was served excessive amounts of alcohol at the establishments...
Cop in sex case denied payment for legal bills
A Philadelphia judge last week denied Officer Michael A. Paige’s request for payment from the city for his legal bills stemming from an alleged...
Why are there so many poor LGBT people in America’s most...
Part one of a two-part series.Philadelphia remains the poorest of the top 10 most populous cities in the United States, according to census data...
Gay Liberation Front pioneer Nikos Diaman dies
Nikos Antony Diaman, an early member of the Gay Liberation Front, the Radical Faeries, the Billy Club, and other gay organizations, died November 8...
Bayard Rustin: a radical gay icon for our time
"When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him."
—...
Leon King looks to be Philly’s first out black judge
Leon King is vying to be Philadelphia’s first out African-American Court of Common Pleas judge. The former commissioner of the Philadelphia...
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