PA budget includes cuts, increases for HIV/AIDS funding
The Pennsylvania legislature finally agreed upon a state budget earlier this month, more than 100 days after the start of the fiscal year. ...
History pops up in New Hope
Visitors to New Hope this month can take a step back in history with a new pop-up exhibit that explores the Bucks County town’s...
State legislator defends 911 dispatch-records bill
State Rep. Maria P. Donatucci (D-Phila.) is defending a bill she says is aimed at protecting the anonymity of 911 callers in dangerous situations....
Trans student of color sues Lincoln University
A transgender woman of color has filed an antibias lawsuit against Lincoln University, alleging that pervasive transphobia prevented her from getting a proper education...
Bruce Flannery, AIDS activist, 54
Bruce Flannery, a local activist who headed a statewide AIDS agency for more than a decade, died suddenly Aug. 14 from complications of open-heart surgery....
COMHAR participants share healing power of art
Colondra Seals jumped from a second-story window to escape a house fire at 17th and York streets more than a decade ago. She has...
First LGBT health clinic opens in Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley next week will celebrate the grand opening of the first primary health-care clinic for the LGBT community in the area. ...
LGBTQ+ community comes together for 10th Philly Trans March
The 10th annual Philly Trans March took place on Oct. 10 at Hunting Park in North Philadelphia. Approximately 200 people gathered to demand an...
Mayoral candidate interview: John Featherman (R)
What’s the best resolution to the ongoing Boy Scouts litigation: the current settlement; appeal of the verdict; evict the Scouts and put the building...
FROM CUPCAKES TO COATS
Mazzoni Center staged its third annual Beer & Cupcakes event Dec. 7 at The Bike Stop. Mazzoni staff Heather Doughty (from left),...
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Study: Kids of lesbians have fewer problems CNN. com reports a nearly 25-year study concluded that children raised in lesbian households were...
Bethlehem film fest returns with new support
The fourth-annual LGBT Film Series at SteelStacks returns to Bethlehem in August with a lineup that includes several award-winning films. The...
Gemencina Reed, founding Attic board member, 79
Gemencina Reed, one of The Attic Youth Center’s earliest supporters, died Jan. 9 of organ failure. She was 79. Reed, an LGBT...
Trans and nonbinary icons to be honored in new murals
Two murals celebrating transgender and nonbinary Philadelphians will soon be installed in the city — one on the facade of Philly AIDS Thrift in...
Groundbreaking trans study reveals ‘disturbing patterns’
The results of the largest-ever national study on transgender experiences were released this week, revealing systemic discrimination and disparities. Nearly 28,000...
Philly to host national discussion on LGBT, racial issues
A local LGBT organization will serve as the host group for a national convention that seeks to produce a realistic and tangible plan to...
City, state issue guidance on bias incidents
The wave of bias incidents that has swept the nation since Donald Trump was elected president is drawing targeted responses from the local and...
Fire Island to get Philly flavor
Nearly 4,000 LGBTs and allies are expected to converge at Fire Island in New York this summer for an annual celebration of the people...
Pittsburgh man sues for domestic-partnership benefits
A Pittsburgh gay man has filed suit against his employer, claiming he’s being discriminated against because he’s unable to add his domestic partner to...
Philadelphia Police Department welcomes first openly trans graduate
The Philadelphia Police Academy saw its first transgender graduate, Benson Churgai, sworn into the Philadelphia Police Department, as part of PPD’s 391st class, on...
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