Financial dispute between lesbians reaches appeals court
A protracted financial dispute between two women who were domestic partners for many years has reached the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. ...
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...
Transgender issues presented at Sex and Gender Research Forum
A local university included LGBT issues, with a focus on the transgender community, at a research forum Wednesday. Harper Jean Tobin, the director of...
Philly’s new Pride set for first weekend in June
Philadelphia’s new organization PHL Pride Collective (PPC) has set June 3-5 for its first Pride weekend, which will include a march in place of...
LGBT families head into year with new leadership, events
Even though the power went out for a time at the Please Touch Museum last Monday morning, courtesy of the day-long storm that blew...
Office of LGBT Affairs bill clears committee
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown’s bill that would make permanent the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs unanimously cleared City Council’s committee on law and government....
Day in the Life Of: a police officer, Ciante Bradley
“This is normal for us, but it’s not for them; you’re walking into these people’s worst days. You have to remember that.” ...
Delaware police investigate alleged hate crime
Newark police this week are investigating a suspected hate crime against a gay man while he was leaving a fraternity party near the University...
LGBT parents-to-be encouraged to join web chats
A few years ago, Dr. Jacqueline Gutmann sat down with a man whose chart said he had Klinefelter syndrome, a genetic condition that cuts...
Conference for LGBT women physicians and medical students held in Philly
This year, Philadelphia was home to a conference centering women’s health issues, as well as issues for LGBT physicians and members of the queer...
GALAEI brings back Philly Black Trans History event
Christian A’xavier Lovehall used to attend GALAEI’s annual Philly Black Trans History event each year. “When I used to go, it...
Youth group announces new leadership
Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition, a statewide LGBT youth organization, recently elected a number of new leaders. At its Fall Convening last month...
Lower Merion bans LGBT discrimination
Lower Merion last week became the 18th municipality in the state to ban LGBT discrimination. The township commission of the Main...
Media Trail
Lawsuit filed against Westchester police The Wall Street Journal reports a lawsuit alleges the Westchester County, N. Y., police sought to humiliate...
New gay immigration bill introduced
Last week, lawmakers from both houses of Congress resurrected a bill that would provide for more equitable treatment of binational LGBT couples. ...
Alain Locke, father of the Harlem Renaissance
Alain Leroy Locke, philosopher, educator, editor, author and Black gay man was born in Philadelphia in 1885. He died in New York City in...
Sisters building slated for reopening as straight bar
One year after the shuttering of the city’s longest-running lesbian bar, the building is being readied for reopening as a non-LGBT venue. ...
Endorsements: 2017 Primary
District Attorney: Larry Krasner City Controller: Alan Butkovitz Superior Court Maria McLaughlin Carolyn Nichols ...
EQPA gets two $25K challenge grants
In the past month, Equality Pennsylvania has come out victorious in two voter-fueled grant competitions. In November, it ranked among the...
Report: LGBT seniors see health-care, housing challenges
The Public Health Management Corporation last week released a wide-ranging, first-of-its-kind report on the needs of local LGBT seniors. “Health and Service...
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