Resources for Philly’s housing insecure
In early May, the city announced a rental assistance program to sustain renters in Philadelphia who may be financially struggling during COVID-19. After only...
In time for Penn. primary elections, review candidate stances on LGBTQ...
Next Tuesday, June 2, is election day for the Pennsylvania primaries. Because visiting a physical polling place may pose risks related to COVID-19, a...
Mourning Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist
"There will always be enemies. Time to stop being your own." So wrote Larry Kramer in his groundbreaking 1978 play, “Faggots.” He led a...
Republican lawmaker’s resolution urges removal of transgender Secretary of Health
Pennsylvania State Rep. Russ Diamond, a Republican representing Lebanon County in the southeastern portion of the state, has introduced a resolution calling for the...
Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta tells coming out story on House floor, fights...
“At every service and at my school and on TV and in the law, I was always told implicitly and explicitly that who...
International News: May 29 – June 4, 2020
Costa Rica legalizes same-sex marriage
On May 26, Costa Rica became the first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriage. Costa Rica joins Brazil, Ecuador,...
Gilead sued for HIV-related privacy invasions
Gilead Sciences Inc., a biopharmaceutical company based in Foster City, California, was recently sued for allegedly violating HIV-privacy rights when sending out a mass...
Philly LGBTQ bars participate in Cocktails-to-Go program
Now that summer has unofficially begun, those craving a margarita from their favorite neighborhood bar are in luck. On May 21, Gov. Tom Wolf...
What do Pennsylvania’s LGBTQ seniors need?
Earlier this month, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Commission on LGBT Affairs Rafael Alvarez, along with co-chairs of the Aging Workgroup Joanne Carroll and...
Judge tosses out antigay conversion therapy lawsuit
This month, a federal judge in Harrisburg dismissed the lawsuit of Adam Dobson, a gay man who claimed he was subjected to antigay conversion...
The Philadelphia Transgender Wellness Conference postponed until 2021
This week, the Mazzoni Center regretfully announced that the Philadelphia Transgender Wellness Conference (PTWC), which was supposed to be held on June 23-25 2020,...
Philadelphia FIGHT presents virtual conference, Y-HEP re-opens
Philadelphia FIGHT has been working to provide outreach and care to the HIV/AIDS community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. At press time, the number of...
Remembering Q. Todd Dickinson, LGBTQ activist and patent law leader
According to friends and colleagues alike, Q. Todd Dickinson was a joyous, hard-working and passionate man, devoted to those he loved and to his...
Pride is not canceled in the Lehigh Valley
Founder and Executive Director of the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Adrian Shanker, wants everyone to know that Allentown’s “Pride is not canceled; Pride is...
A step toward equity for Philly’s trans and nonbinary students
Last week, the Philadelphia School District announced that nonbinary and transgender students would now be able to make system-wide name and pronouns changes on...
Why LGBTQ folks should fill out the 2020 Census
This week, the National LGBTQ Task Force launched phase two of their Queer the Census campaign. Queer the Census provides education on the current...
ACT UP demands new policies for Philadelphia’s COVID-19 housing crisis
Last week, ACT UP in conjunction Black and Brown Worker’s Collective (BBWC), the Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration (CADBI), Put People First! PA,...
Pennsylvania becomes trailblazer in LGBTQ data collection
This morning, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that the Department of Health will include sexual orientation and gender identity questions on case history investigations after...
Hidden stakes for LGBTQ rights in SCOTUS birth control case
The United States Supreme Courts’ hearing of Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania and Trump v. Pennsylvania is...
Republican Penn. legislator calls for resignation of Dr. Rachel Levine
Pennsylvania State Sen. Douglas V. Mastriano, a Republican from the south-central part of the state, is calling for the resignation of Health Secretary Dr....
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