Philly athletes head to Games
Local LGBT athletes were doing their last-minute packing this week before shipping off to Germany for the world’s largest LGBT sporting event. ...
Pentagon: No gays were discharged in past month: :
SAN FRANCISCO — No U. S. servicemembers have been discharged for being openly gay in the month since the Defense Department adopted new...
Conference addresses welcoming LGBTs to synagogue
A local synagogue will host a conference on the welcoming and inclusion of LGBTs in the Jewish community. Congregation Kol Ami...
LGBT recovery house opens in No. Philly
LGBT Philadelphians who are struggling with drug or alcohol abuse and are looking to get their lives back on the right path now have...
Wave of aging LGBTQ population set to crash
There’s a critical emergency facing Pennsylvania’s LGBTQ community, yet it is barely discussed and remains mostly hidden. It is the crisis of how to...
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),...
International News
Gay pol won’t back gay marriage The first openly gay cabinet minister in Australia has claimed that she has suffered discrimination but refuses...
Voyeur seeks dismissal of assault suit
Attorneys for Voyeur nightclub want a Philadelphia judge to dismiss the lawsuit of Nicholas D. Forte, a gay man who was brutally beaten outside...
Conservative justices angered by SCOTUS refusal to hear religious accommodation cases
On April 5, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal that could have further expanded religious freedom accommodations in the workplace. Two...
Local org hosts performing arts series curated by Philly poet Ursula...
The organization Intercultural Journeys is hosting the second season of Close Ups, a series of performances and conversations curated this year by legendary Philadelphia...
Lesbian inaugural head of Office of Open Records wins award
When Gov. Ed Rendell phoned Terry Mutchler in 2008, he told her, “You’re either up for a really incredible challenge or you’re a little...
Scouts file for dismissal
The local Boy Scouts council this week asked a federal judge to dissolve the temporary injunction preventing the group’s eviction from a city-owned building,...
Media Trail
High school OKs T-shirt Birmingham, Ala. , website AL.com reports the Southern Poverty Law Center praised Hoover High School officials for reversing...
High court denies city’s request in SEPTA dispute
The state Supreme Court this week denied the city's request for reconsideration in an anti-bias dispute involving SEPTA that's ensued for nearly 10 years....
Philly to celebrate Transgender Day of Remembrance
In recognition of Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), which takes place annually on Nov. 20, community organizers are holding events around Philadelphia. Trans activist...
Bebashi launches trans-resource program
A local health and social-services agency is opening its doors — figuratively and literally — to trans communities. Bebashi: Transition to...
Local designer creates high fashion for pets
If you want your four-legged companion ready to walk the red carpet or show off at a ball, you really need to enlist the...
Inmate seeks resumption of meds
Kenneth J. Houck Jr., an openly gay federal inmate who was brutally assaulted five years ago, says authorities are withholding an essential medication in...
Pride shadowed by Orlando massacre
The nation's deadliest mass shooting was on the minds of many at Sunday's Philadelphia Pride celebration. Just hours after at least...
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