The gay and lesbian coffeehouse comes to life again
It’s hard to imagine a coffeehouse today running on such a small budget that all the workers are volunteers, all the baked goods are...
First EEOC LGBT suit has Philly connection
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this week filed its first-ever lawsuits regarding sexual orientation-discrimination, one of which is being handled by the agency’s...
Tabu staffer speaks out after Gayborhood attack
Philadelphia Police are looking to identify and locate the suspects wanted for an attack that landed an employee of a local gay bar in...
SERVING UP THANKS
The Rev. Andrea Harrington (right) serves up a pre-Thanksgiving feast hosted by Colours on Nov. 20. Over 50 people partook of the...
Remember Them
Since this time last year, too many trans and nonbinary people in the U.S. have lost their lives due to hatred and ignorance. The...
Dyke March to celebrate 15 years with exhibit
A Philadelphia LGBT tradition is gearing up for its 15th anniversary of marching, advocating and being heard. The annual Philadelphia Dyke...
Philly Black Pride wraps up after raising fuller rainbow flag
Philly Black Pride celebration inspired a fresh sense of empowerment, awareness and community participation during this year’s festivities with PBP’s first parade and rally...
Bring a friend: COLOURS event promotes HIV testing
COLOURS Organization celebrates Juneteenth with its first bring-a-friend-to-testing event June 19 to encourage more people of color to learn their HIV status. ...
New research shows discrimination more greatly harms LGBTQ people of color
A coalition of leading LGBTQ rights groups has released the most extensive summary to date of scholarly data on the intersection of anti-LGBTQ and...
Six years later, Blahnik murder now a cold case
It’s been six years since Stacey Blahnik was brutally murdered in her South Philadelphia home, and investigators have “hit a wall.” ...
Future uncertain for city’s safe-injection site
Philadelphia was inching closer to becoming the first city in the United States to open a safe-injection site to address the city’s opioid crisis....
Gay man tapped for White House
President-elect Barack Obama made several more staff appointments this week, including the selection of an openly gay member of his transition team for a...
Executions held in gay murder case
Federal and state judges have halted the executions of two men convicted of the 1987 murder of a gay Bucks County artist. ...
Record crowds celebrate Pride in Philly
Last Sunday’s Pride was one for the history books. Philly Pride Presents executive director Franny Price said more than 16,000 people...
Two years out, no arrest in Cordova case
Kyra Cordova was murdered on Labor Day 2012. Two more of the holidays have passed, and Cordova’s murder remains unsolved. The...
Arthur Martin-Chester dies, of Men of All Colors Together
Arthur “Art” Martin-Chester, beloved husband of Stevie Martin-Chester, has died after a year-long battle with lung cancer. He died Nov. 30, just a month...
Out candidates gear up for election
Four mayoral candidates in Pennsylvania are vying for a spot as the state’s first openly LGBT mayor in the Nov. 5 election,...
Attorney in DUI case to subpoena city for Morris file ...
Attorney Michael L. Doyle says he’ll subpoena the city for the police Internal Affairs file pertaining to the Nizah Morris incident. ...
Native Texan rates offerings at William Way’s chili cook-off
Most people may not know this (or care), but I am not native to Philadelphia. In fact, I grew up on a farm 80...
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