Abington allies continue fight for LGBT ordinance
Last month the Abington Township Commission rejected a bill that sought to provide nondiscrimination protections for the LGBT community in a resounding 10-5 vote....
Local initiative pairs queer artists with Black and Brown owned businesses
In order to support Black- and Brown-owned businesses that were adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, Visit Philadelphia has launched the Love + Grit...
Philly candidate seeks to be nation’s first trans male judge
History could be made in Philadelphia this spring. Henry Sias is seeking a judgeship on the Court of Common Pleas....
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Penn to offer trans coverage The University of Pennsylvania last week announced that it was expanding its student healthcare plan to allow coverage...
CDC: Philly men unaware of HIV status
A new report by the Centers for Disease Control found that about one in five men who have sex with men (MSM) in large...
City Council postpones foster-care hearing
City Council hearings on alleged anti-LGBT bias within foster-care agencies that contract with the city won’t take place before fall, said a spokesperson for...
D.A.’s Office withheld key Morris document from city agency
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office withheld from the Police Advisory Commission a key document pertaining to the Nizah Morris incident, it was disclosed last...
Mayor signs bill combatting racism, discrimination
Mayor Jim Kenney performed a ceremonial signing for a bill Thursday that will strengthen penalties for local businesses that discriminate. This bill amends the Fair...
Deportation delayed for Philly couple
The Department of Homeland Security gave a local gay couple the only Valentine’s Day gift they were hoping for: the temporary delay of a...
Local lawyer launching traveling legal program
“If we’re scared here in Philadelphia, I can’t imagine what it’s like in Laramie, in Chatanooga, in small towns in Arkansas.” ...
New antigay leadership for Archdiocese
There was a shift in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia that will bring an outspoken antigay religious leader to the helm of the city’s Catholic...
Judge temporarily dismisses trans birth-certificate suit
A federal judge last week dismissed the antibias lawsuit of a New Jersey trans woman who seeks a birth certificate that matches her...
Out PR head out at Visit Philly
The city’s tourism bureau recently eliminated a public-relations position that was held by a longtime out staffer who was involved with a number of...
Hoping for a win for 12th LGBT Phils night
LGBTs and allies will head out to the ballpark next week for the 12th annual Gay Community Night at the Phillies. ...
Sims to introduce first-ever partnership amendment
State Rep. Brian Sims (D-182nd Dist.) plans to introduce an amendment that would allow those in domestic partnerships to apply for 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...
International News
Pride fests march across Europe Tens of thousands of gay-rights activists demanding rights for same-sex couples marched through the streets of Rome on...
Suspected Venture Inn stabber in custody
Just a few hours after naming a suspect in last Thursday’s stabbing outside Venture Inn, police arrested the alleged attacker in the Gayborhood. ...
Pa. borough councilman blasted for transphobic Facebook post
LGBT advocates are blasting a borough councilmember in Trafford, Pa. for posting a transphobic Facebook comment about Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine. Trafford...
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