Federal judge in eviction case is former Scout official
When Ronald L. Buckwalter, the federal judge handling the local Boy Scouts eviction case, was a Common Pleas judge in the 1980s,...
Councilman loses defamation suit to antigay NE man
Philadelphia City Councilman-at-Large Jack Kelly (R) last week lost his civil suit against a local man who Kelly contends spread antigay rhetoric about him...
LGBT police committee moves forward, outward
The Police Liaison Committee held its first meeting under its new leadership last week, with officers and members formulating plans to expand the committee’s...
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Progressives gather in Harrisburg The first-ever statewide conference for Pennsylvanians committed to grassroots progressive activism will be held Jan. 29-30 at...
Liberty City co-chair brings history of activism
Adah Bush, one-half of the new leadership at Liberty City Democratic Club, is looking to fuse her passion for social-justice work with her adeptness...
More disciplinary action in Navy abuse case
U. S. Rep. Joe Sestak (D-7th Dist.) announced last week that the Navy has taken further action in its investigation of alleged abuse...
Media Trail
Antigay group buys Super Bowl ad Advocate. com reports the antigay group Focus on the Family will air a TV ad during...
Sterling Goode, Attic board member, 55
Sterling Goode, a longtime board member of The Attic Youth Center, died Dec. 21 of pancreatic cancer. He was 55. Goode served...
International News
Haiti AIDS group members dead Fourteen men who worked for or were aided by SEROvie, Haiti’s largest organization serving gay and transgender people...
FOCUS ON THE FUTURE
Haneef Williams (left) and Tony Daniels lead a discussion about the youth of color community during Smoke, Lilies and Jade Arts Initiative’s “Dance &...
Judge holds injunction in Scouts case
A federal judge has denied a request by city attorneys to lift an injunction preventing a local Boy Scouts chapter from being evicted from...
Equal. Adv. names new director, board members
Equality Advocates Pennsylvania announced this week that a three-year employee of the agency will guide the group through its transition period, following the resignation...
Sestak backs gay marriage
U. S. Rep. Joe Sestak (D-7th Dist.) is looking to unseat longtime U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (D) in this spring’s primary election and...
NJ marriage fight not over
In one of its last actions in the lame-duck session, the New Jersey Legislature failed to pass a measure last week to extend marriage...
Rockefeller descendant, now local resident, launches LGBT scholarship
The name “Rockefeller” has long been associated with philanthropy, and an openly gay member of the famed family is continuing that legacy in Philadelphia....
News Briefing
FIGHT staffer says cabbie discriminated Mark Seaman, development director at local HIV/AIDS service organization Philadelphia FIGHT, filed a complaint with the Philadelphia Commission...
Historic Prop. 8 trial begins in California
California’s same-sex-marriage ban was back in court this week with the start of a much-anticipated trial to determine the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the...
Media Trail
Lesbian lawmaker becomes surrogate Yahoo News reports Rep. Christine Johnson will serve an additional role when the Utah Legislature convenes. The...
HEADING TO THE BENCH
Court of Common Pleas Judge Dan Anders and Municipal Court Judge Dawn Segal were among the more-than 25 inductees, including District Attorney Seth Williams,...
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