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Fallen gay trooper’s partner sues for benefits The Kansas City Star reports the gay partner of a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper killed...
SCOTUS punts trans student’s case
The nation's top court on Monday delivered a setback in the fight for equal access for transgender students. In a one-sentence order,...
Kerry, Casey urge repeal of gay blood-donor ban
A coalition of U. S. senators, led by former presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), urged the Food and Drug Administration to lift...
PA Supreme Court to review SEPTA case
The state Supreme Court this week agreed to review a lower-court ruling exempting SEPTA from the city's LGBT-inclusive antibias rules. SEPTA is the region's mass-transit system,...
Clinton picks Tim Kaine as VP
Hillary Clinton announced Friday she has selected Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia as her pick for vice president. Kaine has a strong...
Day in the Life of: a nutrition counselor, Rachel Stevenson
You would never guess that Rachel Stevenson once weighed almost 280 pounds. But since she began her weight-loss journey in 2009, she has lost...
International News
Doc says gay sex causes swine flu A prominent doctor in Malaysia is claiming that gay sex and masturbation make the body more...
Parents, alums speak out against school firing
Concerned parents and alumni are speaking out and taking action following last month’s firing of a lesbian teacher at Waldron Mercy Academy. ...
Community activists gather to discuss AIDS updates
LGBTs and allies are invited to meet to discuss the progress for an AIDS cure and the state of local AIDS-related policies. ...
Nizah Morris advocates march through Center City
Holding candles and chanting "trans lives matter," about 60 advocates for Nizah Morris marched through Center City this week. The Dec. 22 event marked...
FIGHT celebrates two decades of service
Two days after this year’s World AIDS Day, the Philadelphia HIV/AIDS community will come together to pay homage to an agency that has been...
Gay group endorses council, judicial candidates
The Liberty City Democratic Club held its endorsement meeting last week, lending its support to a number of pro-LGBT candidates on the Nov. ...
Philly’s trans community and allies come together for annual Trans March
In the continued fight for transgender rights, roughly 200 people showed up to the annual Philly Trans March (PTM), the peaceful rally demanding justice,...
Obama picks lesbian for top EEOC post
Among another round of presidential nominees announced this week was an openly lesbian law professor who is set to head the federal Equal Employment...
P.A.C. seeks DA’s interviews with Morris officers
Confidential interviews with three police officers and a sergeant involved in the Nizah Morris incident are among a batch of records the Police Advisory...
NJ bans conversion therapy
New Jersey this week became only the second state in the country to ban so-called “ex-gay” therapy for minors. Republican Gov....
Engineer criminally charged in Amtrak crash
Brandon Bostian, the train engineer involved in an Amtrak derailment that killed eight people, has been charged with felony and misdemeanor crimes. ...
Local organizations convened for second political funeral at the home of...
On the heels of the first protests against the police killing of George Floyd, members of Philadelphia social justice organizations came together to hold...
Youth org. releases model policy for trans students
The Pennsylvania Youth Congress, a statewide LGBT organization, launched an online resource May 20 for school districts looking for guidance on transgender and gender...
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