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Agents fired over gay bar raid MSNBC. com reports Texas’ liquor board fired two agents and a supervisor in the wake of...
Gayborhood to host ‘Best Of’ competition
Dancers, singers, chefs and even hair stylists will come together later this month for a night of entertainment and competition to vie for the...
GALAEI director steps down
The executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative resigned earlier this summer after less than a year in the position....
HIV-positive vet settles with State Dept.
A discrimination lawsuit filed by a man who was denied a job with a U. S. State Department contractor because he has HIV...
International News
Budapest Pride draws wide support Embassies from 13 countries including the United States issued a joint statement expressing support for the Budapest Pride...
Nonprofits call on state to end impasse
About 300 representatives and supporters of social-service agencies throughout the region gathered Wednesday for a rally to end the state budget impasse. ...
Smithson conviction appealed
Attorneys for William F. Smithson have filed an appellate brief in state Superior Court, seeking to overturn his first-degree murder conviction and...
DOMA suit dismissed
A judge this week dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the federal ban on same-sex marriage. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter...
DVLF to honor community ‘heroes’
LGBT grantmaking organization Delaware Valley Legacy Fund will host its annual Heroes celebration next month to pay tribute to the people and organizations that...
News Briefing
Rainbow Eye to host breast-cancer benefit Rainbow Eye, 1449 N. Fifth St., will host a beef-and-beer event from 2-8:30 p.m. Aug....
Bruce Flannery, AIDS activist, 54
Bruce Flannery, a local activist who headed a statewide AIDS agency for more than a decade, died suddenly Aug. 14 from complications of open-heart surgery....
Lutherans allow sexually active gays as clergy
MINNEAPOLIS — The nation’s largest Lutheran denomination took openly gay clergy more fully into its fold last Friday, as leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran...
Media Trail
Wisc. AG won’t defend partnerships The New York Times reports Wisconsin’s attorney general said on Aug. 21 he will not defend...
Odd Fellows bldg. to get rehab
The five-story building at the corner of 12th and Spruce streets will not be empty for much longer. APM Realty has...
PDA WITH A PURPOSE
David Jones (left) and Chris Oronzi, Jim and Richie Madden and an ally couple embrace at Love Park Aug. 15 as part...
TUESDAY AT THE TAVERN
Our Night Out and Queers on the Avenue joined forces Aug. 18 for their monthly social-networking events, this time held at Stogie...
Civil-rights commission faces major budget cuts
If the proposed Pennsylvania budget passes as is, it could have major implications for the state agency that investigates civil-rights violations. ...
Justice files 2nd DOMA brief
The Department of Justice issued another brief in support of the Defense of Marriage Act this week, although President Obama formally reiterated his opposition...
Human Rights Watch: Iraqi gays tortured and killed
BAGHDAD — Militiamen are torturing and killing gay Iraqi men with impunity in a systematic campaign that has spread from Baghdad to several other...
SEPTA challenges city commission’s jurisdiction
The city’s transportation authority has filed a lawsuit that could limit the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relation’s scope of authority. On...
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