Member names released for DA’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee
On Jan. 21, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office released the names and brief biographies of the members of its new LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee.
The committee...
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. ...
Former Philly residents open design business in Rehoboth
Rex Rogosch opened his interior-design business in 2008, working out of his home to build the business. Six years later, Rogosch and...
Working toward a cure: scientists eliminate HIV in mice
A research team led by investigators at Temple University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center have eliminated HIV from living animals for...
Pittsburgh elects first out City Council prez
Pittsburgh’s City Council will now be helmed by an out gay man. Bruce Kraus became the city’s first openly LGBT elected official...
Wedding: Patrick Hagerty and Joseph Hughes
After talking online for almost two years, Patrick Hagerty and Joseph Hughes arranged to meet in person at a London train station near Hughes’...
Mayor, City Council: Forget ‘Hoosier hospitality,’ move to Philly
Feeling unwelcome in another state because of a "religious-freedom" law? Philadelphia's mayor and all 15 City Council members — who penned an open letter...
Legislation introduced to repeal Woodbury’s anti-trans law
Legislation was introduced in Woodbury, N.J., City Council last week to repeal an obscure anti-cross-dressing law in the town. Although police don’t enforce...
LGBT antibias complaint settled
Chloe M. Harris, a South Philadelphia trans woman, has reached a settlement in her antibias complaint against Summit Children’s Program. In...
Plaintiff seeks settlement in bullying case
Thomas Vandergrift, an openly gay man who’s suing the Pennsauken School District for allegedly subjecting his nephew to anti-LGBT bullying, is urging school-board members...
LGBT Muslims to converge on area
Memorial Day Weekend will bring together dozens of LGBTs of the Muslim faith for a getaway to build community and examine the intersection of...
Trans woman files suit against Pittsburgh jail
Trans woman Jules M. Williams, a former inmate of the Allegheny County Jail, filed suit this week against various jail officials, alleging abuse due...
Out business leader talks jobs at White House
An out member of a local disability-advocacy agency was among a group of locals who recently met with President Obama and others at the...
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Church gets another reprieve The old Church of the Assumption, formerly owned by the AIDS agency Siloam, received another stay of demolition from a...
Former out city council candidate named to Gov. Wolf’s Latino Affairs...
Adrian Rivera-Reyes, an out gay Latinx Philadelphia resident, just became one of 15 new appointees as a commissioner for the Pennsylvania Governor’s Advisory Committee...
Trump appointee denies HIV-positive litigant’s anonymity request
A federal appellate judge appointed by former President Donald Trump recently denied the anonymity request of an HIV-positive litigant, even though the lower court...
PA gov compares marriage equality to incest
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett once again took a swipe at the LGBT community when he compared same-sex marriage to incest. On...
Looking back at trans progress one year after the murder of...
June 9 marks one year since Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells, a beloved Philadelphia trans woman of color, was murdered. One year later, society has gone...
Gay Pride in Philadelphia, 1972-2018
It’s been 48 years since Philadelphia’s first Pride parade and 30 years since Philly Pride Presents took over organizing the event. ...
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