Proposed budget shows slight increase in HIV/AIDS funding
Gov. Tom Corbett unveiled the proposed 2013-14 state budget this week — which includes a slight increase in funding for HIV/AIDS causes...
Out leaders recognized in Del.
Widener University School of Law this week gave its annual Martin Luther King Service Award to two advocates who have helped spearhead the LGBT-rights...
State College district to offer DP bens
As part of a settlement in a suit filed by a same-sex couple, the State College Area School District this week agreed to offer...
Kenney continues pressure on Chick-fil-A
Philadelphia City Councilman-at-Large Jim Kenney late last month urged the leadership at national fast-food chain Chick-fil-A to make good on its pledge to be...
Garden State Equality founder to depart
The founder and longtime leader of New Jersey’s statewide LGBT-rights organization announced last week that he is leaving his post. Garden...
Out attorney aims to bring legal perspective to Traffic Court
Openly gay attorney Robert Tuerk’s practice has provided him experience in criminal defense, civil, personal-injury cases and an array of other areas, including traffic...
Pride Weekend
June 6 The Third Annual Kick-Off Block Party 6-11 p. m. 12th Street between Walnut and Spruce The annual block party...
Media Trail
Feds axe healthcare for spouse again CBSNews. com reports the U.S. Office of Personnel Management still refuses to authorize healthcare for the...
Diversity group to be led by out director
After 10 years as a member of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Multicultural Affairs Congress, Greg DeShields will take the helm of...
New eateries, trucks join DOFL
Dining Out for Life will return for its 24th year next week — with a host of new participants eager to open their doors...
BEBASHI receives $25K grant
An international cosmetics company’s HIV/AIDS-awareness campaign, currently being led by spokesperson Lady Gaga, recently awarded local HIV/AIDS service organization BEBASHI: Transition to Hope with...
SANTA’S WORKSHOP:
The LGBT community came out in full force last weekend for Delaware Valley Legacy Fund’s fifth annual TOY, which this year drew a record...
News Briefing
Church gets another reprieve The old Church of the Assumption, formerly owned by the AIDS agency Siloam, received another stay of demolition from a...
William Way discusses down funding at last 2012 meeting
The William Way LGBT Community Center hosted its last public board meeting Nov. 27 and fundraising was the main topic of the...
Rep. to introduce first-ever trans bill
A state legislator plans to introduce the first-ever legislation to specifically tackle issues affecting the transgender community. State Rep. Mark Cohen...
News Briefing
Hearing on trans complaint delayed A scheduled public hearing of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations on a discrimination complaint filed by a...
News Briefing
Smithson hearing postponed An evidentiary hearing for William F. Smithson has been postponed until May so that his new court-appointed attorney can become more familiar...
Philly rises again in LGBT tourism ranking
In the past several years, Philadelphia has gone from a city that wasn’t on the radar for LGBT tourists to one now poised to...
AN APPLE A DAY
Guests at the Pennsylvania Ballet’s “Shut Up & Dance” benefit for the Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutritional Alliance May 21 donated to the agency through...
PA Bar Association backs marriage equality
Days before Pennsylvania adopted marriage equality, the leadership of the Pennsylvania Bar Association approved its first-ever resolution backing marriage equality. The...
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