Mass. files suit against DOMA
The United States government is being sued by one of its own over the federal ban on same-sex marriage. The state...
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LEFT: Filmmaker and programmer of the 15th annual local LGBT film festival QFest Kelly Burkhardt (left) takes the stage at the Prince Music Theater...
Local AIDS activists arrested in D.C.
Police in Washington, D. C., last week arrested more than two-dozen protesters, including several local activists, who were calling for federal action on...
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Trans woman dies after NJ voodoo ritual A transgender woman died in Camden County, N. J., last week after taking...
Philly to host national discussion on LGBT, racial issues
A local LGBT organization will serve as the host group for a national convention that seeks to produce a realistic and tangible plan to...
Congress mulls benefits, school-bullying bills
Two separate committees of the U. S. House of Representatives last week held hearings on two pieces of legislation that seek to expand...
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Another Dallas-area gay bar raided The Houston Chronicle reports activists are questioning the raid of a Dallas-area gay bar less than a month...
Rodeo rides back into town
Cowboys and girls from around the country will stampede into the area this month for the second-annual LGBT rodeo. The Liberty...
Michael Lyons, 66, social worker
Michael Lyons, a longtime city worker and former civil-rights activist, died June 24 after a long battle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was 66. ...
International News
Cleric endorses gay marriage A senior Scottish cleric has said that gays should be able to get married in church. ...
Local Rep. takes over DADT repeal effort
U. S. Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-8th Dist.) from Pennsylvania announced this week that he has signed on as the prime sponsor of the...
PA marriage bill gets another cosponsor
The bill in the Pennsylvania Senate that seeks to legalize same-sex marriage now has one more legislative supporter. Sen. Jim Ferlo...
Man in women’s clothing found dead in park
A jogger in Fairmount Park last week found a man dressed in female clothing whom police say was murdered. Police identified...
Allegheny County OKs nondiscrimination bill
The Allegheny County Council approved a bill last week that would prohibit discrimination against LGBT county residents in employment, housing and public accommodations. ...
Pride comes to Reading
Nearly 2,000 people are expected to converge on Reading next weekend — not to hit the sales displays at the region’s famous outlet stores,...
CBLSL women host soggy, successful tourney
The City of Brotherly Love Softball League staged its inaugural women’s tournament late last month and, despite a stormy start, achieved a smooth finish....
PROP. 8 CHALLENGE CONTINUES
Attorney Theodore Olson (center) shakes hands with Proposition 8 opponents July 2 after a news conference at the Federal Building in San Francisco. ...
News Briefing
Singing out for Delaware Pride It’s down to the final two contestants in the second-annual Pride Idol, a monthly karaoke contest held in...
SEPTA panel recommends end to genderized fares
The 27-member SEPTA Citizen Advisory Committee has unanimously recommended that the transit agency stop using gender markers in its fare-collection system. ...
HIV travel ban nearing its end
The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services took one of the final steps in lifting the longstanding ban restricting those with...
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