Media Trail
School discriminated in bathroom case BangorDailyNews. com reports the Maine Human Rights Commission found that the Orono School Department discriminated against a...
Women’s football team charges into playoffs
Local women’s semi-pro tackle football team the Liberty Belles are in the midst of a wildly successful comeback season, heading into the playoffs undefeated....
City fires head of new minority agency
The City of Philadelphia last week fired the head of the newly revamped agency in charge of ensuring minority representation in city contracts. ...
Center to expand senior programming with grant
The William Way LGBT Community Center was recently notified that it will receive a grant to fund its outreach to LGBT senior citizens. ...
International News
Brazil AG pushes same-sex unions Brazil’s attorney general has asked the country’s highest court to legalize same-sex unions in the South American nation,...
A CONGRESSIONAL CALL
ACT UP members demonstrate outside of Sen. Arlen Specter’s (D) Center City office June 30 to draw attention to HIV/AIDS issues, such...
MEETING OF THE MINDS
Gloria Casarez (from right), the city’s director of LGBT affairs, introduces the panelists during an LGBT town-hall meeting June 25 at Tavern on Camac....
LEAVING A LEGACY
Former president of the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund and current board member Dorothy Wax presents Jeremy Gussick (center) with one of the 2009 Platinum...
HEADING SOUTH
With Philadelphia Magazine’s recent designation of the East Passyunk Square neighborhood in South Philadelphia as the “new gayborhood,” Mazzoni Center’s mobile testing unit and...
Local, national LGBT leaders mark Stonewall at White House
President Obama welcomed about 200 LGBT leaders from around the country, including three local activists, to the White House June 29 for a reception...
Temporary measure allows LGBT tax-free property transfers
After pressure from LGBT advocates, the city has developed a temporary procedure that allows unmarried couples to transfer property without being taxed by the...
LGBT bowling tournament marks milestone
LGBT individuals from around the country will converge on the Philadelphia area this weekend to take part in a 21st-birthday party that will be...
News Briefing
Smithson pleads no contest to child porn William F. Smithson, the Delaware County gay man convicted of killing a coworker, has...
Del. OKs nondiscrimination bill
Gays and lesbians in the state of Delaware will soon be protected under state law from discrimination. Both chambers of the...
Senate hears hate-crimes testimony
A committee of the U. S. Senate heard testimony last week on a bill that would include sexual orientation and gender identity in...
Media Trail
Texas gay bar raided Advocate. com reports police in Ft. Worth, Texas, raided a gay bar in the early hours of June...
International News
Activists march in India Hundreds of gay-rights supporters waved flags and danced past traffic during marches through three Indian cities June 28 to...
THE RIGHT MIX
The Greater Philadelphia Professional Network honored Jeff Sotland (from left), Carrie Jacobs and John Cunningham for their commitment to the local LGBT community during...
A RECORD FIGHT
About 800 people attended Philadelphia FIGHT’s 10th annual Prevention and Outreach Summit at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, a record high and at least 200...
Inclusive ENDA introduced
Openly gay U. S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) introduced a bill this week that would prohibit discrimination against LGBT employees across the country....
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