Marriage-equality milestones in 2012
The national landscape for marriage equality shifted by leaps and bounds in 2012. The year saw major milestones in the fight for...
Out candidate in 5th District pushes for progress
An out lesbian running for Congress in the Fifth District was hoping a recent television ad showcasing her wife and children would help her...
DNC increases outreach to LGBT-owned businesses
The first contract awarded by the Democratic National Committee for its July convention in Philadelphia went to an LGBT-owned hospitality company. Todd Lambert owns...
Media Trail
Target apologizes for political donation The Washington Post reports the head of Target Corp. apologized Aug. 5 over a political donation...
Gayborhood Crime Watch
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Oct. ...
Fifth TOY brings holiday cheer
The LGBT community is gearing up to celebrate a growing holiday tradition this weekend with Delaware Valley Legacy Fund’s TOY. The...
Road to Stonewall 50: Stormé DeLarverie
When Stormé DeLarverie died at age 93 on May 24, 2014, it was a mere month before the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion....
Pride float honoring Stonewall activists commemorates 50 years
A 34-foot-long float outfitted in a rainbow of thousands of flowers and more than a million golden fabric eyelashes will carry five Stonewall-era LGBTQ...
Locals fight Old City development
Old City attorney Robert P. Tuerk has a deep appreciation of history — including LGBT history — and he views any new...
What else to do during Pride
Shades: A Celebration of Black, Queer Identities & Expression Thursday, June 6, 6 p.m.-midnight; $15-$50 New Voices for Reproductive Justice hosts this two-part event...
Morris advocates march through Center City
Holding candles and chanting, “Trans lives matter,” about 60 advocates for Nizah Morris marched through Center City last week. The Dec. 22 event marked...
News Briefing
TLA announces new LGBT film festival TLA Entertainment Group has decided upon a name for its new LGBT festival that will debut this...
Community members discuss being ‘Queer and POC Today’
The University of Pennsylvania commemorated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the impact he had on Philadelphia’s LGBT community. ...
Nondiscrimination bills reintroduced amid new public support
Legislation to ban LGBT discrimination statewide was reintroduced into the House and Senate this week, and backers are optimistic that the long-stalled effort could...
Objects highlight gender fluidity at Penn Museum exhibit
A pipe bag in the Penn Museum depicts a winkte, a class of Lakota people from the Great Plains who assume a female role...
Gayborhood Crime Watch
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were recently reported to the Sixth Police District. Information is...
Hershey litigants agree to protective order
Both sides in a contentious legal dispute regarding alleged anti-LGBT reparative therapy at Milton Hershey School have agreed to a protective order in the...
Night court coming to ’hood
People accused of committing minor crimes in the Gayborhood may soon be required to pay restitution not in monetary fines, but rather through community-service...
Appeal filed in Tobits case
Jennifer Tobits, a lesbian widow who's been seeking the death benefits of her deceased wife for three years, will have to wait a little...
Memories, music of ‘Dr. Henry Anonymous’ brought back to life
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania will examine the role of music and religion in the life of Dr. John Fryer, an important local gay-rights...
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