Craigslist suspect arrested
The FBI and detectives from the Philadelphia Police Department have arrested a man suspected of impersonating a police officer to defraud a string of...
CDC: HIV testing at highest level
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the number of people who have received HIV testing has reached an all-time high, although there are...
Two years out, no movement in Blahnik case
It was National Coming Out Day in 2010 when Stacey Blahnik was murdered in her home. Two years later, her killer remains...
Gayborhood Crime Watch: April 2-8
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Feb. 28...
QUEEN OF A.C.
Miss Victoria “Porkchop” Parker (in blue) reacted to the news that she was crowned the winner of the 2013 Miss’d America Pageant Sept. ...
Scouts will allow gay youth, not atheists or gay adults
Last week’s vote by the Boy Scouts of America to allow gay youth into the organization doesn’t impress Adam E. Gersh. ...
NO OUTAGE HERE
ActionAIDS development director Michael Byrne spoke to the crowd of about 75 at the Big Game Event III, the Super Bowl-centered fundraiser staged by...
News Briefing
Woman loses suit against ActionAIDS An HIV-positive woman who claimed an ActionAIDS receptionist disseminated her HIV status without her permission has lost her...
Council backs sick leave, not veto-proof
For the second time, Philadelphia City Council has approved the LGBT-inclusive sick-leave bill. The legislation, introduced in January by Councilman-at-Large Bill Greenlee,...
Late LGBT activists honored
Bread & Roses Community Fund, which supports local social-change advocates, is honoring two LGBT pioneers the community lost in the past year. ...
Colours Crystal Ball looks into the future
After a several-year hiatus, the Legendary Crystal Ball will return to Philadelphia this weekend, bringing HIV-prevention messages to center stage. The...
A SIGNED CONTRACT
Mayor Nutter signed the Equal Benefits Bill into law Monday surrounded by a crowd of LGBTs and allies, including the city’s director of LGBT...
Gayborhood Crime Watch
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between June 13-19. ...
Going the distance
It wasn’t a sting by the toxic box jellyfish — one of the most venomous animals in the ocean — that forced famed distance...
LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX
Spectators at the new SEXO exhibit perused the interactive offerings at the opening reception April 12 at the William Way LGBT Community Center. ...
News Briefing
HIV/AIDS housing funds available The city’s Office of Housing and Community Development has issued a Request for Proposals for nonprofit organizations that provide...
Media Trail
DMV employee in privacy case suspended The San Francisco Chronicle reports the California Department of Motor Vehicles suspended a clerk who allegedly used...
Gay-bashing case moves forward
A preliminary arraignment was held this week for three people accused of attacking a gay couple in Center City this past fall. ...
Gay man gets December jury-trial date
Thomas Vandergrift has been on a six-year quest for justice, ever since Pennsauken school-district officials reported him to New Jersey authorities as a...
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