Mazzoni offers holiday help
Sweets and cocktails will abound next week at a holiday fundraiser to benefit children affected by HIV/AIDS and homelessness. The...
Pledges still sought from weight-loss program
One year ago, a group of community leaders came together for an innovative weight-loss program to raise money for LGBT agencies and promote health...
Local publication to name top LGBT companies
Local LGBT-owned businesses will be in the spotlight early next year. The Philadelphia Business Journal, with the support of LGBT chamber...
Endorsements
U. S. Senate: Joe Sestak U.S. House: 2nd District: Chaka Fattah 6th District: Manan Trivedi 7th District: ...
Archdiocese puts 21 more priests on leave
Following a wide-ranging grand-jury report released last month on sexual abuse of children by priests, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia this week placed 21 additional...
News Briefing
New bar to give back The Gayborhood’s newest LGBT club recently announced the launch of a weekly event to benefit area nonprofits....
ActionAIDS receives grant for prison program
A local HIV/AIDS service organization recently received funding to support its work in reducing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in former and current prison populations. ...
Rain holds off, OutFest shines
Come rain or shine, last weekend proved that the local LGBT community was ready and excited for OutFest. Despite the dark...
Out candidates abound
As Pennsylvanians and Philadelphians go to the polls May 21, they will be able to consider a number of LGBT candidates, some of whom...
Media Trail
Teen in gay-student slaying pleads guilty The Los Angeles Times reports that the Oxnard teen who shot a gay classmate he believed was...
News Briefing
Suspects enter not-guilty pleas in prison assault Justin O’Brien and Kevin Hannig have entered not-guilty pleas on charges that they assaulted an openly gay...
THERE SHE IS
Edie Windsor (center) waved to onlookers at the New York City Pride parade June 30. This year’s festivity took on special significance...
Pride event at Zoo back for fourth year
PRIDE Day at the Philadelphia Zoo will return for its fourth incarnation Oct. 12. The Family & Friends Outing will be held...
International
Russian lawmaker proposes free ‘ex-gay’ therapy A senior Russian lawmaker wants to offer free psychotherapy to LGBT Russians. Mikhail Degtyarev...
SEEING STARS
Adult performer-turned-actor Sean Lockhart (left) accepted QFest’s 2011 Rising Star Award July 8 at Ritz East in Old City. Lockhart, who made...
News Briefing
Smithson hearing set for next year William F. Smithson, a gay man convicted of murdering a coworker six years ago, is scheduled to be back...
AIDS Walk countdown begins
The annual Philly AIDS Walk brings together people whose lives have been touched by the disease in a sea of ways — and some...
News Briefing
SEPTA to hold hearings on transpasses Next month, SEPTA will host public hearings on its proposed 2014 budget, which includes a plan to eliminate...
News Briefing
Judge dismisses Siloam appeal Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Idee C. Fox has dismissed the appeal of Siloam, an AIDS agency that...
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