Study finds poverty highest among lesbians
A report being released today found that lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans struggle with poverty just as much as, if not more than, heterosexuals....
News Briefing
Panel to discuss LGBT finances Lambda Legal, the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund and Merrill Lynch will host a free symposium on life- and...
Penn celebrates LGBT-awareness week
Students, faculty and staff at the University of Pennsylvania will take part in a series of LGBT-awareness events next week, continuing a tradition that...
Convicted killer speaks out
William F. Smithson says he’s facing a lifetime in prison not because he strangled to death a coworker during a rape attempt...
Media Trail
Gay hate crimes increase in Calif. San Jose’s Mercury News reports a three-fold spike in homophobic hate crimes in Santa Clara...
‘Provider-conscience’ rule reconsidered
The Department of Health and Human Services began the process last week to overturn former President George Bush’s last-minute regulation that expanded employment protections...
New CBLSL women’s official heads full swing into season
Although spring has just begun, members of the City of Brotherly Love Softball League have been eagerly looking forward to the warmer weather, which...
Performers take stage for NJ diversity weekend
With spring upon us and summer approaching, what better way to celebrate the warm weather than with a trip to the Jersey shore? ...
Rainbow flag stolen, vandalized
A gay couple in Bucks County was the target of vandalism earlier this month that they believe was motivated by their sexual orientation. ...
International News
Israeli granted maternity leave Israel’s National Insurance Institute authorized the country’s first-ever maternity leave for a male couple on March 12. ...
Women’s bars to reunite at Sisters
Sisters Nightclub will play host to a unique reunion this weekend that will bring together women of all ages to celebrate some of the...
Vt. lawmakers push for gay marriage
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Legislative leaders in Vermont pledged last Thursday to push for passage of a gay-marriage bill before the session ends...
Prop. 8 opponents, supporters await decision
In a much-anticipated hearing last week, the California Supreme Court heard from opponents and advocates of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in the...
News Briefing
Priest pleads guilty to stealing A former president of the largest high school in the Philadelphia Archdiocese pleaded guilty March 9 to theft...
Media Trail
PFLAG sees rise in membership 365gay. com reports the passage of antigay measures and that the films “Milk” and “Prayers for Bobby”...
Local lawyer named to national LGBT legal board
Philadelphia attorney Kevin Ray was recently elected to the board of directors of the National LGBT Bar Association. Ray, 47, practices...
International News
Sydney celebrates Mardi Gras Revelers decked out in sequins, feathers, wigs and leather danced through the streets of Sydney last weekend to the...
House committee passes nondiscrimination bill
A committee of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted to approve a bill this week that would prohibit discrimination against LGBT individuals, marking the...
Gay man kills partner, self in New Hope
A quiet, upscale suburban neighborhood was teeming with investigators last week, seeking to piece together the murder-suicide of a longtime gay couple. ...
District’s five-year plan doesn’t include LGBT school
Three new public high schools are in the works for Philadelphia, and another 10 schools may be totally transformed — but none of these...
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