TALKING TURKEY
Young LGBTs and allies lined up for QSpot Philly’s Thanksgiving meal Nov. 25 at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. A crowd of...
OUT ON TOP
Construction workers put one of the final pieces on the exterior of the John C. Anderson Apartments Wednesday in the "topping-out" ceremony...
News Briefing
IRS lien placed on BEBASHI The IRS has placed a $52,531. 20 lien on BEBASHI Transition to Hope, a local AIDS agency....
News Briefing
Hearings continued in domestic case Trials are still pending for Luis Berrios and partner Jason Mendez, who were arrested during a domestic disturbance...
News Briefing
Latino AIDS Awareness Day Several local agencies will collaborate for an afternoon of activities this weekend in honor of the sixth annual...
Gayborhood Crime Watch
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between July 11-17. ...
TREAT FOR TEMPLE
Temple University’s School of Media and Communication presented out CNN anchor Anderson Cooper with its annual Law Klein Excellence in Media Award Oct. ...
News Briefing
Activist seeks AIDS-funding recommendations Jacob P. Fyda, an HIV/AIDS activist, has filed a request for the funding recommendations of a confidential...
Sex education and social justice through fashion
Many sex education and social justice organizations exist in Philadelphia, but Prevention Meets Fashion (PMF) seems to be the only one that offers educational...
Half of LGBTQ workers have faced job discrimination, new report finds
A new study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law reveals stunning details about job discrimination against LGBT people.
According to the report,...
Over 1,000 LGBTQ people to serve in public office in 2022
When those who won their races in the November election are sworn into office, the U.S. will have hit an historic milestone: There will...
Elderly gay man jailed after having oral sex in nursing home
Prosecutors in Cumberland County, Pa. are defending their handling of an elderly gay man who was jailed for 22 months after reportedly engaging in...
How one Pa. TV station’s coverage provided a teachable moment on...
When Janelle Crossley opened Facebook last Dec. 10, she was outraged by what she saw there.
The news operation of CBS-21, a Harrisburg television station...
Community Briefs: March 11, 2022
Local running nonprofit embraces nonbinary runners via collab with RunSignUp
In an effort to be more inclusive of nonbinary runners, Students Run Philly Style (SRPS),...
Lawsuit claims anti-LGBT bias at youth detention center
A federal lawsuit was filed last month on behalf of a Pennsylvania man who claims he was repeatedly raped while detained at the Delaware...
Healthcare facility awarded $16,000 from deceased gay man’s partner
Attorneys for an indigent gay man have vowed to appeal a 2-1 arbitration verdict, ordering him to pay about $16,000 to St. Monica Center...
Marriage equality not the norm around the world
As of November 2021, 30 countries out of the 195 recognized by the United Nations have legalized same-sex marriage, with the vast majority located...
Sixers host annual Pride Night
The Philadelphia 76ers celebrated their annual Pride Night on January 3 at the Wells Fargo Center, along with a victory over the Houston Rockets...
Florida lawmakers pass “Don’t Say Gay” laws
The White House doesn’t tweet much on Tuesday nights when most Americans are eating dinner, watching TV and helping the kids with homework. But...
Judge strikes down Pa. antibias rule, again
For the second time in two years, a federal judge has struck down an LGBT-inclusive antibias rule for Pennsylvania attorneys. On March 25, in...
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