PCHR still contemplating Archdiocese jurisdiction
Fifteen months after a gay man filed an anti-bias complaint against St. John’s Hospice in Center City, the Philadelphia Commission on Human...
Patient HIV-negative after stem-cell transplant
A formerly HIV-positive American living in Germany has continued to test negative for the virus two years after undergoing a stem-cell transplant. ...
Martin Delaney, HIV-treatment activist, 63
SAN FRANCISCO — Martin Delaney, who led the movement to grant AIDS patients access to experimental drugs and headed early education efforts about the...
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TLA announces new LGBT film festival TLA Entertainment Group has decided upon a name for its new LGBT festival that will debut this...
N.M. considers domestic-partner bill
SANTA FE — A proposal giving same-sex couples the same legal protections and benefits as married couples cleared a difficult legislative hurdle and is...
New gay immigration bill introduced
Last week, lawmakers from both houses of Congress resurrected a bill that would provide for more equitable treatment of binational LGBT couples. ...
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Del. city councilman comes out The Newark Post reports Newark, Del., City Councilman Ezra Temko publicly came out as bisexual in...
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Gay couple granted asylum A gay couple who fled Iran in 2005 to escape arrest and a possible death sentence for homosexuality have...
Group files 2nd Prop. 8 complaint
SALT LAKE CITY — The head of a gay-rights group said last week he plans to file a second campaign-finance complaint about the Mormon...
Gay vet murdered in Poconos
An Army veteran from northeastern Pennsylvania was murdered earlier this month allegedly by a man with whom he was sexually involved. ...
Funding woes still plaguing LGBT festivals
As Mayor Nutter prepares to unfurl a new round of budget cuts, the local LGBT community is still realizing the full scope of the...
DHS reinstates MANNA funding
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance, which provides meals to those struggling with life-threatening illnesses, had itself been struggling to cope with the loss of...
Vt. moving closer to gay marriage
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Nine years after becoming the first state to permit civil unions, Vermont moved a step toward legalizing gay marriage...
US church shooter pleads guilty, gets life
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — An out-of-work truck driver smiled Monday as he pleaded guilty to killing two people and wounding six others at...
Trans woman gets favorable rulings from PCHR
Bobbie E. Burnett has been involved in litigation against her employer, the Free Library of Philadelphia, for the past six years. She’s...
Tourism agency awarded for U.K. LGBT campaign
A Philadelphia tourism agency recently received an award from an international advertising company for its outreach efforts to the overseas LGBT community. ...
Penn athletics headed on right path
An LGBT and ally group on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania will stage a series of events next week that seek to...
Obama names lesbian lawyer to White House staff
Although President Obama is several weeks into his term, he’s still updating his list of staffers and the latest round of appointees includes an...
NY Senate lacks gay-marriage votes
ALBANY, N. Y. — New York Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith said last Saturday that his Democratic conference lacks enough votes to legalize...
Nondiscrimination bill nearly ready in the House
A Pennsylvania lawmaker plans to reintroduce a bill that would ban discrimination against LGBT people across the state. The bill’s list of...
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