Gay bishop to give inaugural invocation: Obama invites gay supporter on...
Demonstrating his inclusive politics, President-elect Barak Obama has asked Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the denomination’s first gay bishop, to give the...
Judge OKs jury trial in same-sex battery case
For the past three years, as Hans C. Ehnert tells it, he has been on a mission for justice, hoping to get...
Obama names gay agency head
The last week leading up to the inauguration of the new president has brought several LGBT-related political developments: Following the announcement that openly gay...
Clinton says she’d review State Dept.’s policies
During Sen. Hillary Clinton’s confirming hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week, the Secretary of State-designate pledged that if she...
CDC reports record number of STD cases
According to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control, the rates of chlamydia and syphilis continue to rise and disproportionately affect several...
Report: religion biggest factor in Prop. 8 vote
A new study released Jan. 6 found that race may not have played as decisive a role in the passage of Proposition...
Philly faces down Westboro
Members of a virulently antigay organization arrived for a scheduled demonstration at a local high school this week and were met with throngs of...
PCHR is target of federal bias lawsuit
A city agency that enforces civil-rights laws is the target of a federal lawsuit by five African-American males who say they’ve been victimized by...
News Briefing
PAC keeps after Morris records Members of the city’s Police Advisory Commission are continuing to discuss the possibility of signing a confidentiality agreement...
Media Trail
Portland’s gay mayor sworn in The Advocate reports gay mayor Sam Adams was finally sworn in at 12:01 a. m. on New...
LGBT family organization celebrates milestone
Although LGBT-headed families might have to overcome many more obstacles than their heterosexual counterparts, nonprofit Philadelphia Family Pride has successfully worked for the past...
International News
HIV-positive judge appointed An openly gay man living with HIV has been appointed to the Constitutional Court of South Africa by the country’s...
Gays included in domestic-violence law
A law went into effect this week that requires all employers in Philadelphia to provide unpaid leave for workers or their close family members...
Gay rodeo organization elects new leadership
As members of the Liberty Gay Rodeo Association look eagerly toward the warmer weather and this summer’s second annual Stampede, the organization now has...
Gay man tapped for White House
President-elect Barack Obama made several more staff appointments this week, including the selection of an openly gay member of his transition team for a...
DOMA’s author calls for law’s repeal in an op-ed
Bob Barr, the former Georgian lawmaker who crafted the Defense of Marriage Act, penned an op-ed piece this week that urges President-elect Obama and...
Court sides with Episcopals over property
SAN FRANCISCO — California’s high court ruled Monday that three parishes that left the U. S. Episcopal Church over its ordination of gay...
City clarifies transfer-tax exemption
Philadelphia’s revenue department is currently updating materials associated with the city’s real-estate transfer tax to raise awareness about a 2007 ruling that expanded the...
4 arrested in California gang rape of lesbian
RICHMOND, Calif. — Two men and two teens have been arrested on suspicion of gang-raping a woman last month in the San...
ASIAC to ring in Chinese New Year with fundraising banquet
Staff, clients and supporters of AIDS Services in Asian Communities will gather later this month to usher in the Chinese New Year in style....
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