Out PECO VP to receive national law award
The National LGBT Bar Association, the largest organization of LGBT and allied legal professionals in the country, has announced that Romulo L. Diaz Jr.,...
2022 starts with Anti-LGBT+ bills proposed
The new year has barely started, and 2022 is already a bad year for LGBTQ people. Republican legislators in Arizona, Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma,...
Person of the Year 2009: ‘Dolph Ward Goldenburg
As the new decade begins, the local LGBT population is continuing the goals of a leader who spent the better part of the last...
Covid across the pond is not much different from Philly
At month nine of this seemingly endless pandemic, we could all use a little holiday togetherness. Health officials around the U.S. have been urging...
Supreme Court declines to hear wedding flowers dispute
On July 2, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of Barronelle Stutzman, a Washington florist who refused to make a floral...
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Pope Cubby (from left) “formally attached” Sisters staffer Frannie and patron Peg at Sisters’ “Big Gay Wedding Weekend” June 15. The two-day...
Not-guilty plea in Clementi case
Tyler Clementi’s former Rutgers University roommate pleaded not guilty this week to charges he faces in connection with the webcam scandal that may have...
DA refuses to account for key document in Morris case
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office refuses to confirm or deny whether it has a police log in the Nizah Morris case, even though such...
Lesbian sues St. Joseph’s University
A former employee of St. Joseph’s Univesity who’s a lesbian has filed suit against the school, claiming “hateful” pressure from supervisors to stay in...
Trial for alleged murderer of trans woman postponed until December
A jury trial for the alleged murderer of trans woman Diamond Williams has been postponed until December. Charles N. Sargent stands...
The Lightbox Film Center needs a new home
Normally around this time, Jesse Pires would be scheduling the Lightbox Film Center’s next year of programs. But the chief curator’s 2020 vision is...
William Way to host virtual Valentine’s Day event
For Valentine’s Day weekend this year, William Way LGBT Community Center will host a series of virtual events called Love + Solidarity. Saturday, Feb....
Trans woman of color shot and killed in West Philadelphia
Philadelphia police made a swift arrest in the death of 29-year-old Mia Green, a transgender woman of color who was shot and killed in...
Out MontCo judge awarded for diversity internship program
In the last eight years, 80 law students have taken advantage of the diversity internship program in Mont-gomery County that connected at least one...
Council hearing set for human-relations measure
A committee of Philadelphia City Council next week will hold a public hearing on the proposed measure to revamp the city’s nondiscrimination law. ...
GALAEI looks to bridge gaps with innovative campaign
GALAEI: A Queer [email protected] Social Justice Organization is debuting a first-of-its-kind HIV/AIDS campaign targeting the LGBT Latino community. POSITIVO will serve to...
Couple faces Valentine deportation
As couples in the area rush to buy last-minute gifts for their sweethearts, two local men are feverishly working to ensure they can even...
State agency orders D.A. to release Morris records
The state Office of Open Records last week ordered the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office to release dispatch records in the Nizah Morris case. ...
Tabu settles antibias lawsuit for $15,000
Tabu Lounge & Sports Bar has settled a trans-related antibias lawsuit filed by a former Tabu employee for $15,000 while denying any wrongdoing in...
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Navy: Lawmakers didn’t stop gay wedding policy The Washington Examiner reports Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has denied that lawmaker pressure helped reverse a...
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