My Brother’s House can help vets, but needs volunteers and donations
The Trump administration’s ban on transgender military members is expected to take effect. Thousands of service members will be forced to leave. Finding a...
‘Gay Pizza’ reopened
Gayborhood residents and visitors got a late-night treat last weekend. Brothers Andrew and Michael Cappelli dished out 200 free slices Friday...
Two found guilty of 2013 Gayborhood attack
A judge last week found two men guilty of a 2013 attack in the Gayborhood. On Feb. 27, Common Pleas Judge...
Gay History Month: H.D., poet and author
The bisexual poet H. D., whose full name was Hilda Doolittle, was born on Sept. 10, 1886, in Bethlehem, Pa., to a wealthy...
Pedagogy of a code-switcher
Code-switching is a behavior people of color in the United States are all too familiar with doing. Code-switching for black LGBTQ people tends to...
The importance of social distancing
Of the many health-related topics circulating since the start of the new coronavirus outbreak roughly four weeks ago, social distancing has been at the...
Center City bar owner will remove dress-code sign
Center City bar owner Teddy Sourias said he’ll remove a dress-code sign banning Timberland work boots at U-Bahn — after a complaint about...
Upscale Cancun resort rejects same-sex wedding
When Giulia Umile and her fiancée, Jess, got engaged earlier this fall, Umile knew just the place to hold the wedding. A world traveler,...
Wage workers hit hard by coronavirus
Julie West had only been at her new job for two months, when the coronavirus pandemic hit. A retired social worker on a fixed...
Philly school district pays $850,000 to settle bullying case
Philadelphia public-school officials recently allocated $850,000 from the district’s operating budget to settle the lawsuit filed by Amanda Wible, a former student who claimed...
Presbyterian Church elects openly gay minister
The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia elected an openly gay minister as its senior pastor, a first in the church’s history.
The Rev....
Philadelphia’s Office of LGBT Affairs names new executive director
Philadelphia's Office of LGBT Affairs is at long last no longer vacant. Celena Morrison has been named executive director and will begin her tenure...
District Attorney announces LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee
Two days before International Transgender Day of Visibility, which takes place on March 31, District Attorney Larry Krasner announced in a press conference the...
LGBTQ holiday giving guide
This year has been a taxing one for the LGBTQ community. In 2018, the nation has seen the Trump administration’s unwavering attack on the...
America’s newest museum recognizes LGBTs in our revolution
America’s newest museum, Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, does something quite revolutionary: It recognizes the LGBT community as having played a part...
Highlighting History: 40 Years, 40 Stories
In one sense, 40 years is a relatively short time. But, for a community beginning to come into its own, four decades can mean...
Biden halts anti-LGBT rule from Trump era
LGBT advocates are praising a decision by the Biden administration to halt the implementation of a new federal rule that would have permitted social-service...
Fired gay postal worker appeals to Third Circuit
An openly-gay former postal worker is appealing the dismissal of his antibias lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service to the Third Circuit Court of...
Transgender recovery will expand services
Sean White hasn’t used heroin in 17 months. Prior to getting clean, White spent 17 years battle with substance abuse. He served multiple stints...
N.J. LGBT Elder Bill of Rights advances
A bill that would greatly enhance the rights of and the resources for LGBTQ elders passed its first major hurdle. The bill, S3484, the...
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