Activist Kay Lahusen celebrates 90th Birthday
If you’ve seen photographs of the 1965-69 Independence Hall Demonstrations, where gay men and lesbians marched demanding equality, chances are that picture was taken...
Allentown LGBT community center gets grant for 2020 Census
The Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown received a national grant from the American Library Association (ALA) to support 2020 Census work in the...
Mazzoni Center offers holiday help for LGBTQ folks
The holiday season can be stressful, and for many members of the LGBTQ community, it can be particularly harrowing. Fortunately, a variety of local...
At year’s end, looking back at Stonewall 50
On June 30 in New York City, after a weeklong abundance of celebrations, rallies and worldwide media attention, a group of longtime LGBTQ activists...
Rural borough in PA adopts LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance
On Dec. 17, the Huntingdon Borough Council voted to adopt an LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance, making the borough the first rural community and 58th municipality...
Colorado lesbian dies by suicide after conversion therapy
Alana Chen was only 14 when she confessed to her parish priest that she was a lesbian and had strong attractions to other women....
New act requires assessment of SESTA-FOSTA’s impact on sex workers
On Dec. 19 — the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers — U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), along with Rep. Barbara Lee...
Trans litigant allowed to proceed anonymously in Penn case
U.S. District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg this week granted a trans litigant’s request to proceed anonymously in her antibias lawsuit against the University of...
Oral arguments to be held in trans name-change case
Oral arguments will be held in Pittsburgh early next year in the case of three transgender women who are challenging a provision in the...
Charges dropped against man who drove truck into Delaware pride parade
Delaware state prosecutors are dropping all charges against a man who drove his truck into an LGBT Pride Parade in Dover in June, injuring...
Gay man files suit against the USPS
A Lehigh County gay man has filed a federal lawsuit against the United States Postal Service, claiming he was wrongfully terminated from his job...
NJ Senate passes ban on LGBT-panic defense
On Dec. 16, the New Jersey State Senate unanimously passed legislation to ban the use of an LGBT-panic defense to get a reduced penalty...
Colours holds winter necessities drive at William Way
Abraham Tomo, Jr. wants everyone to think about how it would feel during the winter to be a homeless LGBTQ youth or elder in...
Local lesbian murder-suicide shakes community
On the afternoon of Dec. 16, two women, married to one another, were found dead by two of their three children — ages 12...
Gender identity in trans kids as strong as in cis peers,...
In the largest study of trans children to date, a team of researchers from across the country found that trans kids living as their...
St. Joseph’s University urges judge to dismiss lesbian’s lawsuit
Officials at St. Joseph’s University last week urged a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit of a lesbian who claims “hateful” pressure from supervisors...
Historic new HHS program offers PrEP to uninsured
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced a new nationwide program to provide free HIV-prevention drugs — PrEP — to uninsured Americans at...
Trans attorney explains Morris appeal in legal filing
On Dec. 3, trans attorney Julie Chovanes filed a legal document explaining why she’s asking Commonwealth Court to reverse a lower court’s decision and...
Media Trail: December 11, 2019
Report: Substitute teacher fired for berating child on dads
The Salt Lake Tribune reports officials said a substitute teacher in Utah was fired after berating...
International News: December 11, 2019
US ambassador 'horrified' by Zambia sentence for gay couple
The United States ambassador to Zambia said local government officials have condemned him for saying he...
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