Farnese vows to reintroduce LGBT panic-defense bill
Pennsylvania Sen. Larry Farnese (D-Philadelphia) last week vowed to reintroduce a bill that would ban LGBT-panic defenses in criminal cases across the state after...
Waiting game begins in Whitewood
The countdown is now on for a judge to rule on a case that could bring Pennsylvania one large step closer to marriage equality....
Day in the Life Of … a Historic Philadelphia program director,...
Art Ryan looped two wooden hoops over his shoulder and set off on the four-block walk from the Free Quaker Meeting House to Christ...
Supreme Court hears arguments on city’s foster-care dispute
Efforts by Philadelphia officials to eradicate anti-LGBT bias within the city’s foster-care system remain at risk, after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments...
State board of probation and parole hires out chairman
Out lawyer Leo Dunn recently took the reins of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole with an aim to improve conditions for inmates...
Pride parade returns to Newark
Newark Pride kicked off its annual Pride week July 16 and, after a hiatus, the event is this year bringing back its parade to...
Crowds fill Reading Terminal Market streets for Pete Buttigieg rally
Pete Buttigieg has high hopes for 2020. Along with taking control of the Oval Office, the Democratic presidential candidate wants to make it the...
Community reacts to Philly Pride Presents disbandment
In the face of mounting criticism from community members, the leadership of Philly Pride Presents (PPP) abruptly dismantled its organization and cancelled their September...
BEBASHI receives $25K grant
An international cosmetics company’s HIV/AIDS-awareness campaign, currently being led by spokesperson Lady Gaga, recently awarded local HIV/AIDS service organization BEBASHI: Transition to Hope with...
Local man organizes to recognize famed tennis player
One Philadelphian is making it his mission to remember locally born Bill Tilden, an early 20th-century tennis player whom many suspect to have been...
Board meeting addresses diversity, deficit at center
The William Way LGBT Community Center’s board held the second of its four public board meetings for this year on May 25 at 1315...
Goodbye, 2020
As 2020 draws to a close, LGBTQ people have little to celebrate in a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump’s attacks on...
LGBT community reacts to violence in Virginia
LGBT individuals and groups held and attended vigils and rallied last weekend after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., ended in violent riots,...
NJ Supreme Court refuses gay-marriage case
Marriage-equality supporters suffered a blow in the Garden State this week when the New Jersey Supreme Court declined to hear a case filed by...
COVID-19 presents challenges for incarcerated LGBTQ people
Currently, folks who are incarcerated are being twice locked away — once from a life outside and again from those they are incarcerated with...
Jury to get Knott case Wednesday morning
After four days of testimony from more than 20 witnesses, both sides in the Kathryn Knott gay-bashing case delivered fiery closing statements Tuesday. ...
Kathryn Knott, father ask for dismissal of federal lawsuit
Kathryn Knott and her father, Karl, filed a joint motion last week to dismiss one count of a federal lawsuit in which they are...
Disqualified judge: I didn’t fix any cases
Dawn A. Segal, the disqualified judge who’s seeking reinstatement to Philadelphia Municipal Court, recently denied in court papers that she fixed cases at the...
Local film screenings to benefit Philly AIDS Thrift
Local out comedian and performer James Bradford is hosting two film screenings to benefit Philly AIDS Thrift, Sept. 19 at PhilaMOCA and Sept. 26...
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