Philadelphia receives perfect score in HRC’s Municipal Equality Index
The Human Rights Campaign has created a series of indexes and reports on the status of LGBTQ equality in the U.S. The latest, the...
Philadelphia Foundation grants $100,000 to Penn for HIV prevention study
Penn Nursing — ranked as the best nursing school in the world — has received a $100,000 grant from the Robert I. Jacobs Fund...
Suit says pharmacy violated HIV-positive trans woman’s privacy
A West Philadelphia pharmacy allegedly violated a trans woman’s HIV-privacy rights when delivering drugs to the mailroom of an apartment building she resides in,...
LGBTQ Philly couple appears on ‘The Ellen Show’
Queer Philadelphia couple Kate Austin and Sarah Sulsenti appeared on "The Ellen Show” last week after asking the talk show host in a viral...
Allentown’s LGBT community center holds mortgage payoff ceremony
Allentown’s Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center held a mortgage-payoff ceremony Nov. 20, to celebrate being one of a small number of LGBT centers that owns...
Petition opposes potential appointment of LGBTQ-progressive priest as Philly archbishop
An online petition aiming to block the appointment of a priest with progressive views about the LGBTQ community as Philadelphia’s new archbishop has received...
NJ’s Transgender Equality Task Force issued report centering trans folks
The New Jersey Transgender Equality Task Force issued a report on the lived experiences of trans New Jerseyans on Wednesday. From a six-month mission...
‘Denial of Care Rule’ struck down again
On Nov. 19, U.S. District Judge William Alsup issued an opinion and order in Santa Clara v. Azar, a case against a proposed Trump...
10 pieces of Philly LGBTQ news to be thankful for this...
It’s been a stressful year, featuring plenty of attacks on the LGBTQ community. With 2019 winding down, we’re heading full force into the 2020...
NJ Assembly approves bill to ban LGBT panic defense
The New Jersey General Assembly's Judiciary Committee this week unanimously approved a bill that would ban the use of an LGBT-panic defense to get...
Appeal filed in Morris case
Trans attorney Julie Chovanes filed a notice of appeal this week in Commonwealth Court, challenging a lower court's ruling denying her access to records...
International News: November 21, 2019
In Hong Kong, Pride goes on despite police ban
LGBTQ people in Hong Kong celebrated Pride Nov. 16 following a police ban on the annual...
City Hall flag-raising commemorates Transgender Day of Remembrance
The trans flag was raised into the air at City Hall on Wednesday afternoon to commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual observance that...
FBI reports 1 in 5 bias crimes are against LGBTQ people
The FBI has released its annual Hate Crime Statistics report, which concluded that LGBTQ people are targeted in nearly one in five hate crimes....
Depression and substance abuse common among LGBTQ elders
The second in a three-part series
"I can't tell you how many times I have wanted to open a bottle of scotch in the middle...
‘Denial of Care Rule’ struck down again
On Nov. 19, U.S. District Judge William Alsup issued an opinion and order in Santa Clara v. Azar, a case against a proposed Trump...
GALAEI launches visual campaign celebrating trans lives
As part of Transgender Awareness Week, Queer Latinx social justice organization GALAEI announced the launch of a visual campaign that highlights the everyday experiences...
3 LGBTQ candidates elected to Upper Darby school board
Three out LGBTQ Democrats were elected last week to the Upper Darby School Board of Directors in what is being recognized as the first...
PA State Reps. attend International LGBTQ Leaders Conference in D.C.
More than 550 LGBTQ elected officials, leaders and activists from across the globe — including Pennsylvania State Reps. Malcolm Kenyatta and Brian Sims —...
Two federal judges scrap ‘Denial of Care Rule’
Across a two-day period last week, two federal trial court judges struck down a proposed Trump administration rule that would allow health care workers...
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