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Local LGBT leader Robert Burns, executive director of The Colours Organization Inc. , died early Thursday morning. He was 36. The cause...

Building upon the success of its last workshop, “Grief, Loss and Possibility,” the LGBT Elder Initiative will present another transformative event in its Conversation...

As a 21-year-old in the Deputy Sheriff Basic Training Academy, Dante Austin listened while his instructors “breezed over this idea that there are LGBT...

Dr. Paul Zeitz has forever fought for justice — be it patients’ rights, human rights or global rights — striving for equal opportunity and...

The Commonwealth Court issued a long-awaited opinion Friday finding that the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority was not subject to Philadelphia's LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance. ...

Philadelphia Pride went off without any major hitches, said Philly Pride Presents executive director Franny Price. Held just hours after the...

Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister of International Trade Diversification, led the “LGBTQ2 business mission” to Philadelphia in partnership with the Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber...

Police deny murder was antigay Police in Jamaica, despite press reports to the contrary, deny the recent murder of British honorary counsel John...

The Greater Philadelphia chapter of Gay Officers Action League has sent a letter to District Attorney Larry Krasner expressing concern over a display of...

Three nondiscrimination ordinances were recently discussed in Pennsylvania town council meetings, with two moving forward and one being tabled.  On March...

Charles N. Sargent, who's accused of the grisly slashing death of trans woman Diamond Williams, will act as his own attorney during his upcoming...

The American Civil Liberties Union and its local chapter sent a letter to a Pennsylvania school district this week demanding that it stop blocking...

Facebook adds ‘civil union’ option The San Francisco Chronicle reports Facebook is recognizing civil unions and domestic partnerships as relationship statuses for the...

A federal judge this week allowed the mother of a nonbinary trans student who allegedly was subjected to school-based anti-trans bias to proceed anonymously...

A judge last week upheld a state agency’s order that the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office produce certified records relating to the Nizah Morris incident....

The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Oct. 4-10....

A federal agency is seeking input from the LGBT community to assist in its efforts in analyzing housing discrimination against sexual minorities. ...

Among the sordid details in former Philadelphia Police Detective Philip Nordo’s multiple-count indictment was that he routinely sought “homosexual inmates” who were being prepared...

A local LGBT organization is ready to bring equality statewide. Garden State Equality has formed a coalition of regional and national groups...

AIDS thrift hosts birthday celebrations The Philadelphia AIDS Thrift, a local shop that donates a portion of all its proceeds to local HIV/AIDS...