Community conversations inform funding
Nearly 6,000 people participated in more than 450 conversations Oct. 17 as a part of On The Table Philly — an engagement initiative designed...
Sims pushes for comprehensive sex education in PA schools
Last week, State Rep. Brian Sims hosted a legislative policy hearing in Center City about comprehensive sex education for Pennsylvania’s youth. The hearing...
International News: October 25, 2019
Days after opening its first U.K. restaurant, Chick-fil-A announces it will close
Chick-fil-A opened the doors of its first United Kingdom restaurant Oct. 10, marking...
Alfred Kinsey ‘was our Stonewall.’
There was a time when one out of every two Americans Gallup polled knew Alfred Kinsey's name, and to gay men, lesbians and bisexuals,...
Judge nixes transparency in Morris case
After hearing 20 minutes of oral arguments last week, a Philadelphia judge denied trans attorney Julie Chovanes' request for records at the Philadelphia District...
Gay man sues Comcast
Klayton Fennell, a Comcast Corp. executive, recently filed suit against the media giant, claiming a hostile work environment caused him to be passed over...
PA legislators, advocates push for conversion therapy ban
State Rep. Brian Sims (D-Phila.) hosted a news conference Wednesday in Harrisburg about banning conversion therapy for minors in Pennsylvania. Washington,...
Out Republican wants more progressive party
Inspired by a lack of LGBTQ representation among members of Philadelphia City Council, Daniel “Duke” Orsino wants to shake up the legislative body —...
Lesbian City Council candidate brings LGBTQ activism to local politics
Sherrie Cohen describes herself as a life-long fighter for the LGBTQ community. In 1975, she joined radical lesbian group DYKETACTICS! in filling Philadelphia’s City...
Meet the Working Families Party duo looking to oust Republicans from...
Of the seven at-large seats available on Philadelphia City Council, two are reserved for minority party or Independent candidates. A voter who steps into...
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...
Media Trail: October 17, 2019
Transgender man shunned by Baptist college to get new name The Tennessean reported a transgender man who was shunned by his private Tennessee college...
International News: October 18, 2019
Polish election: Leader says gay rights are a threat to society
LGBT+ rights have become the single most significant cultural issue in Poland’s election campaign...
Judge overturns Affordable Care Act protections for trans patients
On Oct. 15, a federal judge overturned an anti-discrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, that protects transgender patients. The...
Democrats weigh in on LGBTQ issues
The Equality Town Hall was held a few days before the fourth debate in Ohio on Oct.15 — where the term LGBTQ was not...
Lesbian sues St. Joseph’s University
A former employee of St. Joseph’s Univesity who’s a lesbian has filed suit against the school, claiming “hateful” pressure from supervisors to stay in...
Diaries reveal hidden worlds
“Damn, I’m going to be a gorgeous man,” Lou Sullivan wrote 40 years ago in one of his personal diaries. Sullivan,...
2 Philly-driven studies investigate overlap in HIV, addiction treatment
The National Institute on Drug Abuse, a branch of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded more than $12 million to West Philadelphia-based biomedical...
OutFest celebration allegedly ends in broken jaw for trans man
A trans man wearing a “Trans Lives Matter” sweatshirt was reportedly attacked inside an Old City 7-Eleven near 3rd and Market streets Sunday at...
Trans comedian and activist with Philly roots dies by suicide
Daphne Dorman, a trans activist and comedian who was a Philadelphia native, died by suicide last weekend. She was 44 years old. ...
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