LGBT family organization celebrates milestone
Although LGBT-headed families might have to overcome many more obstacles than their heterosexual counterparts, nonprofit Philadelphia Family Pride has successfully worked for the past...
Philadelphia wins big at Gay Games
Team Philadelphia took home 38 medals at the 10th annual “gay Olympics” sports competition in Paris, France. Sixty LGBTQ-identified athletes comprising...
Convention agency gets new diversity head
The Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau works each year to make Philadelphia a top destination for conventions, conferences and other large economy-stimulating events —...
Prop. 8 heads to appeals court
A three-member panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California heard oral arguments from opponents and supporters of California’s ban on same-sex...
Obama budget draws ire of HIV/AIDS community
President Barack Obama’s budget proposal released last week amassed a vast pool of criticism from the HIV/AIDS community, which is largely accusing the president...
Kimmel, community partners tell youth ‘it gets better’
An inspiring onstage message of hope and encouragement for bullied LGBT youth has made a stop in Philadelphia for a weeklong celebration. ...
GALAEI executive director to receive leadership award
Francisco Cortes, the interim executive director of queer Latinx social-justice nonprofit GALAEI, will receive the Emerging Leader Award at the annual Tribute to Change...
Drexel student awarded for LGBT research
The American Public Health Association earlier this month honored a Drexel University doctoral student with an award named for a founder of its LGBT...
NJ gov. appoints second out LGBTQ person to cabinet
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recently welcomed Shawn LaTourette as commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection. LaTourette is the first out LGBTQ+ person...
The Attic unveils fresh logo, new direction
The Attic Youth Center hosted a small reception for a number of the agency’s continuous donors last week, during which the organization pulled back...
Pedagogy of a code-switcher
Code-switching is a behavior people of color in the United States are all too familiar with doing. Code-switching for black LGBTQ people tends to...
William Way elects board at first meeting of 2016
The William Way LGBT Community Center elected several members to its board of directors Jan. 8 at its first board meeting of the year....
All charges dismissed against gay train engineer
For the second time, a Philadelphia judge has dismissed all criminal charges against Brandon W. Bostian, the openly-gay train engineer involved in a...
High turnout and enthusiasm for Lehigh Valley Pride
In the early afternoon of August 15, a line of over a thousand people stretched around the block outside the Jewish Community Center in...
Postal service seeks dismissal of gay man’s antibias case
Attorneys for U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy recently asked a federal judge to dismiss the antibias case of a Lehigh County gay man who...
Man turns himself in after allegedly assaulting lesbian
A man turned himself in to authorities Dec. 10, three days after police issued a wanted alert for his arrest via social and news...
Bread and Roses launches COVID-19 Solidarity Fund to support grassroots organizations
On April 8, fundraising collective Bread and Roses launched The Solidarity Fund for COVID-19 Organizing. This emergency fund aims to support grassroots Philadelphia-based groups...
Highs, lows from locals on HRC Congressional list
The Human Rights Campaign recently released its annual Congressional Scorecard, which rates politicians according to their voting records on LGBT-related issues, and locals placed...
Day in the Life of: a nutrition counselor, Rachel Stevenson
You would never guess that Rachel Stevenson once weighed almost 280 pounds. But since she began her weight-loss journey in 2009, she has lost...
Voters to decide out incumbent’s fate
An openly gay Republican incumbent state legislator is fighting for his seat in a reelection campaign that is forcing his constituents to weigh their...
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