LGBTQ issues at Dem. debates
Pete Buttigieg made history at the first round of Democratic debates. On the eve of Pride, Buttigieg’s presence was the first out gay...
Archiving tomorrow’s history
The Print Center in Philadelphia held a public panel with prominent local archivists whose job is to preserve and present LGBTQ history in honor...
Philly Pride dominates NYC’s Penn Station
Philadelphia was out and proud in New York City this year during World Pride. With a commitment of “around $500,000” for June, Visit...
LGBTQ disability and Pride: The case for inclusion
Part one of a three-part series on disability in the LGBTQ community. While LGBTQ people celebrated Pride and Stonewall 50 this month,...
Three board members resign from Liberty City
Three board members have resigned from their posts with Liberty City Democratic Club since April, the volunteer LGBTQ political action committee announced June 29....
Resolution honoring Stonewall goes unheard in PA House
On the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta expected to speak on the floor of the Pennsylvania House about a resolution he introduced...
International News – 7/5/19
Thousands join gay pride parades around the world Thousands of people turned out for gay pride celebrations around the world June 29, including a...
Media Trail – 7/5/19
Vermont: Insurers can’t deny care for transgender youth The State reported Vermont is clarifying that insurers cannot deny coverage of gender affirmation health care...
New trans-inclusive LGBTQ medical center to emerge from pending Hahnemann University...
Despite Hahnemann University Hospital announcing it will close by Sept. 6 due to “financial difficulties,” an LGBTQ-focused health center will open and the medical...
Israel’s first out mayor talks LGBTQ equality at North Philadelphia synagogue
When Eitan Ginzburg ran for mayor in his hometown of Ra’anana, Israel, some members of his synagogue tried to block him from attending prayer...
Survey: Almost half of LGBTQ youth consider suicide
Nigel Shelby was 15 when he took his own life in April. The Alabama ninth-grader had come out to his mother when he...
Leadership changes come to NJ LGBTQ advocacy org
Garden State Equality, a New Jersey-based LGBTQ advocacy and education organization, welcomes an interim deputy director and bids farewell to its director of policy....
City attorney wants to increase agency’s diversity
Iveliz R. Crespo, the city Law Department’s diversity officer, says she’s committed to recruiting a diverse workforce at the agency, including adding more LGBT...
Road to Stonewall: Del Martin, Phyllis Lyon and the Daughters of...
Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon founded the first lesbian civil rights organization in the U.S., the San Francisco-based Daughters of Bilitis. DOB was...
NJ City Council forgives embattled board member despite opposition
Hackensack School Board Trustee Frances Cogelja said she wouldn’t resign, despite writing in February that she was “disgusted and appalled” with New Jersey’s new...
Stonewall: A personal memoir
Gay Liberation Front 1969-71 That night, standing in Stonewall, I could not have imagined what the next few hours would do to change the...
International News – 6/28/19
Thousands march for LGBT rights in Ukraine’s capital Thousands of supporters of LGBTQ rights marched through the center of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine,...
Religious nonprofit to file for review of LGBTQ foster care...
Representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union’s LGBT and HIV project and child welfare advocates held a briefing call June 21 about a potential...
Media Trail – 6/28/19
Civil rights lawsuit alleges anti-gay harassment of student The Chicago Tribune reports a federal civil rights complaint alleging an Ohio high school student faced...
Philadelphia Police Department issues progressive trans, nonbinary policy
The Philadelphia Police Department announced Tuesday a new policy overhauling guidelines on law enforcement interactions with transgender and nonbinary people. Under...
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