App brings self-guided LGBTQ history walking tours to NYC
A tennis club where several LGBTQ players competed in the U.S. Open prior to its 1978 relocation. The family home of Bronx native and...
Celebrating Pride by engaging with science
Often, science-based museums are perceived as family affairs — something fun and educational for the kids while parents serve as chaperones. That is a...
Congressional caucus supports LGBTQ foster care bill
The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus commended the recent introduction of the Every Child Deserves a Family Act Tuesday. Introduced in the...
Road to Stonewall: Giovanni’s Room
The historic marker outside Giovanni’s Room bookstore at the corner of 12th and Pine Streets in the heart of the Gayborhood reads, “Founded in...
Local org documents Presbyterian LGBTQ history
When David Smith was a kid, his pastor asked him to read Psalm 139 in front of his congregation, inspiring Smith to become ordained...
LGB youth at higher risk for self-harm
A new study released June 13 indicates lesbian, gay and bisexual teens are at higher risk for self-harm than their heterosexual peers. The study...
After controversy, NJ school embraces LGBTQ-inclusive studies
A New Jersey charter school has volunteered to pilot the state’s upcoming LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum after a controversy last month resulting from covering up a...
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...
PA and NJ towns host inaugural Prides
Pride isn’t just for big cities anymore. A town in Pennsylvania and one in New Jersey are exemplifying the LGBTQ-plus community’s importance by hosting...
Trans-wellness conference scores big funding
The Department of Public Health, Thomas Jefferson University and pharmaceutical giant Gilead are among some of the biggest contributors to the 19th annual Philadelphia...
LGBTQ-focused therapy center offers scholarships for transpeople of color
The need for LGBTQ-centered mental healthcare
When her therapist went on maternity leave, Jourdan Porter pressed pause on her sessions after the therapist’s temporary replacement...
Councilmember Helen Gym introduces two bills expanding LGBTQ protections
Councilmember-at-Large Helen Gym introduced two bills aimed at protecting and expanding the rights of Philadelphia’s LGBTQ-plus community. One mandates the city’s youth organizations to...
Media Trail – 6/14/19
Panic at D.C. Pride parade sends people running, some injured Newsweek reported officials in Washington, D.C., said several people were injured after a panic...
International News – 6/14/19
London police arrest fifth suspect in attack on lesbian couple Police in London have arrested a fifth suspect on suspicion of punching two women...
‘Active bystander’ hate-crimes resolution stalled in committee
A state House of Representatives resolution urging witnesses of hate crimes to be “active bystanders” and intervene on behalf of victims continues to languish...
Out City Council candidate in Scranton leads primary despite backlash
This May, physical therapist and longtime activist Jessica Rothchild was one of two Democratic candidates to excel in the Scranton City Council primary race....
Speaker series explores LGBTQ youth experience in foster care
A transwoman of color who grew up in foster care, Nia Clark, struggled to have her identity affirmed as a kid. ...
LGBTQ philanthropist who funded Attic youth program dies
James “Jim” Hastings Bryson, a pioneering LGBTQ advocate and philanthropist, died Monday from Alzheimer’s disease. Bryson, 85, was widely recognized in...
Alternative Pride events across Philly drew big crowds and big names
A host of fringe Pride events drew large crowds last weekend while offering inclusive celebrations for minorities within the LGBTQ community — namely women...
Road to Stonewall: Jill Johnston
In the years before Stonewall, jill johnston — always lowercase — was a phenomenon. A lean, long-haired, jeans-clad 40-something butch lesbian who exuded...
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