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Hearing held on Equality Act

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Another hearing on the Equality Act was held April 9 on Capitol Hill before the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Civil Rights and...

Attorney General orders FBI, Bureau of Prisons to examine LGBTQ discrimination

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In a victory for LGBTQ employees at the U.S. Department of Justice, Attorney General William Barr ordered the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons...

SAGE honors two for work benefiting LGBTQ elders

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The local branch of SAGE, a national LGBTQ elder advocacy organization, held a reception April 4 to honor two organizational allies for their...

Lancaster’s Star Barn refuses LGBT weddings

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The Star Barn Village at Stone Gables Estates is one of the most unique wedding venues in Pennsylvania — one that has been frequented...

PCHR’s Landau receives Cheryl Ingram Award

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The Philadelphia Bar Association chose Rue Landau, executive director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, to receive the 2019 Cheryl Ingram Award —...

It’s not just Joe Biden. LGBTQ women are harassed more often...

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Lucy Flores could be any woman — straight, bisexual, lesbian trans. That she’s a well-known Nevada politician with the kind of life story that...

International News, April 5-11, 2019

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George Clooney calls for boycott of hotels over anti-gay law George Clooney is calling for a boycott of nine hotels in the United States...

Media Trail, April 5-11, 2019

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Sen. Sanders displays transgender pride flag at office Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is showing his support for transgender Americans by displaying the new transgender...

Potluck LGBTQ seder slated for April 21

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The major Jewish holiday of Passover is coming up, and there will be an LGBTQ community seder on the festival’s third night. It’ll take...

Another Pa. township passes nondiscrimination ordinance

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While Pennsylvania residents await a statewide Fairness Act to be passed, another area municipality passed its own nondiscrimination ordinance to protect LGBTQ and other...

Google removes anti-gay conversion therapy app after months of pressure

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LGBTQ groups are claiming victory following Google’s March 28 decision to stop offering an app by a ministry that included material considered “ex-gay” involving...

Trump’s transgender military ban just a week away from going into...

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The Trump administration’s ban on transgender people serving openly in the military is set to start on April 12, unless the president has a...

LGBT employees confront Attorney General over discrimination

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DOJ Pride, a group representing the Department of Justice’s LGBTQ employees and contractors, has delivered a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr about...

LGBT candidate takes on long-time incumbent to move city forward

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A decade of working in city government and volunteering for community groups and nonprofits has given Lauren Vidas a valuable piece of insight that’s...

Chicago elects the nation’s first black lesbian mayor

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First. Black. Lesbian. Mayor. Of. A. Major. U.S. City. It is difficult to overstate the historic nature of Lori Lightfoot’s landslide victory to become...

HRC awards high marks for Pennsylvania companies

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Major companies in Pennsylvania are on the right track when it comes to meeting the needs of LGBTQ employees, according to a new survey...

PA facilities for homeless youth get $500,000 more from feds

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An organization that started helping vulnerable, abused and homeless young people more than 45 years ago is getting almost $3 million from the U.S....

Victory Fund focuses on Philadelphia City Council

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 A national organization that promotes openly LGBTQ candidates for elected office just announced three additional endorsements in Philadelphia’s upcoming primaries. The Victory Fund previously...

Following months of pressure, Google removes anti-gay conversion therapy app

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LGBTQ groups are claiming victory following Google’s decision Thursday to stop offering an app by a ministry that included material considered “ex-gay” involving conversion...

New studies show fewer Americans think LGBT people face discrimination

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As the Equality Act fails to move forward in Congress yet again, a new Pew Research study and a new Gallup poll show that...

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