State agency: D.A. must certify Morris records
The state Office of Open Records has ordered the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office to certify a record believed to pertain to the Nizah Morris...
AIDS Walk campaign hits the ground walking
Every nine-and-a-half minutes, someone in the United States is infected with HIV. One in five people living with HIV is unaware that...
Man threatens suicide at center
There were some tense moments last week at the William Way LGBT Community Center when a man threatened to commit suicide by jumping from...
Surviving coronavirus
Ian Morrison turned 46 on March 13 and celebrated his birthday in quarantine with a case of COVID-19. Morrison is well-known in the Philadelphia...
Jefferson explores reproductive-therapy counseling
Thomas Jefferson University this week is hosting “When it Takes More Than Two to Make a Baby,” an infertility-counseling conference that includes a number...
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Cop sentenced for soliciting boys A former Philadelphia police officer was sentenced to prison last week for soliciting underage boys for sex. ...
O, Dem Golden Slippers! Gender variance and the Mummers Parade
They were called female impersonators, character types, lovely creatures, drag queens, pansies, divas. They were straight, bi, gay and queer. For over a century,...
Maryland marriage bill advances
A committee of the Maryland Senate last week approved a bill that would extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. The...
Dr. Tyler Titus: Making LGBTQ+ History in Erie County and Pennsylvania
Dr. Tyler Titus became the first openly trans-identifying person to win office in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2017, when they were elected to...
Series to recruit foster parents for LGBT youth
A series of events this fall aims to educate prospective parents about the needs of LGBT youth in foster care. The...
D.A. appeals Morris ruling in Commonwealth Court
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office last week appealed a lower-court ruling upholding a state-agency order for the D.A. to produce certified records in the...
Practice helps men put best face forward
Botox injections have been parodied in everything from films to comedy sketches — but a local plastic-surgery practice is looking to counter that stigma,...
Priest, teacher convicted in abuse case
A jury this week delivered guilty verdicts in the sex-abuse cases against an Archdiocesan priest and a former teacher. After four...
Day in the Life of: a salon owner, André Richard Baldini
The number of keys that hang from André Richard Baldini's key ring is almost comical; dozens clang together as he hurries throughout the Gayborhood...
Antigay donor to narrate youth event
A performance by the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra next month will be narrated by a local man who gave nearly $1 million to fight marriage...
Bridging the health-care gaps for trans patients
Dr. Anne Koch has done a little of everything. She helped found the postdoctoral program in endodontics at Harvard University and...
Four more years
President Barack Obama, deemed by many to be the nation’s most LGBT-friendly commander-in-chief ever, won re-election this week. Obama will receive...
COVID-19 spikes in Philadelphia
Philadelphia had its single largest increase in Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, with 879 new confirmed cases of the virus. Last week, the average of...
Victory for Wolf
The Pennsylvania governor's race has been called in favor of Democrat Tom Wolf. CNN called the race for Wolf, a proponent...
New event launches at North Shore
A new event launched this week, meant to keep Monday nights hot and partiers cool. Party promoter Josh Schonewolf will...
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