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Pets may be family in your household, but Pennsylvania law says otherwise You have a pet — your beloved dog. You think of your...

It’s been another tumultuous year, but at least in 2018 we started talking about HIV again. Let’s face it, we’ve had a rough year....

Dr. Jessica Rothchild, an LGBTQ advocate and out lesbian, has declared her candidacy for a seat on Scranton City Council. Rothchild, 29, is a...

A case that could change the law in determining a Pennsylvania school district’s responsibility for protecting students from harassment hit a roadblock, and was...

The Philadelphia Falcons Soccer Club is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its founding with a banquet Jan. 26 at William Way LGBT Community Center....

For the third year, the Women’s March will flood the streets of more than 200 cities across the country on Saturday, Jan. 19, and...

Dorothy Saunders Beam, mother of the late prolific writer Joseph Beam, died Dec. 26, leaving behind a legacy of helping to amplify the voices...

Deja Lynn Alvarez, an LGBTQ advocate and trans woman, has announced her candidacy for an at-large seat on the Philadelphia City Council. Alvarez is...

The Walt Whitman Bridge may be getting a rainbow-flag makeover in celebration of the poet and essayist’s 200th birthday, which will be May 31....

A board member has resigned after nearly four years on the American Bible Society board, the same month that employees are required to sign...

As the newly appointed co-dean of Rutgers Law School in Camden, Kimberly Mutcherson’s goals include imbuing in each student a sense of how the...

A new exhibition, set to debut next week in Bensalem, will explore five decades of LGBTQ history in Pennsylvania as a tribute to the...

After two years of leadership changes, relocation to a new space and unfounded rumors of financial difficulties, the COLOURS Organization started 2019 with a...

A leadership change in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives could mean LGBTQ people in the Keystone State will have a renewed chance for protections against...

A new mobile-testing van is letting Philadelphians take advantage of free HIV testing. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is making testing and treatment options more...

As 2019 begins, local LGBTQ-serving nonprofit organizations have big plans for the upcoming year including celebrating milestones, bolstering community-based programs and services, and changing...

Part two of a two-part series. Daniela Porter is succinct: “Let me say first that I am grateful for government aid. I was happy...

LGBT advocates are preparing to unveil a new traveling exhibit intended to galvanize support for a statewide LGBT-inclusive antibias law. Pennsylvania...

An ABC News article from Dec. 14 stated, “Some say Santa should be rebranded female, gender-neutral.” A Washington Post article from 2016 was titled,...

The Philadelphia Bar Association’s new executive director said listening and learning are his key priorities as he begins leading the 12,000-member organization. ...