The Scouts deal: What’s next?
With little or no support in Philadelphia City Council, a bill that would have facilitated the Boy Scouts building deal is expected to die...
LGBT issues to be addressed at eating-disorder conference
While every patient with an eating disorder is different, LGBT people may have added stresses related to coming out, anti-LGBT violence and bullying. More...
First-degree murder charges reinstated for alleged killer of trans woman
Last week, Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Lillian H. Ransom agreed to the reinstatement of first-degree murder charges for Abdullah El-Amin, who allegedly shot to...
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,...
District Attorney: Jack O’Neill
Jack O’Neill prosecuted more than 100 cases involving homicide, rape and domestic violence. Before going into private practice, the district attorney candidate worked...
NCC plays host to marriage-equality debate
Marriage equality won big in Philadelphia this week at the National Constitution Center. Broadcast by National Public Radio, the NCC on...
News Briefing
Laramie at the Center Members of the Temple Queer Student Union will perform “The Laramie Project,” the retelling of the events surrounding the...
Gay man accused of assaulting prosecutor
Kamile Ladson, a member of the LGBT community who is accused of assaulting a local prosecutor, is scheduled to go on trial next week....
Federal gov’t confronts bullying
President and First Lady Michelle Obama met with scores of youth, parents and educators last week in the first-ever White House Conference on Bullying,...
Hawaii governor vetoes civil-union bill
Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle vetoed a civil-union bill July 6 that would have granted same-sex couples all the rights, benefits, responsibilities and...
NJ ex-cop settles harassment suit
An openly gay former New Jersey police officer who alleged his superiors and fellow officers retaliated against and harassed him has settled his federal...
Action AIDS marks silver anniversary
In the past 25 years, Action AIDS’ client base has increased from 100 to about 5,000 — but despite its exponential growth, the agency...
Man accused of murdering Kim Jones heads to trial
The defendant accused of murdering Kim Jones, a North Philadelphia lesbian who was shot in the head while waiting for a bus to work,...
Voyeur seeks dismissal of assault suit
Attorneys for Voyeur nightclub want a Philadelphia judge to dismiss the lawsuit of Nicholas D. Forte, a gay man who was brutally beaten outside...
EQPA hires first communications director
Levana Layendecker was recently hired as the first communications director for Equality Pennsylvania. The 39-year-old South Philadelphia resident most recently came...
Pennsylvania becomes trailblazer in LGBTQ data collection
This morning, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that the Department of Health will include sexual orientation and gender identity questions on case history investigations after...
LGBT data collection hot topic at White House summit in Pittsburgh
The LGBT community cannot continue to use anecdotal evidence when asking for policy changes from the government, said Adrian Shanker, executive director of the...
LGBT-reform bill back with first-in-nation trans inclusion
City Councilman Jim Kenney last week reintroduced a sweeping LGBT-reform bill — this time with a wealth of new transgender-inclusive provisions. ...
Media Trail
Gay hate crimes increase in Calif. San Jose’s Mercury News reports a three-fold spike in homophobic hate crimes in Santa Clara...
Oral arguments set in NJ trans birth-certificate case
Oral arguments are tentatively scheduled for April in the case of “Jane Doe,” a trans woman who says New Jersey officials are violating her...
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