Attorney continues to challenge statewide antibias rule
A Philadelphia attorney continues to challenge a statewide antibias rule that would prohibit attorneys from engaging in harassment or discrimination due to LGBT status...
State House panel tackles outdated laws targeting those living with HIV
About 20 people gathered October 6 in the East Wing of the State Capitol to unveil the “Living a Positive Life” mural commissioned by...
PGN, LGBTQ activists, and allies honored with historical markers
The installation of three LGBTQ+ historical markers in Philadelphia will make the City of Brotherly Love home to the most such markers in the...
NWSL players reveal sexual abuse by coaches, cancel games
The #MeToo movement has come late to women’s sports. On Sept. 15, four of the top U.S. women gymnasts testified at a Senate hearing...
Attic Youth Center appoints new executive director
After a 14-month search, The Attic Youth Center has appointed John Fisher-Klein as their new executive director. Fisher-Klein, who grew up in southern Delaware...
Thirty years ago, Philly was the center of the gay softball...
In August 1993, the city of Philadelphia welcomed 1,700 visitors and 75 teams from across North America for the Gay Softball World Series. Mayor...
Healthcare facility awarded $16,000 from deceased gay man’s partner
Attorneys for an indigent gay man have vowed to appeal a 2-1 arbitration verdict, ordering him to pay about $16,000 to St. Monica Center...
Pro baseball player Glenn Burke refused to live a lie
You could say that Glenn Burke, the first Major League Baseball player to come out, is having a good season.
In March, bestselling author Andrew...
Local org hosts performing arts series curated by Philly poet Ursula...
The organization Intercultural Journeys is hosting the second season of Close Ups, a series of performances and conversations curated this year by legendary Philadelphia...
International News: Switzerland passes marriage equality
In a sweeping national referendum and with a nearly two-thirds majority of the vote, Switzerland legalized same-sex marriage on Sept. 26.
According to results from...
Philly School District and Big Brothers Big Sisters host first ever...
In a partnership between the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) and Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence (BBBS Independence), LGBTQ+ students got a chance to...
Healthcare facility seeks $21,000 from deceased gay man’s partner
St. Monica Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare is seeking about $21,000 from an indigent gay man to help pay for his late partner’s hospice...
International News: Pope Francis speaks on LGBTQ issues
A transcript of Pope Francis’s Sept. 12 meeting in Slovakia with 53 Jesuit priests at the nunciature in Bratislava was released on Sept. 21....
Chambersburg, PA approves LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinance
The Town Council of Chambersburg, a 22,000-person borough about 50 miles southwest of Harrisburg, voted to adopt an LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance on September 20....
Philly-based BEAT-HIV Collaboratory receives NIH grant to advance cure-directed research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a five-year, $29.15 million grant to the BEAT-HIV Martin Delaney Collaboratory in order to advance research initiatives...
Pa. Senate Republicans subpoena voters’ social security numbers, including LGBTQ voters
by Stephen Caruso
With the 2021 general election now closer than 2020’s, Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to request identifying information on Pennsylvania’s roughly 9 million...
10 years after “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” a new world for...
“Don’t ask, don’t tell,” the 1994 policy that barred openly LGBTQ people from serving in the military, officially ended on September 20, 2011. For...
Half of LGBTQ workers have faced job discrimination, new report finds
A new study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law reveals stunning details about job discrimination against LGBT people.
According to the report,...
Queer, BIPOC-inclusive craft market comes back with in-person events
In the midst of a summer semi-derailed by a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, it’s important to make space for communal events that might provide...
Mazzoni Center, Philadelphia FIGHT seeking to increase PrEP education and accessibility
Mazzoni Center’s Washington Square West Project will host its first ever PrEP Rally on Monday, September 20 from noon to 6:00 p.m at 1201...
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