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Rosewood to reopen in September Rosewood, an LGBT bar and restaurant that was closed in June due to building-code violations, will reopen in September,...
New location, funding unveiled for senior housing
Backers of an LGBT-friendly senior housing complex have revealed new plans to make the concept a reality in Philadelphia. The Dr....
State settles same-gender rape case for $45K
State officials have agreed to pay $45,000 to settle the federal lawsuit of David H. Chapman, an inmate who was sexually assaulted...
Oral arguments slated in settlement dispute
Oral arguments are scheduled this month in the case of Thomas Vandergrift, a South Philadelphia gay man who disputes that he settled his civil-rights...
Mazzoni celebrates anniversary with AC concert
Philadelphia is invited to celebrate a legendary LGBT health facility along with a legendary gay icon later this month at the Jersey Shore. ...
PA Senate blocks quick passage of Pride Month resolution
The state Senate this week failed to move forward a resolution honoring June as LGBT Pride Month in the typical process followed for...
News Briefing
No marker for bookstore this year The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission notified local LGBT bookstore Giovanni’s Room last week that it would...
Election: Lt. Governor
Mike Stack (D)* State Sen. Mike Stack has represented the Fifth District since 2001 and this election, he hopes to...
Alain Locke, father of the Harlem Renaissance
Alain Leroy Locke, philosopher, educator, editor, author and Black gay man was born in Philadelphia in 1885. He died in New York City in...
Out teacher wins GSK scholarship
After changing his career focus from medicine to education, Ethan Ake is now pursuing a doctoral degree, with the support of a local scholarship...
Consolidated conference tops AEM activities
If you haven’t gotten tested for HIV lately, then June is the month to do so. Know your status and have all your questions...
Former Philly tourism exec named to head int’l group
A former Philadelphia tourism executive who spearheaded the city’s pioneering LGBT tourism effort was recently tapped to bring his expertise to the international scale....
Founding CBLSL member gears up for anniversary season
Dr. Jeff Eiberson will join with hundreds of other softball enthusiasts next week to welcome the 30th anniversary season of the City...
International News
Madrid celebrates gay pride Madrid Pride took place in the Spanish capital July 3. One of the biggest gay celebrations in...
Media Trail
Texas gay bar raided Advocate. com reports police in Ft. Worth, Texas, raided a gay bar in the early hours of June...
Media Trail
Cynthia Nixon to wed Fox News reports “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon is engaged to her long-term girlfriend Christine Marinoni. ...
‘Come out’ this weekend for trans arts festival
Later this year, Philadelphia will host a pioneering multimedia festival focusing on the transgender and gender nonconforming communities, the first of its kind on...
Penn celebrates LGBT Pride
University of Pennsylvania is gearing up for its annual weeklong LGBT Pride celebration and, this year, organizers have launched a new partnership with an...
Commission on LGBT Affairs forming
The application process for the city's new Commission on LGBT Affairs opened Monday. The volunteer members will be appointed following an application...
News Briefing
Church gets another reprieve The old Church of the Assumption, formerly owned by the AIDS agency Siloam, received another stay of demolition from a...
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