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Blue was more than a color for Randy Dalton. Throughout his career, the highly accomplished artist promoted the motto “Do Blue,” encouraging people frustrated...

A jury trial is scheduled to begin next month in the case of Shakeem M. Holmes, a trans man seeking damages after Jersey City...

1. “TransWork,  Philadelphia airport team up for job fair aimed at increasing trans employment”  TransWork, an employment program developed by the Independence Business Alliance for trans,...

Julie A. Graham, an HIV-positive Pennsylvania nurse, knows firsthand the devastating effects of HIV criminalization. In 2014, Graham was charged with two felonies and...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Charles Dickens was a straight, cisgender white man, and the year was...

Local gay bar owner Michael Weiss pleaded guilty this week to federal tax-fraud charges. Weiss, co-owner of Woody’s and the...

The Free Library of Philadelphia will hold a special two-part series on the history and legacy of queer women in “Lesbian Herstory Archives: Preserving...

Two local nonprofit organizations have partnered up to support young-adult programs. The Philadelphia Foundation (TPF) provided a $100,000 grant to Project HOME, an organization...

Josh Schonewolf worked from the sound booth during the opening night of Mr. Everything at Tabu Lounge & Sports Bar. The talent show, which...

The William Way LGBT Community Center played host Thursday to an event that enabled community members to voice their concerns about racism in the...

Rossi Wellness Center, an LGBT-friendly medical practice in the city, is poised to implement a new fee-for-service system. The change is expected to result...

Across a two-day period last week, two federal trial court judges struck down a proposed Trump administration rule that would allow health care workers...

“Now the only thing I feel about Philadelphia is it’s not safe.” Those are the words of the longtime city man who was reported...

Edie Windsor, charismatic, stylish and articulate, found herself widowed just shy of her 80th birthday. She hadn’t yet been married two years to her...

  Three women last month received makeovers at a Gayborhood salon to boost their confidence in the workplace. To celebrate 10...

The Equality Act was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 13 by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) and in the U.S. Senate...

North Philadelphia native Malcolm Kenyatta is the first openly gay candidate of color for the state House seat in the 181st Legislative District despite...

Nigel Shelby was 15 when he took his own life in April. The Alabama ninth-grader had come out to his mother when he...

When Jim Kenney officially became the city’s 99th mayor Monday in the packed auditorium of the Academy of Music, it was the most “Philadelphia”...

France ponders giving lesbians, single women access to IVF Single women and lesbians in France won’t have to go abroad to have children anymore...