Pride returns to Philly with larger parade
The 28th-annual Philadelphia Pride will have its largest parade yet. There will be 75 groups marching, up from 61 last...
TUESDAY AT THE TAVERN
Our Night Out and Queers on the Avenue joined forces Aug. 18 for their monthly social-networking events, this time held at Stogie...
Candidates on the issues
Endorsements at-a-glance NEW JERSEY Governor: Jon Corzine (D) PHILADELPHIA District Attorney: Seth Williams (D) City Controller: Alan Butkovitz (D) Philadelphia Common...
Obituary: : Douglas Shaps, LGBT activist and financial analyst, 53
Longtime LGBT and political activist Douglas Shaps died of colon cancer Oct. 22. He was 53. While he most recently worked as...
Final weekend for LGBT-history exhibit
This weekend is your last chance to see the groundbreaking LGBT-history exhibit at the National Constitution Center that more than 23,000 people have toured...
Gay man seeks to make criminal-justice system ‘user-friendly’
Richard Gliniak’s priority as one of the members of the new Crime Victims’ Advisory Committee is to help make Philadelphia’s criminal-justice system more user-friendly,...
On the complexities of child custody
In my last column, I discussed physical custody. The second form of child custody is legal custody, which considers the following question: Who has...
Appeals court hears arguments in grade school same-sex rape case
Attorneys for a Philadelphia student who was raped inside a public elementary school urged a three-judge appellate panel this week to let the student’s...
Philadelphia Fed loud and proud: ‘We welcome everyone’
LGBTQ employees at Philadelphia’s Federal Reserve Bank are gaining a higher profile because of a professional environment that welcomes diversity, in addition to the...
CBLSL gives city $30K for ball fields
The City of Brotherly Love Softball League recently ended two years of negotiations with the city about improvements to the softball fields the league...
Stephen Sondheim: A Singular Voice
The news on November 26 that Stephen Sondheim had died was sudden and surprising. Although he was 91, Sondheim was not reported to be...
Community orgs continue Covid-19 vaccine push
Nearly 900,000 Philadelphians have been vaccinated for Covid-19 according to data gathered by city health officials, but local organizations are continuing to go into...
Finding ‘The One’
Charise Brown and her partner Rosa Torres started planning their wedding two weeks after their first date. Brown never imagined that...
Mazzoni Center honoree remembers fight for marriage
Never had advocacy efforts moved as quickly as they did in the last year and a half around marriage equality, said Kevin Cathcart, executive...
Panel discussion celebrates Philly Black Trans History
In honor of Black History Month, members of the city’s black trans community gathered to host a panel discussion on their struggles and triumphs....
Marriage-equality milestones in 2012
The national landscape for marriage equality shifted by leaps and bounds in 2012. The year saw major milestones in the fight for...
Media Trail
University defends firing of lesbian Illinois’ State Journal-Register reports officials are defending Benedictine University’s actions leading to the departure of the school’s education...
Media Trail – 7/26/19
Regulations to ban LGBTQ conversion therapy get early nod The Daily Herald reports Utah psychologists would be prohibited from practicing so-called conversion therapy on...
Philadelphia Bar Association releases final judicial ratings
The Philadelphia Bar Association’s Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention released its final judicial ratings. Tiffany Palmer, an out candidate running for a seat...
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Feds axe healthcare for spouse again CBSNews. com reports the U.S. Office of Personnel Management still refuses to authorize healthcare for the...
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