Out candidates run for Common Pleas Court
Three openly LGBT candidates have announced runs for 10-year judgeships on the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, which rules on civil, criminal and family matters....
New Jersey man fights for death benefits
Thomas J. Bernardo, the surviving partner of a well-known AIDS physician in the area, is in a legal battle with his deceased...
Uninvited to Zion: LGBTQ folks are reclaiming their time with the...
Historically, houses of worship in black communities allowed us to keep our sanity as a people. Christianity has been the bedrock of black American...
Crowds fill Reading Terminal Market streets for Pete Buttigieg rally
Pete Buttigieg has high hopes for 2020. Along with taking control of the Oval Office, the Democratic presidential candidate wants to make it the...
International News – 5/24/19
Mexican Consulates to perform same-sex marriages Mexico’s foreign affairs secretary has instructed the country’s consulates throughout the world to allow all citizens — regardless...
Annual conference provides platform for LGBTQ youth
LGBTQ student leaders from across the city hope to empower and educate GSAs and area learning centers to build community, share resources and knowledge,...
Kathryn Knott begins prison sentence
Convicted gay basher Kathryn Knott has been booked at Riverside Correctional Facility after a judge sentenced her this week to prison time for her...
Anti-bullying resources, support offered at family-friendly event
Anti-bullying advocates from around the region will converge this weekend at William Way LGBT Community Center to build community and raise awareness about resources....
‘Pastor Pamm’ seeks to become Pa.’s first out lesbian state representative
On the afternoon of her announcement of a run at Pennsylvania’s 190th District’s special election seat, West Philadelphia’s Pamela Williams — lesbian, community advocate,...
Local AIDS Service Organization to host annual benefit
The AIDS Service Organization (ASO) Action Wellness has once again teamed up with Kimpton Hotel Palomar to organize the annual Glamsino Royale fundraiser event....
Series to recruit foster parents for LGBT youth
A series of events this fall aims to educate prospective parents about the needs of LGBT youth in foster care. The...
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...
Potluck LGBTQ seder slated for April 21
The major Jewish holiday of Passover is coming up, and there will be an LGBTQ community seder on the festival’s third night. It’ll take...
Philly AIDS Thrift wins $10K at luncheon celebrating LGBT business leaders
At the sixth-annual Business Leaders Luncheon last week, Philly AIDS Thrift received $10,000 from PNC Bank and the Independence Business Alliance, the region’s LGBT...
Jim Gallagher, science teacher, 72
Jim Gallagher, a former science teacher at the Franklin Institute, died Nov. 15 of a respiratory attack. He was 72. For years,...
Obituary: Lawrence Frazier, former COLOURS leader, 39
Lawrence Frazier, a longtime employee of The COLOURS Organization and a fixture in the ballroom community, died April 10 of natural causes. He was...
International News: November 8, 2019
Police arrest 2 people for beating man they thought was gay
Serbian police said they have arrested two people for beating up a man because...
2nd TransWork job fair takes place next week
TransWork, an employment program for trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people, will hold its second job fair Nov. 4 in collaboration with health insurance company...
Mazzoni staff votes to unionize
*This story has been updated to include comments from Mazzoni staff members and SEIU representatives. Mazzoni Center staff members voted to form a...
Philly Public Health gets thousands of condoms for new MSM program
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health was among three winners that will receive a shared total of 500,000 condoms. It plans to distribute them in a new...
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