Tag: COVID-19

A handful of Philadelphia-area organizations that serve LGBTQ communities were among dozens of local nonprofits that received grants from the PHL COVID-19 Fund, a...

“Frankly, we’re seeing lots of community concern around sexual health,” said Adrian Shanker, founder and executive director of Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, “We’re also...

“White folks,” begins each post, “if you’re able, please send or resources to folks who need it.” In a Facebook group called Queer...

In this era of physical distancing, social and emotional connection is key. Many single people are still trying to navigate the world of remote...

Peter Morley took it personally when Donald Trump announced he was commandeering the lupus drug Morley has taken for years as a possible treatment...

It all began when Pennsylvania State Representative Brian Sims sent his friend, Deja Lynn Alvarez, a $35 box of groceries from Giordano’s. Alvarez, a...

As part of a live stream series on the new coronavirus, Liberty City LGBTQ Democratic Club hosted the virtual session “The Racial Divide of...

The COVID-19 crisis has raised questions and concerns with regard to estate planning. You may be asking yourself, what happens if I can’t manage...

Nia Taylor knows she's at risk and that her grandmother is too. The two women are disabled and "just hoping to wait this thing...

The Philadelphia QTPOC production outfit Phreak N’ Queer (PNQ) has partnered with the William Way LGBT Community Center to host a virtual arts, music...

Valley Youth House is one Pennsylvania nonprofit organization that serves an essential function, especially during the new coronavirus pandemic. In addition to youth housing...

Mental health professionals have already signaled the warnings: Common mental health conditions like anxiety and depression are likely to escalate during the coronavirus pandemic. Everyone...

As non-life-sustaining businesses have been closed for weeks now in order to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, many Americans are experiencing a...

COVID-19 has undoubtedly affected our lives in many ways, ranging from minor inconveniences to serious health crises. For older adults and those who provide...

On April 8, fundraising collective Bread and Roses launched The Solidarity Fund for COVID-19 Organizing. This emergency fund aims to support grassroots Philadelphia-based groups...

Ian Morrison turned 46 on March 13 and celebrated his birthday in quarantine with a case of COVID-19. Morrison is well-known in the Philadelphia...

Of the many health-related topics circulating since the start of the new coronavirus outbreak roughly four weeks ago, social distancing has been at the...

As local and regional governments continue to implement social distancing measures to help stem the spread of the new coronavirus, virtually all public events...

Nina Willbach and her wife, a Philadelphia couple, have been trying to get pregnant since last June via assisted insemination. On March 13, they...

Currently, folks who are incarcerated are being twice locked away — once from a life outside and again from those they are incarcerated with...