Forget Starbucks Training Day: Here’s How We’ll Really Tackle Racial Bias
The coffee giant is hosting sensitivity trainings. This is what it — and all other companies — should be doing instead.
GALAEI Downsizes Trans Equity Project Amid Funding Shortfall
Two staff members were told that they would be made part-time.
Why Isn’t Philly Ready to Elect a Radically Progressive Black Candidate?
If Larry Krasner and Rebecca Rhynhart can get elected here, and now John Fetterman statewide, why not Black candidates with similar platforms?
Malcolm Kenyatta Makes History With State House Primary Victory
The LGBTQ community advocate has now become the first openly gay candidate of color ever to win a state House primary in Pennsylvania.
Mimi Imfurst Admits to Initiating Unwelcome Online Sexual Chats
Gayborhood drag producer Braden Chapman says he regrets that two Drag Wars contestants “felt pressured or obligated to partake in these conversations.”
Philly Doesn’t Deserve the Mercy of the Black Men Arrested at Starbucks
The city must not make the mistake of thinking it’s off the hook.
R. Eric Thomas Returns to Philly to Debut “Mrs. Harrison”
The Barrymore Award–winning playwright chats about just how much he misses us.
Day of Silence: What It Means for These Philly-Area Students
We spoke with two Shipley students on why they’re choosing to take a vow of silence to highlight the silencing of LGBTQ people in school environments.
Sally Kohn Is in Philly Tonight to Promote Her Controversial New Book
The popular CNN commentator will be interviewed by Desiree Peterkin Bell.
Ross on Starbucks Arrests: I Played a Role in Making Things Worse
Police Commissioner Richard Ross has apologized to the two black men at the center of the controversial incident last Thursday.
Kimmel Center to Host City’s First-Ever “LGBTQ State of the Union”
The May 29th event will feature TED Talk–style presentations from Gayborhood nonprofit leaders.
If You’re Not Enraged Enough to Act, the Starbucks Arrest Video Is Just Black Trauma Porn
There’s only one humane response to the arrest of two innocent Black men at a Philly Starbucks — taking a stand wherever and whenever you witness racism.
LGBTQ&A: Mikhel Harrison
We talk with the Philly queer political organizer on activism, protests, and resisting Trump.