Bayard Rustin once said that “to be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.” As the right-hand man to Dr. Martin […]
Many local rappers have lately been paying homage to the city’s iconic locales. Here are a few of my favorites. ARTIST: Reef the Lost Cauze […]
Let me see if I understand this: Some of us would like our government to put up a fence to keep Mexicans in Mexico, maybe […]
Fox and Sameric Movie Theaters I saw the first Superman, with Christopher Reeve, at the Fox on Market Street, and went to a ton of […]
Today, State Rep. Babette Josephs conceded Tuesday’s Democratic primary to her opponent Brian Sims, a 33-year-old attorney and LGBT rights advocate. Since he faces no […]
The crowd swelled last night at Woody’s where Brian Sims celebrated his victory in the primary for the State House in the 182nd district – […]
One thing that’s fun about history is that there is an alternate history that invisibly runs alongside of it, the history of things that never […]
Urban Outfitters Still Pissing People Off. This time it’s the Anti-Defamation League that’s upset over a t-shirt they say has a striking resemblance to the […]
The final production of Wilma Theater‘s season will likely be one of its biggest undertakings of the year. Tony Kushner’s Tony Award-winning play Angels in America, […]
The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History is coming to Philadelphia. Starting April 21, the museum will spend one month at the William Way LGBT Community […]
The Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus released a new map of the Gayborhood this week. It gives tourists and locals alike the lowdown from 12th to […]
The Raab Collection has a lot in common with other family businesses: a dad (Steven Raab) who founded it, a mom (Susan) who helps run […]
Imagine. It is a deadly summer in Philadelphia. Mosquitoes are biting everything. Neighbors are coughing up black vomit. They are dying in the streets. They […]
So, your middle school history teacher lied to you. In the latest evidence that you shouldn’t believe everything you read in textbooks, J. David Hacker […]
Yesterday (March 6th) was the 155th anniversary of the blatantly racist, but patently honest, 1857 Dred Scott decision—and the American legal system threw a birthday […]
