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QUEERSTIONS: What Does Cisgender Mean?

Local experts answer the LGBT community-centric questions you’ve always wondered about, but never got around to asking. Today, filmmaker, trans advocate, and 2013 Trans 100 List honoree Che Gossett […]

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Joan Rivers Can Say Whatever the @$%* She Wants!

In 1967, Joan Rivers performed on The Ed Sullivan Show.  Her act, although amazingly mild to today’s standards, was groundbreaking for a female comic in the […]

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DO THIS: National Gay Blood Drive on July 11th

The passage of marriage equality in May was such a major—and quite frankly unexpected—triumph, that it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that we still […]

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10 Things To Do in Philly This Week: PHS Pop-Up Garden Returns, Independence Beer Garden Debuts, and More

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Man Crush Monday: Joseph Hallman

Every week, Philly gay gents share their local picks for Man Crush Monday. This week, Grammy-nominated composer Joseph Hallman. His work has been featured both at […]

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WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Gay July 4th BBQ, GI Jane Sleepover Party, Tennis Fundraiser, and Red, White, and OOOOH!

Is there any better (gay) way to celebrate America this weekend than with a classic burlesque? Red, White, and OOOOH is the July 5th show […]

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Third Circuit Court Rejects Appeal of PA Gay Marriage Equality Ruling

It’s official: We can say goodbye to any attempt to overturn Pennsylvania’s marriage equality ruling. Today, a Third Circuit Court rejected Schuylkill County Register of […]

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Gay Philly Instagrams You Must See: The Early Bird Edition

We normally post a roundup of our must-see Gay Philly Instagrams at the end of the week, but it’s July 4th this Friday.  Instead of […]

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Study: Grindr, Scruff Users More Likely to Contract Sexually Transmitted Infections

The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center released a study that has sobering, although not surprising, statistics correlating the use of hookup apps like Grindr, […]

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Quince Productions Announces GayFest 2014 Lineup

Quince Productions has announced the line up for the fourth annual GayFest, the city’s LGBT theatre extravaganza, which runs at various venues throughout the city […]

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Religious Leaders Use Hobby Lobby Case Against LGBT Community

When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in her dissent on the much-publicized Hobby Lobby case that the court’s decision”ventured into a minefield,” she wasn’t […]

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Woman Crush Wednesday: Wafiyyah Packer

Every hump day, a Philly woman shares her local picks for Woman Crush Wednesday. Today, Miss Wafiyyah Packer.  Interested in sharing your Woman Crush Wednesday picks? […]

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Gay Philly Picks Some of Their Favorite Summer Reads

Summer is here, and it’s a great time to pick up a book to enjoy while lounging at Rittenhouse Park or while soaking up the […]

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GAGGING: Judge Judy Hears Her First Case On Grindr

It was bound to happen: everyone’s favorite daytime television courtroom mama, Judge Judy, finally heard a case involving Grindr and money, and, to use her words, […]

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This Weird Half-Thong Bathing Suit is a World Full of NO.

Okay, we’ve been flooded with pictures on Facebook of the very strange, very odd, very uncomfortable men’s swimwear trend that looks across between a thong […]