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Tonight: Get Your Dance On for Ladyfest

This June, Ladyfest will make its way back to Philadelphia, marking the first time the event has taken place in the 215 in 10 years. The […]

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Good Cause Alert: JJ Tiziou’s Last-Minute Kickstarter

In 2003, local straight-ally photographer Jacques-Jean Tiziou — the guy behind the prolific How Philly Moves project — took a trip to Immokalee, Fla., where he […]

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More Homophobic Buffoonery from Pennsyltucky

U.S. Councilman Matt Stanizweski, from Washington, Pa., is getting an ear full this week after he sent out a message on the city’s transit alert system […]

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The U.S. State Department Has a Special Message For Gay Travelers

Earlier this week, I posted about Spartacus’s annual Gay Travel Index, which rates countries on their gay-friendliness according to a whole list of criteria, like […]

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Proust’d: Ian Morrison (aka Brittany Lynn)

Next Wednesday, Philly’s hardest working drag queen, the doña of Drag Mafia, the “vaginally challenged” Brittany Lynn will celebrate her big 3-9. The momentous occasion […]

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Theatre Confetti’s Latest Explores Young, Gay Love

As lovely as they sound when combined, the words “young love” can conjure all kinds of complicated feelings. But toss in the word “gay” and […]

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MMA Fighter Unwillingly Comes Out as Transgender

Earlier, we told you about Montreal Canadiens hockey star Josh Gorges’s reported plans to come out of the closet, which would be a huge step […]

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Pro Hockey’s Josh Gorges Reported to Announce He’s Gay

Our friends over at OutSports.com have been mulling forever the prospect of an active pro athlete coming out of the closet, which would certainly be […]

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Easy Way to Track Every Brief Filed in Prop 8 and DOMA Cases

Over the past few weeks, we’ve learned that several lawmakers, major corporations and even the President have filed briefs in support of the Supreme Court […]

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Tonight: Brian Sims Kicks Off Welcome Wednesdays

State Representative Brian Sims is extending his office hours on Wednesdays to host “special presentations by local leaders and organizations” and give neighbors a chance […]

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Hunty Games: ROLASKATOX is Becoming a Bully. Can We Get An Amen?

When the girls returned to the work room, it was all T, shade and dust. Jinkx’s epic Little Edie had won last week, but from […]

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Study Says Kids of LGBTQ Parents are Thriving, Gay Dads Are Exceptional

The U.K. government is urging more gay parents to foster and adopt following a study by the British Association of Adoption and Fostering that concludes gay parents […]

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U.S. Has Poor Showing on Spartacus’ Gay Travel Index

  Gay travel guide Spartacus has released its annual Gay Travel Index, and the results for the U.S. are kind of embarrassing. Out of the […]

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Poll: Delaware Voters Are Gung-Ho For Gay Marraige

In an interview this week with the Huffington Post, Delaware governor Jack Markell declared that marriage equality in his state will “inevitably” be achieved in 2013, […]

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Tonight: Qventures Takes a Gay Trip to the Flower Show

If you weren’t at our LGBTQ party at the Philadelphia Flower Show on Sunday, then you missed a great gay time. Fortunately for you, though, […]