LGBTQ
How Gay-Friendly Is Collingswood?
When I heard last week was National Coming Out Week, my first thought was, really? We still need a “coming out week”? And then I […]
HRC Launches Americans for Equality
HRC launched a new campaign this week aimed at spotlighting famous folks who take a stand for LGBT rights. Americans for Equality kicked off with […]
LGBT-Friendly Workplaces Are Good for Business
More than 90 percent of the country’s largest companies say that diversity is good for the bottom line. UCLA’s Williams Institute talked to big wigs […]
Hump Day Headlines
Bill Maher predicts Obama will legalize gay marriage – in his second term. Another gay teen commits suicide. Gay kiss angers high school football players. […]
The Real Faces of Marriage Equality
The WE DO Campaign in North Carolina created a video for its “Campaign for Southern Equality” recently about why marriage equality is important for real […]
Who Wants a Date with Zachary Quinto?
After actor Zachary Quinto announced that, yep, he’s gay (God knows our gaydar was working overtime on this guy for years) a news anchor named […]
Wear Purple for Spirit Day
Thursday, Oct. 20, is Spirit Day, a day when LGBT activists are asking millions of Americans to wear purple to show their support for lesbian, […]
Gay Man Still Faces Deportation
Brian Anderen and Anton Tanumihardja are a same-sex couple living in Philadelphia. After more than year of legal twist and turns, thinking they had almost succeeded […]
Preview: The Mystery of Irma Vep
Angels in America playwright Tony Kushner probably described Charles Ludlam best. “The theatre of Ludlam was a delirious, glorious ransacking of the contents of the […]
Philly to Open Transgender Homeless Shelter
In September, Jaden Hensley was turned away from a city-funded homeless shelter for being transgendered. Discrimination against the LGBT community is in violation of city […]
Betty White’s Still Hot
Picture it. Betty White. Rapping, well, sort of. The “Golden Girl” teamed with electro-pop darling Luciana on a new music video for the very silly […]
Footballers Walk the AIDS Walk
Members of the Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League (GPFFL) participated in the 25th Annual AIDS Walk yesterday. Wayne Knaub, GPFFL commissioner, says the league donated $2,000 […]
Philadelphia FIGHT Welcomes New Doctor
Philadelphia FIGHT announced that Joe Garland, M.D., has become a new full-time physician in the Jonathan Lax Center at 12th and Locust. The center practices […]
That N.J. Teacher and the Politics of Hate Speech
Last week, Viki Knox, a 49-year-old special education teacher at a public high school in Union Township, N.J., got a failing grade after making some […]
Bill Clinton: Gaga Fan?
Former President Bill Clinton came clean recently about his vegan diet and Lady Gaga. During an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, Clinton […]