LGBTQ
What We Love: Equality Wristbands
HRC’s new rainbow wristbands help show support of LGBT rights no matter what your sexual orientation or gender identity may be. The bands are available […]
Trans Inmates: It’s Complicated
In a recent article in the Philadelphia Daily News, reporters Dana DiFilippo and Philip Lucas suggest that Jovanie Saldana, a 23-year-old transgender woman, somehow “suckered” […]
Same-Sex Insurance Savings
There are a lot of perks to being married. In fact, married couples usually save as much as 10 percent on things like car insurance. […]
The Bi Side of Jersey Shore?
Did you see the latest episode of the Jersey Shore? If not, you missed two drunk girls kissing. Sort of. We know, it’s not exactly […]
Trans Teen Settles Abuse Case
Philadelphia’s Youth Study Center was at the center of an abuse case brought by a transgender teen who said she was abused and mistreated while […]
Boycott NJ’s Here Comes the Bride
Yesterday morning while doing my usual cup-of-coffee scan of Philly.com, I saw a teaser for an article that made me catch my breath, something along […]
Watch it: Mazzoni Center Video
Philly is one of the few cities in the country to have access to an LGBT health center with extensive youth services. In a video, […]
Lesbian Denied Dress
Ordinarily a story about a lesbian wedding seldom makes the front cover of the local paper – unless you’re a lesbian like Alix Genter who […]
Weekend Roundup
Friday, August 19 Enjoy the Philadelphia Food Truck Crawl (1-3 p.m.) as it winds its way around West Philly. Beebo Brinker Chronicles opens as part […]
Signs Donna Saber Might Like
Yesterday, the DN’s Ronnie Polaneczky wrote her column about Alix Gentler, who was told by a store owner that she couldn’t purchase her wedding gown […]
Equality PA Elects New President
Brian Sims, who has served as board president for Equality PA for the past two years, has announced he’ll conclude his term as of September […]
Who Needs Labels?
As more teens “come out” at younger and younger ages, it begs the question about whether sexuality is more fluid than we might think? Ask […]
Preview: We Were Here
Director David Weissman is the man behind the new documentary We Were Here about the harrowing early days of the AIDS crisis in gay San […]
Bachmann’s Biggest Mistake?
If you haven’t yet heard of Peter E. Waldron, you soon will. He’s an evangelical pastor who was once imprisoned five years ago in Uganda […]
Martha Graham Cracker Live
We’d recognize her anywhere. Big hair. Big voice. And hairy chest. It’s Martha Graham Cracker, the drag persona created by actor Dito Van Reigersberg, who […]