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Giovanni’s Room to Get Historical Marker

Ever since it opened in 1973, Giovanni’s Room has not only been a bookstore, but a meeting place for gays and lesbians from Philadelphia and […]

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What We Love: Disappointing Gay Best Friend

Did you know Philly has its own comedy network? Yep, the 24/7 Comedy Network is based here in town and it’s one-part radio station and […]

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Got Pole?

Skinny is so last year. That’s why I’ve been stopping by the new Cake & the Beanstalk…after my oh-so-strenuous 10-minute workouts at the gym. Now […]

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How Philly Moves

Photographer Jacques-Jean Tiziou photographs real Philadelphians for a new project that’s coming to the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. From April 7-30, his images […]

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Campus Erupts Over Gay Hate

A college is a place for higher learning, right? That wasn’t the case recently when gay slurs were found scrawled on campus at Allegheny College […]

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Elizabeth Taylor 1932-2011

Dame Elizabeth Taylor was an icon. Her stunning looks and acting talents catapulted her to the top of Hollywood’s elite – but with no shortage […]

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Apple Pulls Gay Cure App

After almost 150,000 people signed a petition asking that Apple remove the so-called “gay cure” iPhone app by Exodus International, the app is no longer […]

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What Makes Victoria Jackson Homophobic?

Saturday Night Live alum Victoria Jackson has come out – as a total homophobe. On a blog recently she wrote about how the gay kiss […]

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Becoming Chaz

The world television premiere of Chaz Bono’s documentary “Becoming Chaz,” the story of the transformation from a woman to a man, launches the OWN Documentary […]

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Philly Man Featured in New Book

It’s been an Internet sensation since Dan Savage and Terry Miller first posted the premiere “It Gets Better” video online in response to the many […]

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What Are You Doing for V-Day?

“I come from the ‘down there’ generation. That is, those were the words – spoken rarely and in a hushed voice – that the women […]

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Stoned to Death in Pa.

John Joe Thomas, 28, is under arrest for the violent murder of Murray Seidman, a 70-year-old man who was found beaten to death in his […]

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Celebs Spotted at GLAAD Awards

What do Philly native Tina Fey and Ricky Martin have in common? They both walked away with GLAAD Media Awards during a ceremony in New […]

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AIDS Turns 30

This year marks the 30th anniversary of AIDS as we know it. “The View from Here” is a special year-long series by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation […]

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Half of Americans Support Gay Marriage

More than half of Americans say same-sex marriage should be legal. It’s the first time this many people in the U.S. showed support for LGBT […]