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Eminem’s Rap Insults Caitlyn Jenner

Rapper Eminem, who is no stranger to controversy through the years, recently released a freestyle rap for the Sway radio program that calls Caitlyn Jenner […]

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Philadelphia to Get LGBTQ Victim Advocate

This is huge news for LGBTQ Philadelphians and visitors to our city: Center City Crime Victim Services (CCCVS) has announced that they are creating a full-time […]

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Our 2015 “Best of Philly” LGBT and Gayborhood Winners

Every year, our mother publication, Philadelphia magazine, releases a list of hundreds of top picks that we emphatically call our “Best of Philly” winners. Of course, […]

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Philly Men Rank #15 in “Handsomest U.S. Cities”

Who is ready to move out to the West Coast? A new “study” by Grooming Lounge “triangulated American cities’ fitness scores with money spent on […]

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REVIEW: Divine/Intervention Is Just That

There’s drama on the stage of Voyeur Nightclub. That isn’t anything new, until you realize it’s an actual drama, the Philadelphia premiere of Divine/Intervention, and […]

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Rick Santorum Made Some Really Awkward Gay Remarks on The Rachel Maddow Show

“So if you can determine whether one of your children is gay, should we pass a law saying you can’t abort a child because you found […]

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There’s a Gay Bear Hersheypark After Dark Take-Over

Everyone may have just come home from Provincetown’s Bear Week, but there’s another bear event shaping up this October a little closer to home. The […]

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PHOTOS: A Bowtie Collection for the Ladies

Cherita Powell always had an eye for fashion, even when she was young. She realized at an early age that she was a lesbian and […]

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Cory Booker and Members of Congress to Introduce LGBT Non-Discrimination Bill

We have breaking news that Cory Booker, along with other members of the U.S. Congress, will introduce a historic comprehensive LGBT non-discrimination bill tomorrow in […]

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Was Shooting at Danny’s Midnight Confessions a Hate Crime?

The victim of the early morning July 18th shooting at Danny’s Midnight Confessions — the well-known adult shop on 13th Street in the Philadelphia Gayborhood — has […]

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qFLIX Philadelphia 2015 Awards Announced

The 2015 qFLIX awards, featuring both audience and juried favorites, were announced yesterday, with films Mala Mala and Fourth Man Out winning numerous categories. It was also the first […]

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College Professor Fired After Saying “Queers” Should be “Hung” on Facebook

  A professor at St. Lawrence College has been fired after he took to Facebook to post some rather homophobic commentary on the rainbow flag, according to […]

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Sister Mary Scullion Criticizes Firing of Gay Teacher at Waldron Mercy

One of Philadelphia’s most well-known Catholics has come out against the firing of a gay teacher at Waldron Mercy Academy. Sister Mary Scullion and her […]

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Our Super Awesome Gay Staycation at Borgata’s Water Club

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of The Water Club at Borgata: I’ve been going there for a long time because, well, it’s […]

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Our Talk With Cheril Clarke, Author of Ugandan Lesbian Refugee Play Asylum

Local playwright and author Cheril Clarke always felt like Philadelphia was the proper place to present her intense drama Asylum, a true story about a Ugandan […]