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Friends Select School Revs Up LGBT Outreach With Martha Graham Cracker, Brian Sims and a Queer Art Exhibit

Philly Quaker day school Friends Select School (FSS) is gearing up for a season of programming to build community among its LGBT youth and students of LGBT-headed […]

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Philanthropy Friday: Bread & Roses Community Fund

Every Friday we spotlight a local LGBT nonprofit in Philadelphia. This week: Bread & Roses Community Fund, which provides grants and technical assistance to communities in the Philadelphia […]

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Pastor Says Taylor Swift, Foxcatcher Are Turning Kids Gay

Pastor Larry Tomczak is on a rampage against Ellen and Taylor Swift and Anderson Cooper and all the other people out there who subjecting our youth to […]

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WATCH: Men Describe Their First Sexual Experience With a Guy

Gay Bachelor Blog asked a series of good-looking men to describe their first sexual experience with another man. Here is what followed: I found the […]

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GALAEI Issues Response and Apology Over Mr. SEXO Event

In December, we reported on the controversy surrounding the crowning of a white male at this year’s Mr. SEXO competition, a self-proclaimed search for a “gay/queer […]

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WATCH: Gay Couples Reenact Crazy Grindr Messages

I have a confession: I’ve never used Grindr. My husband and I started dating almost 11 years ago, way before the gay-dating was a twinkle […]

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Reintroduced “Respect for Marriage Act” Seeks to Completely Repeal DOMA

All our lives changed when the Supreme Court—with the help of Miss Edie Windsor—struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which negated our marriage rights […]

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Out DJ Casey Reed Now Hosting Q102’s Afternoon Drive

If you’ve been missing Philly radio personality Casey Reed’s voice on the radio since she retired from 96.5 last March, we’ve got some good news: Starting […]

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Life-Size, Anatomically Correct Male Sex Dolls by Sinthetics: A Man Who Will Never Leave You

If those Grindr hookups are getting old and you’re looking for a dude to stay with you after you’ve undressed him, look no further: one […]

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Woman Crush Wednesday: Philly Dyke March’s Jaclyn Jennings

Every hump day a Philly person shares their local picks for Woman Crush Wednesday. Today, Jaclyn Jennings, a member of the Philly Corps for The Welcoming Committee and co-organizer […]

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University of Delaware to Offer All-Gender Housing Option

The University of Delaware (UD) is kicking off a pretty cool new policy starting in the fall semester of 2015: all-gender housing. The plan, according to […]

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Boxers Releases Sexy 2015 Calendar to Benefit LGBT Homeless Youth

If you weren’t happy with the calendar Santa left in your stocking over Christmas, I’ve got something that’ll turn your frown upside down. New Philly […]

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8 Gay Things to Do in Philly This Week: Miss Everything 2 Begins, Adore Delano, Britney Re-Imagined and More

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Petition Calls for Cancellation of TLC’s My Husband’s Not Gay

Several weeks ago, I wrote about why I thought TLC’s upcoming show My Husband’s Not Gay is problematic on a variety of levels. It seems like I’m […]

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Rep. Mark Cohen to Introduce Transgender Rights Bills in New Session

Last spring, Philly Representative Mark Cohen announced that he would introduce Pennsylvania’s first transgender rights bill in the House. That, unfortunately, never came to be, […]