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Tie-the-Knot Tuesday: Jesse Warren-Nager, of Motown: The Musical and Jacob Warren-Nager

Every Tuesday, we feature a gay or lesbian couple who have walked down the aisle. Today, we have special guests: Broadway’s Jesse Warren-Nager, currently starring […]

City Life

Video: Tabu Doorman Assaulted in Gayborhood

Police have released video of a Gayborhood attack that occurred on December 27th around 2:40 a.m. near 12th and Chestnut streets in Philadelphia, and the […]

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Hello, Conductor: Here’s a Shirtless Pic of Yannick Nezet-Seguin

If you’re looking for a way to hit the high notes, might I suggest heading over to the Facebook page of the Philadelphia Orchestra‘s music director, openly […]

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Mark Bee’s Gayborhood Bar Will Be Franky Bradley’s

A couple of snippets of training materials and in-work menus prove that Mark Bee’s successor to Sisters nightclub at the corner of Chancellor and Juniper […]

City Life

Man Crush Monday: Ryan Wyrofsky

Every week, Philly gay gents share their local picks for Man Crush Monday. Today, all-around socialite, cabaret singer, kickballer and Drexel grad student Ryan Wyrofsky.  […]

City Life

Audra McDonald Went “Homeless” for LGBTQ Youth

If we needed another reason to utterly adore Audra McDonald, the multiple Tony Award-winning actress who has been a staunch advocate for LGBTQ rights for years, […]

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Jersey Froyo Mogul Says Offensive Messages Result of Hack

This morning, while we were all snoozing, FanSince09, the same Twitter sleuth who tracked down this summer’s gay-bashing suspects, was in the midst of a […]

City Life

Brian Sims Climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro, Earns a New Nickname Along the Way

State Representative Brian Sims climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. He began the trek right after Christmas to raise funds for the Military Assistance Project (MAP), an initiative that provides legal […]

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What’s Up With That New Mexican Place Next to Woody’s?

If you were out strutting with the Mummers yesterday in the Gayborhood, chances are you saw what appeared to pop up out of nowhere: a […]

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Weekend Roundup: Bearlesque Welcomes a New Bear, a Straight Bar Takeover and More Gay Ways to Celebrate the First Weekend of 2015

FRIDAY The Welcoming Committee (TWC)’s first straight-bar takeover of the year is Room 12 Bar and Lounge at 1200 Sansom Street. Show up to drink, […]

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Philly Drag Queens Take Off the Wigs and Lashes in Beneath the Makeup

A handful of film students at Temple University are set to screen a new documentary that takes a look at what it’s like to be a drag queen […]

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DJ Carl Michaels Presents: 10 Anthems to Take You Bopping Into the New Year

Here we are again kids: another year. I have heard some people say 2014 was a great year, some said it sucked, some were indifferent. […]

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NMAJH Kicks Off LGBT Storytelling Project, and Other Reasons It’s a Good Time to Be Gay and Jewish in Philly

There’s an exciting momentum in Philadelphia’s LGBTQ Jewish community that is being highlighted by two major projects: the National History of Jewish American History (NMAJH) is […]

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Gay Guide to New Year’s Eve in Philadelphia

If you’re the type who likes to paint the town pink on New Year’s Eve, this guide should have you covered. We scoured all Philadelphia’s […]

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WATCH: Songbird Contestant Proposes to His Boyfriend On Stage at Tabu

Songbird: Josh Schonewolf’s Philly singing competition that births local celebrities, a few jaded hearts … and now holy matrimony! Wednesday night, contestant Robert Alexander took to […]