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Kenney Announces New Commission on LGBT Affairs
A week after Mayor Jim Kenney made his first-ever public statement addressing incidents of racism in the city’s LGBTQ community, his office has now officially […]
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Protesters Criticize Kenney, Fitzpatrick at OutFest Kickoff
Minutes after Jim Kenney made his first public statement about Gayborhood racism during the seventh-annual LBGT pride flag-raising at City Hall on Sunday, protesters from […]
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Human Relations Commission Orders Gayborhood Bar Owners to Attend Hearing
The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations (PCHR) announced on Friday night that it had issued subpoenas to “all of the bar owners in the ‘gayborhood’” […]
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Nellie Fitzpatrick on the Next Steps in Addressing Gayborhood Racism
A month ago, after a number of stories detailing numerous complaints of alleged racism at Gayborhood establishments, I called on the Office of LGBT Affairs […]