Racism
Racist Male Model Bryan Christopher Sawyer Speaks: “I Gotta Be Me”
With Philadelphia in shock over video we published on Friday morning showing male model Bryan Christopher Sawyer unloading racial slurs against an African-American woman outside […]
Birth of a Nation, Luke Cage, and the Power of Black Resilience
Over the last couple of years, several amazing reports were released that felt like throwbacks to an earlier America. A 2000 Emory University study that […]
PAFA Art Model Fired After Racist Tirade on Broad Street
UPDATE: New video has emerged that shows yet another awful encounter between Bryan Christopher Sawyer and the woman in the original video. For the full […]
Councilwoman Helen Gym Says This Food Truck Is Racist
First-term Philadelphia City Councilwoman-at-Large Helen Gym has a lot to contend with. A broken school system. A ballooning pension crisis. Rampant poverty. And … a […]
The Man Called the N-Word in the ICandy Video Speaks Out
Ricky Peterson was at work as a nursing assistant at Penn when he first heard about the video. That video. “I received it via text […]
Business at ICandy Has “Severely Dipped” Following Slur Backlash, Says General Manager
In the aftermath of a leaked video showing ICandy owner Darryl DePiano using the n-word repeatedly and DePiano’s subsequent public admission and apology, many Gayborhood […]
Patrons See “Covert Racism” in Recent Enforcement of Woody’s Dress Code
Around midnight on Saturday, September 17th, popular Gayborhood performer Kemar Jewel arrived at Woody’s with some friends to celebrate a successful FringeArts gig he’d just […]
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 […]
LGBTQ&A: Nikki Lopez
Nikki Lopez is a Latinx queer activist who was recently been appointed the new executive director of GALAEI — A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization. […]
OPINION: Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs Should Seriously Address the Gayborhood’s Racial Insensitivity
A little more than a year ago I first shared publicly my experience of dealing with racial insensitivity in the Gayborhood. After that, I took […]
Patrons Claim ICandy Nightclub’s Timberland Boots “Ban” Is Racially Motivated
A series of incidents at the door of popular Gayborhood nightclub ICandy in recent weeks has some black LGBT community members wondering whether the club’s […]
SPLC: Hate Groups Rise in Pa., Wane in N.J.
The number of hate groups in Pennsylvania rose slightly in 2015, a new report says, while dropping greatly in New Jersey. The Southern Poverty Law […]
Controversial Hashtag #TweetLikeAWhiteGay Goes Viral
This past week, diverse members of the LGBTQ community have been sounding off on their experiences with racism using the Twitter hashtag #TweetLikeAWhiteGay, which aims […]
Poll: Is It Time to Forgive Paula Deen?
Just when we had completely forgotten about Paula Deen, she appears to be trying to meander her way back into our lives. Apparently, Deen is […]
Coatesville’s Racist Texting Scandal Yields Federal Whistleblower Lawsuit
In case you’ve forgotten the text messaging scandal that erupted in the Coatesville School District in 2013, allow us to give you the Cliffs Notes […]