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LGBTQ nonprofit Attic Youth Center / Brendan Taliaferro, founder and CEO of The Homeward Initiative July 25, 2019 A new intervention for LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness In honor of turning…
Despite Hahnemann University Hospital announcing it will close by Sept. 6 due to “financial difficulties,” an LGBTQ-focused health center will open and the medical center’s Transgender Fellowship Training Program — among the first of its kind in the United States — will live on at a new home.
TransWork, an employment program for trans, nonbinary and gender nonconforming job seekers and entrepreneurs, held its inaugural job fair Tuesday in partnership with Philadelphia International Airport.
A local engagement project focused on finding solutions to issues that affect diverse communities through facilitated conversations kicked off its third year on Friday.
A new app aimed at connecting LGBTQ Philadelphians with queer-competent, affordable health care providers is launching early next month, just in time for OutFest, the nation’s largest National Coming Out Day event on Oct. 13.
A community organizer founded Philadelphia Asian & Queer, a volunteer-run social organization that aims to create a sense of community among LGBTQIA-plus Asian Pacific Islander people.
August 29, 2019 A traveling exhibit exploring the histories of Pennsylvania municipalities that have fought for LGBTQIA-plus nondiscrimination ordinances will be on display at the William Way LGBT Community Center’s…
LGBTQ nonprofit Attic Youth Center / Brendan Taliaferro, founder and CEO of The Homeward Initiative July 25, 2019 A new intervention for LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness In honor of turning…
Photo: Ivy, a Young Artist Program participant, made a quilt symbolizing identifying as bisexual, African-American and female. August 22, 2019 At the end of her third year in high school,…
August 21, 2019 Philadelphia’s Police Commissioner Richard Ross, Jr. resigned Tuesday amid allegations of sexual harassment and race and gender discrimination within the law enforcement department that were waged in a…
Paul, a participant in the Hidden Lives Illuminated project, watches his animation sequence play in a zoetrope cylinder during class at the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Chester. Photo: Richard…
August 19, 2019 The University of Pennsylvania’s Alice Paul Center for Research on Gender, Sexuality and Women is launching an initiative to document the oft-overlooked stories of trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming individuals…
