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.
LGBTQ-focused therapy center offers scholarships for transpeople of color
HERE TO HELP: (Left to right) Danna Bodenheimer, Walnut Psychotherapy Center founder and director, Gabriel Snell, practice manager, and Biany Pérez, clinical coordinator. Photo: Laura Smythe June 20, 2019 The…
After controversy, NJ school embraces LGBTQ-inclusive studies
June 20, 2019 A New Jersey charter school has volunteered to pilot the state’s upcoming LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum after a controversy last month resulting from covering up a student’s Pride mural…
Local org documents Presbyterian LGBTQ history
June 20, 2019 When David Smith was a kid, his pastor asked him to read Psalm 139 in front of his congregation, inspiring Smith to become ordained himself. The scripture…
Out deputy sheriff, LGBTQ liaison and activist found dead
Dante Austin at the 2018 Delaware Valley Legacy Fund HEROES Awards Brunch, where he won the Individual Hero award. June 7, 2019 Out Deputy Sheriff Dante Austin, 27, was found dead…
Suspect in slaying of transwoman and activist to stand trial
June 5, 2019 The North Philadelphia man charged with murdering transwoman and activist Tameka Michelle Washington last month signed a statement saying he shot her during an altercation surrounding an…
Vigil commemorates Michelle ‘Tamika’ Washington, transwoman and activist
Mikal Woods holds a candle at the vigil for Michelle “Tamika” Washington. Photo: Laura Smythe May 24, 2019 When Michelle “Tamika” Washington’s younger sister, Crystal Davis, was sad she couldn’t…
Transwoman shot to death in North Philadelphia on Sunday
May 20, 2019 Michelle Washington, a transwoman of color, was shot to death in the early hours of Sunday, May 19. The incident took place on the 3400 block of…
