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Children play at Kelly Pool in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Outdoors

Philly pools open amid hopes of improvement

This weekend, over 70 outdoor public pools and splash pads in Philadelphia opened for the season. Philly is home to the oldest and one of ...

8 years ago

Lydia Liberto runs with her dog on the beach after Hurricane Irene, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Ventnor City, N.J. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
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Economic Development
New Jersey
Public Spaces

Ventnor welcomes beach replenishment, after a fashion

Project delays are usually a source of irritation or inconvenience. But at the start of beach season, one New Jersey shore town is happy ...

8 years ago

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Speak Easy
LGBTQ
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You are the most important person in your life

Oscar Wilde gave us all some sage advice when he said, "Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."

8 years ago

 'I looked up at a canopy of leaves and saw not the leaves but the light filtering through them.' (Image courtesy of Rachel Swenarton)
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LGBTQ
Religion

Coming out, and coming back in

Unlike the path of worship and scripture and virtues, my journey in sexuality has no separate and distinct start and finish. They are the same.

8 years ago

 Overnight tractor trailer accident jams traffic in Delaware (photo courtesy of DelDOT)
Delaware
Streets & Roads

Overnight tractor trailer crash snarls traffic in Delaware

After almost nine hours of cleanup, all lanes of I-95 northbound in Delaware have finally been reopened. A tractor trailer carryin ...

8 years ago

 The author is shown with her 'twin flame.' (Image courtesy of Lorin Jackson)
Speak Easy
LGBTQ
Sex & Relationships

Plenty of fish, but very few keepers

Some people even say that if you identify as bisexual, like me, you really shouldn't have any obstacles in finding a partner, because you just have so many options. 

8 years ago

Children play a game of tug of war at Eid al-Fitr festivities in FDR Park in South Philadelphia, Sunday, June 25, 2017. (Annie Risemberg for NewsWorks)
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Philadelphia
Religion

Philly Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr with outdoor celebrations [photos]

For many years, large public prayer gatherings have been held on Eid al-Fitr in Clara Muhammad Square, which is adjacent to a large mosqu ...

8 years ago

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Speak Easy
Gender
LGBTQ

When a stranger stares, it isn’t always what it seems

The road to transition for the transgender person can be long and hard with many ups and downs. It’s too easy after one or two bruising encounters to tend to assume the worst.

8 years ago

 Community members pay hold signs saying 'Justice for Nabra' and 'Stop Profiling Muslims' during a candlelight vigil held in Philadelphia for Nabra Hassanen, the 17-year-old Muslim woman from Sterling, Va., who was beaten to death with a baseball bat early on June 18. (Danielle Fox for NewsWorks)
Philadelphia

Philly vigil marks death of Va. woman, calls for stopping profiling of Muslims

A few dozen people gathered at Philadelphia City Hall Tuesday evening to mourn the passing of Nabra Hassanen, the 17-year-old Muslim woma ...

8 years ago

 The author is shown with his younger brother Marcus (foreground) on his 21st birthday. (Image courtesy of James Jones)
Speak Easy
Home & Family
LGBTQ

The unexpected joys of learning from my younger gay brother

Traditionally, you are supposed to learn from your older siblings. However, sometimes, learning goes in the other direction.

8 years ago

Speak Easy
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Sex & Relationships

Leading Philadelphia’s response to relational violence through Shared Safety

Before Women Against Abuse was founded over 40 years ago, victims of violent relationships across Philadelphia suffered in silence. Domes ...

8 years ago

 The 6200 block of Osage Avenue was the site of a 1985 bombing in Philadelphia. The final location of a marker remembering the MOVE bombing is not yet known. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
History
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Site for marker memorializing MOVE tragedy still not pinned down

At a Saturday afternoon ceremony in West Philadelphia, officials will unveil a state historical marker detailing the 1985 MOVE bombing, o ...

8 years ago

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A marcher uses the newly adopted, Philly-introduced pride flag the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)
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LGBTQ
Philadelphia

Philly shows its colors in 2017 LGBT Pride Parade

Since 1972 Philadelphia has been celebrating gay pride and the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots with a parade, but for many young ...

8 years ago

 The author, right, stands with a mentor, Father Gordon Reid, at Easter. (Image courtesy of Josh Kruger)
Speak Easy
LGBTQ
Religion

Being queer, I never thought I’d find God; then he found me

I grew up thinking that I wasn't allowed to love or praise God precisely because I am gay. Yet, God kept appearing in my life.

8 years ago

 The author is shown, second from left, at the premiere of the 2001 film version of 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch.' (Image courtesy of Alejandro Morales)
Speak Easy
LGBTQ
Performing Arts

I found joy and wholeness in ’90s queer rock of ‘Hedwig & the Angry Inch’

I'd graduated from high school in a small town two hours north of New York City, and had decided that musical theater was my passion. It wasn't.

8 years ago

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