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Health

Temple study finds adults who got gender-affirming surgeries happy with results, not the process

As governments try to limit gender-affirming surgeries for adults, researchers looked at how the process can be better for those who can get them.

4 days ago

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A 2025 Progress Pride Flag
Community
Billy Penn

City officials respond to backlash against heavy police involvement at Philly Pride

“That is not us,” police commissioner Kevin J. Bethel said, rejecting claims that the department is hostile to Philadelphia’s LGBTQ+ community.

4 days ago

Malcom Kenyatta, Pennsylvania State Representative and Democratic National Committee Vice Chair, introduces Joe Biden
Community

Joe Biden and Philadelphia trailblazers recognized for LGBTQ+ advocacy at annual Stonewall Awards ceremony

The annual Pride Month ceremony recognizes Philadelphia leaders for their LGBTQ+ advocacy.

6 days ago

Many people holding up a massive Pride flag
Community
Billy Penn

Pride Month is here: Philly has a lots of events planned to celebrate

There are a lot of ways you celebrate the LGBTQ+ communities around the city. Here is your guide.

1 week ago

Martha Graham Cracker
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Beloved Philadelphia drag performer Martha Graham Cracker has died

Born Dito van Reigersberg, the singer, actor and cabaret star was a fixture of the city’s arts and LGBTQ+ communities.

2 weeks ago

LGBTQ Heroes paint day at club Voyeur
Community
Billy Penn

Five queer Philadelphians are getting their due with a lush, floral mural in the heart of the Gayborhood

Artist Santiago Galeas talks honoring LGBTQ+ trailblazers through community outreach.

2 months ago

Emma Copley Eisenberg (photo credit: Kenzi Crash)
Studio 2
Arts & Entertainment

Studio 2 Extra: Philly author Emma Copley Eisenberg

Studio 2 co-host Avi Wolfman-Arent sits down with Eisenberg to hear why bodies deserve more lines in literature and why "fat" is often the best descriptor.

Air Date: April 24, 2026 1:30 pm

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Thousands of people march through Center City to the Gayborhood for Philly Pride 365
Community

Philly Pride Festival moves to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for 2026

Philadelphia Pride 2026 will be held Sunday, June 7, with live shows, food trucks and LGBTQ+ vendors. Tickets go on sale next month for $10.

2 months ago

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A production of Hansel and Gretel
Community
Billy Penn

It’s about to be PrideAF. More on Philly’s new queer art festival

Philly’s LGBTQ+ opera singers, drag artists and performers are coming together for a celebratory lineup of June shows.

2 months ago

Julia Harris (left) and Clover Gilfor (right), partners and co-owners of Val’s lesbian bar
Community
Billy Penn

‘Have fun and feel free’: Val’s brings Philly’s lesbian bar drought to an end

Philly’s queer community showed up big on Wednesday night to celebrate Philly’s first lesbian bar since the Toasted Walnut closed in 2021.

3 months ago

The William Way LGBT Community Center
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘Not salvageable’: Inside William Way’s decision to build a new Center City headquarters

The nonprofit plans to demolish its longtime home on Spruce Street to make way for a new building that will also feature affordable apartments.

3 months ago

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Neil Frauenglass of Visit Philadelphia speaks at the grand opening of Philly Pride Visitor Center
Community

Philadelphia opens an LGBTQ+ tourism center in the Gayborhood

The Philly Pride Visitor Center offers advice for things to explore in the city and across Pennsylvania, along with a serving of local LGBTQ+ history.

4 months ago

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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane
Arts & Entertainment

Father James Martin’s ‘Work in Progress’

Father James Martin is one of the country’s most popular and well-known Jesuit priest ...

Air Date: February 6, 2026 12:00 pm

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Jeff Pfieffer as Herschel, Tommy Sullivan-Lovett and Eliza Waterman rehearsing
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

A Harvard future reckons with a South Philly past in ‘Gemini’

Philly playwright Albert Innaurato’s classic comedy comes home in a production that finds familiarity, love and tension in a queer reckoning.

4 months ago

The entrance to a school building
Education

Trump administration investigates Great Valley School District over transgender sports policies

The U.S. Department of Education’s probe into the Chester County school district is one of 18 new investigations against educational institutions across the country.

5 months ago

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