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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Tatyana Woodard tests space to hang art at Ark of Safety, a new North Philly shelter for LGBTQ people. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

A shelter just for LGBTQ people: Ark of Safety is opening in North Philadelphia

With a dozen beds plus support services, the new sanctuary is targeting a mid-September launch.

3 years ago

Michael Hinson speaks at a vigil
Community
Billy Penn

Remembering Michael Hinson, one of Philly’s most beloved LGBTQ community leaders

The activist and advocate has died at 55 years old.

3 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022
Courts & Law

Mia Green’s killer convicted of third-degree murder

The 2020 shooting in Philadelphia is part of an alarming rise in violence against transgender women.

3 years ago

Jordyn Brooks poses for a photo
Education
Billy Penn

What it’s like to be a trans kid going back to school in Philly

The district’s policy doesn’t always stop bullying or discrimination, but students also find support among classmates.

3 years ago

The LGBTQ flag flying alongside Pennsylvania's.
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Pa. took a step toward limiting ‘conversion therapy’ — but the traumatic practice isn’t actually banned

What Gov. Wolf’s decree means for LGBTQ Pennsylvanians.

3 years ago

A visitor checks in at a pop-up monkeypox vaccination site in California.
Health

How should we talk about monkeypox? Local experts say tailoring public health messaging is a balancing act

Monkeypox has sparked a debate on how to recognize its disproportionate impact on LGBTQ communities in a non-stigmatizing way.

3 years ago

Alex Smith looks at the camera and holds his comic book in front of him.
Arts & Entertainment

Kapow! Gay, Black superheroes take on fatphobia while saving an Afrofuturistic Philly

Black, gay, and heavy superheroes save an Afrofuturistic Philly in the new Alex Smith/James Dillenbeck comic "Black Vans."

3 years ago

Two people holds a pink balloon in front of a pile of burnt wreckage.
NPR
Health

How gender-affirming care may be impacted when clinics that offer abortions close

After a Planned Parenthood in Knoxville, Tenn., burned down in January, patients relying on gender-affirming care scrambled to find support elsewhere.

3 years ago

Parents, students and teachers rallied ahead of the Central Bucks School District’s vote to remove books perceived to have sexualized content from their libraries outside the district’s headquarters in Doylestown on July 26, 2022.
Education

‘It’s just getting worse.’ Central Bucks passes policy censoring class materials with ‘sexualized content’

The Central Bucks policy “effectively bans human development and sex education in the schools,” one expert said.

3 years ago

Prevention Point on the left, and a homeless shelter on the right, at the intersection of Kensington Ave. and Monmouth Street. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

New GoFundMe supports ex-Prevention Point workers who called out dangerous conditions and harassment

“It became extremely apparent that the survivors were really suffering,” said one of the fundraiser’s organizers.

3 years ago

Pennridge School District (Google maps)
Education

Pennridge proposed policy on student expression goes ‘way further than anything I have ever seen’ ACLU lawyer says

The Pennridge school board is considering a policy that would limit the “nonschool materials” students can share in school and online.

4 years ago

In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., speaks at a candidates forum in Tarentum, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Politics & Policy

Rep. Glenn Thompson says no to gay marriage, attends son’s same-sex wedding

Thompson's office says he and his wife are “very happy to welcome their new son-in-law into their family.”

4 years ago

A close-up of a transgender rights flag.
Courts & Law

N.J. advocacy groups say U.S. courts are ‘turning this country back’ on transgender rights

The founder of the Trans Affirming Alliance called the federal court ruling that prevents the DOE from enforcing rules protecting trans youth “an attack on our children.”

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Homosexuality finally removed from Pa. Crimes Code after being first discovered in Upper Darby

The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed House Bill 2125 last week and Governor Tom Wolf signed it into law on Monday. Upper Darby played a huge role in making this happen.

4 years ago

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Education

Lancaster County school district adopts athletic policy limiting how transgender students can participate in team sports

All students must now compete according to their sex assigned at birth, according to the updated policy.

4 years ago

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