LGBTQ
Two new bars in the Gayborhood are owned by people of color, marking a major shift
Said one proprietor of telling people his place is brown-owned: “You wouldn’t believe the number of people who are shocked.”
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LGBTQ adults are facing hunger at almost twice the rate as others, new data shows
LGBT adults living in the U.S. are nearly twice as likely to be experiencing food insecurity during the pandemic than non-LGBT adults, according to new survey data.
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The organization's former executive director is currently running for mayor of a Delaware County town.
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How a gay community helped the CDC spot a COVID outbreak — and learn more about delta
The CDC has a lot of ways to pick up on COVID-19 outbreaks, but those methods often take a while to bear fruit. Not so with the Provincetown, Mass., cluster.
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Canadian soccer player Quinn becomes the first out trans and nonbinary gold medalist
Canadian soccer player Quinn has just made Olympic history.
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The first music festival to drop DaBaby was a Philly concert at the Mann
Questlove also crossed off the rapper after his homophobic comments.
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‘Love and Oblivion’: An art exhibit that leans into a life with no future
The exhibition at Slought features sculpture, video, installation, painting, and performance works from several artists speaking to one person’s vision.
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Friends and family honor the life of Dominique Rem’mie Fells with a big West Philly block party
Instead of a vigil, this year’s event is a celebration.
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Openly LGBTQ Olympians would rank 14th in medal wins if they were a country
If all of the publicly out LGBTQ athletes at the Olympics represented a country under a single rainbow flag they'd be coming in 14th in the world for their medal count.
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Philadelphia man sentenced to 25 years in prison for murdering transgender woman
Troy Bailey was convicted of third-degree murder and other offenses in May for fatally shooting Michelle “Tamika” Washington.
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Reinventing Philly’s Pride Parade: What happens next?
A new group is working to create a celebration that’s affordable, representative, and inclusive — without police.
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LGBTQ characters got more movie screen time in 2020, GLAAD study finds
A good portion of these were serious, substantial characters too — 80 percent of these movies had LGBTQ characters with over 10 minutes of screen time.
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The incident has prompted questions about the legality, or at least the wisdom, of an administrator stopping a student speech celebrating diversity in 2021.
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New U.S. LGBTQ-rights envoy sees reasons for hope and worry
Jessica Stern, soon to become the State Department's special diplomatic envoy for LGBTQ rights, sees a mix of promising news and worrisome developments almost everywhere.
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Murphy appoints first openly gay attorney general in New Jersey history
Andrew Bruck will take over after Gurbir Grewal departs for the federal government in July. Bruck will be the state’s first openly gay attorney general.
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