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LGBTQ

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Community
Billy Penn

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.”

5 years ago

A lesbian couple hold hands during the annual Gay Pride rally, on June 8, 2007. Recent survey data shows that LGBTQ adults in the U.S. are more likely to report higher rates of food and economic insecurity. (David Silverman/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

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.

5 years ago

People march in the 2019 pride parade
Community
Billy Penn

Philly Pride parade nonprofit owed thousands to the city when it imploded, and left vendors out to dry

The organization's former executive director is currently running for mayor of a Delaware County town.

5 years ago

A data scientist working in tech, Michael Donnelly became an amateur COVID-19 watcher early in the pandemic. When his vaccinated friends started getting sick following July Fourth festivities in Provincetown, Mass., he documented more than 50 breakthrough cases that ultimately led the CDC to changing its guidance on masking. (Jason LeCras for NPR)
NPR
Health

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.

5 years ago

Canada's midfielder Quinn warms up prior to the Tokyo Olympics women's final soccer match between Sweden and Canada on Aug. 6. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Canadian soccer player Quinn becomes the first out trans and nonbinary gold medalist

Canadian soccer player Quinn has just made Olympic history.

5 years ago

Rapper DaBaby in 2019; The Mann Center in Fairmount Park
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

The first music festival to drop DaBaby was a Philly concert at the Mann

Questlove also crossed off the rapper after his homophobic comments.

5 years ago

A series of portraits by John Carlo Dionisio depict Ashani Oblivion, a character conceived by Zay Ali and portrayed by Arien Wilkerson. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘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.

5 years ago

A mural in honor of Dominique Rem'mie Fells at Graffiti Pier, created by artist Jeannine Kayembe-Oro WHOLISTIC.ART
Community
Billy Penn

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.

5 years ago

British Olympic diver Tom Daley won his first gold medal on Monday after competing in three other Olympic games. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)
NPR
Community

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.

5 years ago

Rev. Andrea Harrington comforts Crystal Davis, with a speaker standing at a podium in the background
Courts & Law

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.

5 years ago

Maso Kibble, Diamond Anthony, Jessica Kallup, Manny Frank-Lampon, Rich Frank-Lampon, André Henson aka Alzei Barbei Mizrahi, Elicia Gonzales, Jamaal Henderson, Abdul-Aliy Muhammad.
Community
Billy Penn

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.

5 years ago

Billy Porter and Tiffany Haddish in Like a Boss. GLAAD called Porter's character, Barrett,
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

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.

5 years ago

Bryce Dershem holds up his graduation cap, which features a fist on top of a trans pride flag
Education

N.J. principal’s attempt to censor queer valedictorian exposes gaps in how educators treat LGBTQ students

The incident has prompted questions about the legality, or at least the wisdom, of an administrator stopping a student speech celebrating diversity in 2021.

5 years ago

An LGBTQ pride flag flies in Pennsylvania.
Politics & Policy

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.

5 years ago

Andrew Bruck (Office of AG)
Courts & Law

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.

5 years ago

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