LGBTQ
This week: supervised injection sites get a setback, food and housing insecurity among college students, and Philadelphia's new executive director of LGBT affairs.
Air Date: March 2, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 48:59I’m a queer man of color. Here’s how intersectionality impacts me.
Roberto Valdes, a queer man of color, writes about coming to know the term intersectionality and how it taught him to fully love and express himself.
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Supreme Court to hear Philly dispute over same-sex foster parents
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled the city did not target the agency because of its religious beliefs
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Local organizations collaborate to create LGBTQ housing program
The Homeward Initiative and Valley Youth House are nearing the launch of their housing collaboration Host Homes.
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Transgender women challenge Pa. name change ban for people with criminal records
A Pa. court will consider a legal challenge by three transgender women to a state law that prohibits people who have committed serious felonies from ever changing their names.
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Pa. Senate Dems say they’re tired of some Republicans resisting pro-LGBTQ measures
Over the past three sessions, at least a dozen Democratic-sponsored resolutions related to honoring LGBTQ+ people have failed to pass the state House or Senate.
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City appoints Celena Morrison to lead Office of LGBT Affairs
She will begin the new post on March 2. Morrison will drive the office’s policy work and advise city government on the needs of LGBTQ+ individuals.
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Philly’s Methodist churches are about to split: Some accept LGBTQ people, others banish them
The region’s bishop says she just wants the 100k-person congregation to stay together.
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United Methodist Church announces proposal to split over gay marriage
The United Methodist Church announced a proposal to split the denomination over what it called "fundamental differences" regarding same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy.
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Marvel Cinematic Universe to get first trans character
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said a trans character will appear in a movie that is currently being filmed.
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Huntingdon passes LGBTQ anti-discrimination law, a first for rural Pa.
Rural Pa. borough passes ordinance barring discrimination against LGBTQ people in housing, employment and public accommodation.
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Carmen Maria Machado: “In a Dream House”
Writer Carmen Maria Machado discusses her memoir. "In a Dream House" about her abusive relationship with another woman writer.
Air Date: December 17, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:03Merriam-Webster declares ‘they’ its 2019 word of the year
A common but increasingly mighty and very busy little word, “they,” has an accolade all its own.
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N.J. could be 9th state to ban ‘gay panic’ and ‘trans panic’ defenses in murder cases
Assailants may no longer be able to claim they acted in the heat of the moment when they learned of the victim's sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Wardrobe update: Clothing exchange caters to transgender youth
A simple Facebook post brought Tristan Vaught and Nancy Dawson together. The post asked if gender reveal parties should be reserved for transgender kids when they come out.
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