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Pa. Health Secretary Rachel Levine gained renown as the face of the commonwealth's COVID response. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health
Billy Penn

Philly trans leaders burst with pride over Biden’s historic pick of Pa.’s Rachel Levine

The Pa. health secretary would be the first openly transgender federal official confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine addresses the press in Harrisburg.
Politics & Policy

Biden picks Pa.’s Dr. Levine to be assistant health secretary

Levine would the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

5 years ago

Artist Tish Urquhart put up her Casarez tribute Wednesday morning. Thursday evening, it was gone. LEFT: KIMBERLY PAYNTER / WHYY; RIGHT: TISH URQUHART
Community
Billy Penn

Someone tore down the new tribute to LGBTQ activist Gloria Casarez within 48 hours

The building owner said they expected the artwork to remain up until at least the end of the month.

5 years ago

Tiff Urquhart and her new wheatpaste of late LGBTQ activist Gloria Casarez
Community
Billy Penn

Down the block from the whitewashed mural, a colorful new Gloria Casarez tribute

Queer artist Tiff Urquhart eased her pain by installing a wheatpaste of the LGBTQ icon.

5 years ago

Antentor Hinton Jr. inside a science lab
Science

`We have been here, we have always been here’: Town hall event to celebrate Black, queer scientists

In panels running Tuesday through Friday, Black queer scientists will talk about their experiences, research, and advice for those coming after them.

5 years ago

The Gloria Casarez mural as it was being erased
Community
Billy Penn

The unexpectedly short history of the Gloria Casarez mural, whitewashed from the Gayborhood

Developers have apologized for painting over the image of the groundbreaking LGBTQ activist.

6 years ago

The Gloria Casarez mural by Michelle Angela Ortiz at 12th and Locust streets was painted over on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. (Photo by Steve Weinik/Mural Arts)
Community

Iconic mural of Latina LGBTQ activist painted over

In Philly’s Gayborhood, the face of Latina LGBTQ activist Gloria Casarez has been painted over with white.

6 years ago

Listen 1:18
In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington where the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the first case of LGBT rights since the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Politics & Policy

Biden plans swift moves to protect and advance LGBTQ rights

In many cases, the measures would reverse executive actions by President Donald Trump, whose administration took numerous steps to weaken protections for transgender people.

6 years ago

Democrat Sarah McBride is the first transgender person to be elected to Delaware's General Assembly. (Courtesy of Friends of Sarah McBride)
The Why
Politics & Policy

Delaware’s new class of LGBTQ representatives

The DE legislature will swear in 3 members of the LGBTQ community. Queer Delawareans say that representation is important for protecting increasingly-threatened rights.

Air Date: November 23, 2020

Listen 13:40
The Gloria Casarez mural by Michelle Angela Ortiz at 12th and Locust streets was painted over on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. (Photo by Steve Weinik/Mural Arts)
Community

This year’s Transgender Day of Remembrance is organized by a Black trans survivor of violence

Despite the pandemic, the annual Philadelphia event will go on and memorialize trans people whose lives were cut short by violence.

6 years ago

Tatyana Woodard of Philly's Mazzoni Center, a trans woman, has encouraged the Pa. Legislature to pass laws that would protect transgender people. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Philly’s surprising arrest rate in reported violence against trans women this year: 100%

These kinds of cases are likely under-counted, however, thanks to a fraught relationship with police.

6 years ago

Rev. Fritz Fowler (center) marries Ted Sayland (left) and Rusty McCarty (right) in 2018. (Courtesy of Abigail Townsend Photography)
Courts & Law

LGBTQ community relieved at Biden win, but worry SCOTUS could jeopardize rights

While members of the LGBTQ community are relieved at Joe Biden’s win, there’s still concern the new-look Supreme Court could threaten their rights.

6 years ago

Listen 2:19
Stephanie Byers, pictured here as a 2018 GLSEN Educator of the Year, won her 2020 race for the Kansas state House of Representatives. (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for GLSEN)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trans and nonbinary candidates set record wins in red and blue states

Openly trans candidates were elected, or reelected, in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, New Hampshire and Vermont.

6 years ago

Rachel Garcia and Ariel Harmon-lede
Politics & Policy

‘Someone who is fighting for me’: Delaware’s LGBTQ community reacts to new political representation

Delaware’s LGBTQ community celebrates the election of the first transgender person, first openly gay man, and its second lesbian woman, in the General Assembly.

6 years ago

Listen 1:58
The Supreme Court is seen on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Washington.
Courts & Law

A more conservative Supreme Court hears Philly same-sex foster parent case

Catholic Social Services, which is affiliated with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, says its religious views keep it from certifying same-sex couples as foster parents.

6 years ago

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