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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

Eric Morrison appears with supporters outside a polling location on Election Day.
Politics & Policy

Delaware General Assembly gains largest LGBTQ representation in history

For the first time in state history, Delaware elects three members of the LGBTQ community to serve in the General Assembly.

6 years ago

Listen 1:57
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester speaks with Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, members of the clergy and community leaders at Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Del., Monday, June 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

Democrats sweep Delaware races for governor and Congress

Democratic incumbent Gov. Carney, U.S. Rep. Rochester and U.S. Sen. Coons reelected in blue state.

6 years ago

In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 file photo, transgender activist Sarah McBride, who hopes to win a seat in the Delaware Senate, campaigns at the Claymont Boys & Girls Club in Claymont, Del. (AP Photo/Jason Minto)
Politics & Policy

Delaware elects country’s first transgender state senator

Sarah McBride defeated Republican Steve Washington to win the seat that became open following the retirement of the longest-serving legislator in Delaware history.

6 years ago

Patrick Grubb and Ramona Pellerito outside Saint Monica Parish in South Philly
Community

Philly Catholics process pope’s call for legal protections of same-sex unions

Some of the Philly area’s 4 million Catholics say it’s “long overdue,” and a reflection of the church’s teaching on the “dignity of the human person.”

6 years ago

Amede Bennett on their fixer-upper boat
Community

Float Jawn: This Philly millennial is building a boat to sail around the country

Amede Bennett, who’s using memes to learn about nautical life, wants the vessel to be a space for the Black queer community.

6 years ago

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience
Community

Pope endorses same-sex civil unions in new documentary film

The papal thumbs up came midway through the documentary “Francesco,” which had its premiere at the Rome Film Festival on Wednesday.

6 years ago

Supreme Court Justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee
Courts & Law

Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies

The private Christian schools effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain that openly LGBTQ teachers weren’t welcome in the classroom.

6 years ago

American chef, author and food critic James Beard is shown in Oct. 1973.  (AP Photo)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

“The Man Who Ate Too Much”

A conversation with food writer John Birdsall about his new biography of culinary giant James Beard.

Air Date: October 20, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:46
Kendall Stephens, a 34-year-old Temple student who advocates for LGBTQ issues
The Why
Courts & Law

New push to boost LGBTQ protections in Pa.

Three Black trans women have been attacked in Philly over the last six months, two of them murdered. But the Pa. hate crimes law doesn't include protections for LGBTQ people.

Air Date: October 19, 2020

Listen 17:03
A person in a banana costume holding a sign that says
Arts & Entertainment

From Snacks to a FEAST: a 12-hour cabaret marathon is coming to your screen

FEAST brings dozens of performers from around the world into a 12-hour online event.

6 years ago

Kendall Stephens testifies in front of the Pa. Senate Majority Policy Committee in October 2020. (Pa. Senate Policy Committee)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Movement for hate crime law? LGBTQ and trans speakers give first ever testimony to PA Senate Republicans

Legislators who heard the speeches were moved, but action is far from certain.

6 years ago

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

No one’s charged with hate crime in Philly trans women murders because Harrisburg won’t pass LGBTQ protections

People in Pa. can even use the outdated “gay panic” defense to justify violence.

6 years ago

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