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Arts & Entertainment

Nicole Dennis-Benn on her new novel, “Patsy”

The critically acclaimed author of "Here Comes the Sun" discusses her new novel, which tackles motherhood, immigration, and sexual identity.

Air Date: July 10, 2019 10:00 am

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This June 26, 2019 photo released by Sony Pictures shows, from left, Angourie Rice, Zach Barack and Remy Hii at the world premiere of
Arts & Entertainment

Marvel’s first openly trans actor calls for more portrayals

Zach Barack plays a classmate of Peter Parker's in "Spider-Man: Far From Home." His gender identity is not addressed in the brief role.

7 years ago

A Center City hotel ballroom is the stage for the 36th LGBT Square Dance Convention. The annual event is organized by the International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Swing those partners: Gay square dancers gather in Philadelphia

The international convention of gay square dancers arrives here for the first time, following the callers’ directions at a Center City hotel.

7 years ago

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Community

Stories of America

Today, we are rebroadcasting stories from our archives about what it means to be American from three different perspectives.

Air Date: July 4, 2019

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Marchers participate in the Queer Liberation March in New York, Sunday, June 30, 2019.  (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Community

50 years of LGBTQ pride showcased in protests, parades

More than 2,000 people gathered Sunday morning outside the bar where patrons resisted a police raid in 1969.

7 years ago

Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart, Faith Work Director for the National LGBTQ Task Force, ministers and advocates for all. (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Naomi Washington-Leapheart: Breaking LGBTQ faith barriers

A Chestnut Hill minister and LGBTQ rights activist is making waves here in the city and across the country.

7 years ago

Mark Segal, publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Stonewall changed Mark Segal from invisible Philly gay kid to visible gay rights advocate

Jennifer Lynn speaks with Mark Segal, publisher of Philadelphia Gay News, about his participation in the Stonewall Riots of 1969.

7 years ago

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In this Wednesday, March 27, 2019, photo, a participant checks in as she arrives for a meeting of the Reclaim Pride Coalition at the Church of the Village in New York. Activists who believe New York City’s annual LGBTQ Pride march has become too commercialized are staging an alternative march the same day. The two marches through Manhattan streets will take place Sunday, June 30, the last day of a month of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Community

Pride or protest? Disillusioned plan their own LGBTQ march

Dissidents believe the annual parade has become too commercialized and decided to split off with their own march.

7 years ago

Deja Lynn Alvarez is a Transgender activist and consulted in coming up with new directive (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly police have new orders for interacting with transgender, nonbinary people

The PPD is rolling out a new policy, which will be one of the most progressive in the country, on how officers interact with transgender and nonbinary people.

7 years ago

FILE - In this July 4, 1967 file photo Kay Tobin Lahusen, right, and other demonstrators carry signs calling for protection of homosexuals from discrimination as they march in a picket line in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. In 2019, same-sex marriage is the law of the land in the U.S. and at least 25 other countries. LGBT Americans serve as governors, big-city mayors and members of Congress, and one _ Pete Buttigieg _ is waging a spirited campaign for president. (AP Photo/John F. Urwiller)
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Remembering Stonewall

Years before the police raids that led to the Stonewall riots, Philadelphia was home to activists and protesters demanding rights for the LGBTQ community.

Air Date: June 25, 2019

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Here to help: (Left to right) Danna Bodenheimer, Walnut Psychotherapy Center founder and director, Gabriel Snell, practice manager, and Biany Pérez, clinical coordinator. (Laura Smythe/Philadelphia Gay News)
Health
Broke in Philly

LGBTQ-focused therapy center offers scholarships for transpeople of color

Lesbian, gay and bisexual adults are more than twice as likely as their non-identifying peers to experience a mental-health condition.

7 years ago

In this Wednesday, June 19, 2019, photo, a visitor to Herald Square takes a photo with the Pride and Joy window display at the Macy's flagship store in New York. For Pride month, retailers across the country are selling goods and services celebrating LGBTQ culture. Macy’s flagship store is adorned with rainbow-colored Pride tribute windows, set in the same space as its famous Christmas displays. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Money

A retail rainbow: Vendors mark LGBTQ Pride on sales racks

Not everyone praises the Pride merchandising, which some see as thinly disguised corporate promotion.

7 years ago

Sephora closiedng its U.S. stores for an hour Wednesday, June 5, 2019. to host inclusion workshops for its employees. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Radio Times
Community

How effective is diversity training?

Many companies require diversity training, but changing people's attitudes and behaviors is challenging. We'll talk about implicit bias, and making inclusive workplaces.

Air Date: June 18, 2019 10:00 am

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FILE - In this Aug. 31, 1970 file photo, an NYPD officer grabs a youth by the hair as another officer clubs a young man during a confrontation in Greenwich Village after a Gay Power march in New York. A year earlier, the June 1969 uprising by young gays, lesbians and transgender people in New York City, clashing with police near a bar called the Stonewall Inn, was a vital catalyst in expanding LGBT activism nationwide and abroad. (AP Photo/File)
Community

50 years after Stonewall, LGBT rights are a work in progress

From the perspective of veteran activists, the progress has been astounding.

7 years ago

Kara McQuillan (left) and  Mac VanTilburg of the Philadelphia Midwife Collective are trying to open Philadelphia's first free-standing birth center in Germantown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Midwives hope Philly’s first free-standing birth center will make inclusive care more accessible

The Philadelphia Midwife Collective has launched a GoFundMe campaign to open a birth center they hope will make inclusive care more accessible.

7 years ago

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