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Politics & Policy

Bills would boost gender-neutral bathroom access at Philly City Hall, charter schools

City Councilwoman Helen Gym introduced two bills to advance gender-neutral accommodations in Philadelphia schools and City Hall itself.

7 years ago

(Kriston Jae Bethel/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

Philly Pride: 31 moments of celebration from the 2019 rainbow parade

Even Gritty showed up to twirl a colorful flag.

7 years ago

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YouTube's decision not to ban a right-wing vlogger for targeting a gay journalist has rekindled debates around hate speech, censorship, and whether companies
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Is YouTube doing enough to stop harassment of LGBTQ content creators?

YouTube announced it will be taking steps to remove supremacist content and re-examine its anti-harassment policy following days of backlash.

7 years ago

(Facebook/Free Mom Hugs PA)
Community
Billy Penn

These moms are coming to Philly Pride for everyone who needs a hug

There’s few things as comforting as a warm, maternal embrace.

7 years ago

Scene from Philadelphia's 30th annual PrideDay on Sunday, June 10, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

Philly Pride is ready for its TV debut

On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Philadelphia’s Pride parade will be taped for a future broadcast.

7 years ago

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Amber Hikes is the executive director of the Mayor's Office of LGBT Affairs for the City of Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Philly liaison to LGBTQ community talks about her worst fear and big goals

Ahead of Philly Pride, Amber Hikes, director of Philadelphia’s Office of LGBT Affairs, talks about her fear of failure and her goal to unite the diverse community.

7 years ago

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Philly AIDS Thrift in Queen Village (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

Philly Pride shopping guide: Where to support LGBTQ businesses

Since the city doesn’t keep track, we crowdsourced a map.

7 years ago

Annual Reminder picketers march outside Independence Hall on July 4, 1965. (Photo courtesy of Temple Urban Archives)
The Why
Community

Before Stonewall and Pride, Philly staged LGBTQ protests

Before the Stonewall riots, there was another — very different — group of gay and lesbian protests called the Annual Reminders in Philadelphia.

Air Date: June 5, 2019

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In this Wednesday, May 15, 2019, photo a mother Peregrine Falcon guards her baby and nest on the City Hall Tower, after peregrine falcon banding in Philadelphia. (Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup – 06/03/19

This week: SCOTUS rejects transgender bathroom appeal, Pa.'s role in polluting the Chesapeake Bay, and the peregrine falcon comes back from the brink of extinction.

Air Date: May 27, 2019 10:00 am

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Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the Human Rights Campaign Columbus, Ohio Dinner at Ohio State University Saturday, June 1, 2019. (Paul Vernon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Biden declares LGBTQ rights his No. 1 legislative priority

Joe Biden declared Saturday that the Equality Act would be a legislative priority, an effort to enshrine LGBTQ protections into labor and civil right laws.

7 years ago

The Rainbow Flag flies beneath the American flag at the Stonewall National Monument, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, in New York. The Rainbow Flag, an international symbol of LGBT liberation and pride, was flown for the first time at the monument. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)
Community

Police: Motorist hits Delaware gay pride parade organizer

Police say a 90-year-old Delaware man refused to detour around a gay pride parade and plowed into an organizer trying to wave him away.

7 years ago

Roger Severino, director of the Office for Civil Rights, announced Friday a new proposed rule rolling back anti-discrimination protections for transgender patients. Those protections had been written in 2016 but enjoined in court. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump administration proposes rule to reverse protections for transgender patients

The federal Department of Health and Human Services is proposing to roll back an Obama-era policy intended to protect transgender people from discrimination in health care.

7 years ago

Michelle 'Tamika' Washington (Facebook/Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs)
Courts & Law
The Philadelphia Tribune

Police arrest man in North Philly shooting of black transgender woman

Philadelphia Police have made an arrest in the Sunday morning murder of a popular longtime transgender rights advocate.

7 years ago

Julie Goodridge (left) and Hillary Goodridge were the face of the movement to legalize same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. They got married on May 17, 2004, just hours after that state became the first in America to allow same-sex marriage. (Winslow Townson/AP)
NPR
Community

How making history unmade a family

Fifteen years ago Friday, Hillary and Julie Goodridge married amid great fanfare and great protests.

7 years ago

Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, flanked by Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., (left), and Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., speaks to advocates for LGBTQ rights as they rally before a vote in the House on the 'Equality Act of 2019,' sweeping anti-discrimination legislation that would extend civil rights protections to LGBT people by prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2019. Cicilline is the chief sponsor of the bill to protect LGBTQ rights. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

House approves sweeping bill to expand gay rights

Called the Equality Act, the bill is a top priority of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said it will bring the nation "closer to equal liberty and justice for all."

7 years ago

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