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Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.

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Marchers carry an LGBTQ pride flag during the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City in June.
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Senate bill to require sexual orientation, gender identity data by 2030 census

If the Census Equality Act becomes a law, sexual orientation and gender identity questions would have to be added to forms for the census by 2030

7 years ago

The language of Jos Charles' “feeld” is like an artifact from a different time, a kind of “lost Middle English” concieved to describe the trans experience in new ways. Photo by Getty Images
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Arts & Entertainment

To describe the trans experience, this poet created a new dialect

Part science fiction, part medieval reinterpretation, “feeld” by trans poet Jos Charles can feel like a puzzle, making readers work for its meaning.

7 years ago

The capitol building in Harrisburg
Politics & Policy

Will local LGBTQ protections be collateral damage in bid to undo Philly paid sick leave?

A bill in the Pennsylvania legislature that intends to reverse Philadelphia's sick leave ordinance may also affect LGBTQ employment protections.

7 years ago

Scarlett Johansson announced on Friday she is dropping out of the starring role in Rub & Tug, a film about a transgender man who ran an extensive prostitution ring during the 1970s and '80s. (Jordan Strauss/Invision)
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Arts & Entertainment

Amid backlash, Scarlett Johansson drops transgender role

"In light of recent ethical questions raised surrounding my casting as Dante Tex Gill, I have decided to respectfully withdraw my participation in the project," Johansson said

7 years ago

Flags hang in the windows of the headquarters of Feminist Apparel in Somerdale, New Jersey. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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In wake of #MeToo, Feminist Apparel workers fired after speaking out against sexual harassment

On the afternoon of June 21, Kerri Grogan was managing the social media account for Feminist Apparel when a notification popped up. ...

7 years ago

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (Noah K. Murray/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Transgender people in N.J. can now alter birth certificates without doctor signing off

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law this week permitting transgender people to change the gender listed on the document by simply filling out a form.

7 years ago

Veterans Sue McConnell (left) and Kristyn Weed bonded quickly after meeting at a weekly VA transgender support group.
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2 transgender veterans find courage — and sisterhood — off the battlefield

In a recent StoryCorps conversation, the two veterans talk about how they found support through one another.

7 years ago

A proposed constitutional amendment in Delaware seeks to safeguard the
Education

Transgender rights battle spurs Delaware GOP to seek Constitutional amendment for ‘parental rights’

Gov. John Carney’s attempts to create an anti-bias policy in Delaware schools that would protect all children, especially transgender o ...

7 years ago

Philadelphia Museum of Art Assistant Curator Michelle Millar Fisher hangs a rainbow flag marking the 40th anniversary of the unfurling of the original at the Gay Freedom Day Parade in San Francisco on June 25, 1978. The flag was designed by Gilbert Baker, who referred to himself as the
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Designing a movement: The rainbow flag turns 40

The rainbow flag — the icon of the LGBTQ movement for 40 years — comes to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

7 years ago

A view inside the Up Stairs bar following a fire that left 32 dead and several more injured, seen on June 25, 1973. Most of the victims were found near the windows in the background. (Jack Thornell/AP)
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Community

In 1973, an arson killed 32 people at a gay bar. For years, it was forgotten

It was 45 years ago this Sunday that one of the worst attacks on the LGBTQ community left 32 people dead.

7 years ago

Amber Hikes is Executive Director of the Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philly LGBT Affairs leader addresses sobering and celebratory matters this Pride Month

Morning Edition host, Jennifer Lynn, talks with Amber Hikes, director of Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs about Pride Month and other issues on her desk.

7 years ago

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

Thousands of people celebrated the LGBTQ community on Sunday in a parade marking Philadelphia's 30th annual PrideDay.

7 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Delaware votes to ban conversion therapy

The state House passed legislation 24-14 to prevent conversion therapy treatments on children — making Delaware the 13th state to do so.

7 years ago

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Philly pride, a wedding cake and the supreme court

Guests: Evan Thornburg, David Cole This week the Supreme Court decided in favor of the Colorado baker who refused ...

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A performer at last year's Juice: A Summerfest for Queer/Trans Women of Color. The event, hosted at Life Do Grow Farm in North Philadelphia, aims to create a more inclusive Pride. (Photo: Shanel Edwards)
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Celebrate Pride Month by returning to its roots – June 2018

The first Pride was a protest, not a party. After the parade, check out some of these events, which honor the political roots of the festival.

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