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LGBTQ

What happens when your voice doesn't match your gender identity?
The Pulse
Health

Vocal therapy helps transgender people find their voice

For some, a new voice is an important part of transitioning.

9 years ago

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An NYU medical student speaks with Bianca Leigh
The Pulse
Health

Rehearsing transgender healthcare

Medical students learn trans care in the classroom and the exam room. Bianca Leigh is playing a character named Tia Lopez. ...

9 years ago

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Students testify in support of the Boyertown Area School District's policy of allowing transgender students to use locker rooms and restrooms that correspond to their gender identity. Four students sued the district, saying their privacy was violated when a transgender boy was allowed to use the same locker room. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Effort to block Boyertown school district’s transgender policy fails

Just in time for the first day of school, a federal judge denied a conservative ...

9 years ago

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 Bonnie Kenney (left) and Cindy Gregory have been placed on leave from their coaching positions with the University of Delaware volleyball team. (photo courtesy University of Delaware)
Education

Ex-UD coaches claim age, sexual orientation led to firings

Two former volleyball coaches are suing the University of Delaware, claiming they were fired based on their age, sexual orientation and m ...

9 years ago

Politics & Policy

Philly high school students learn the art of protest with Mighty Writers

Nia Peterson, 15, drew a depiction of the American flag, but with rainbow colors, representing the LGBTQ community, instead of ...

9 years ago

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 (<a href='https://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-172435466/stock-photo-gender-neutral-restroom-sign-that-says%2C-humans'>John Arehart</a>/Big Stock Photo)
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Dolls? Trucks? I’ll take what’s behind door No. 3

Elissa yearned for a toy truck. She received a pink Jeep, a pale facsimile of what she had in mind. And I have a memory of browsing the a ...

9 years ago

 The author is shown during a recent trip to Savannah, Georgia. (Image courtesy of Adam Alalouf)
Speak Easy
Community

You are the most important person in your life

Oscar Wilde gave us all some sage advice when he said, "Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."

9 years ago

 'I looked up at a canopy of leaves and saw not the leaves but the light filtering through them.' (Image courtesy of Rachel Swenarton)
Speak Easy
Community

Coming out, and coming back in

Unlike the path of worship and scripture and virtues, my journey in sexuality has no separate and distinct start and finish. They are the same.

9 years ago

 The author is shown with her 'twin flame.' (Image courtesy of Lorin Jackson)
Speak Easy
Community

Plenty of fish, but very few keepers

Some people even say that if you identify as bisexual, like me, you really shouldn't have any obstacles in finding a partner, because you just have so many options. 

9 years ago

 (<a href='https://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-38890/stock-photo-red-wine-poured'>CJ</a>/Big Stock Photo)
Speak Easy
Community

When a stranger stares, it isn’t always what it seems

The road to transition for the transgender person can be long and hard with many ups and downs. It’s too easy after one or two bruising encounters to tend to assume the worst.

9 years ago

 The author is shown with his younger brother Marcus (foreground) on his 21st birthday. (Image courtesy of James Jones)
Speak Easy
Community

The unexpected joys of learning from my younger gay brother

Traditionally, you are supposed to learn from your older siblings. However, sometimes, learning goes in the other direction.

9 years ago

A marcher uses the newly adopted, Philly-introduced pride flag the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)
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Community

Philly shows its colors in 2017 LGBT Pride Parade

Since 1972 Philadelphia has been celebrating gay pride and the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots with a parade, but for many young ...

9 years ago

 The author, right, stands with a mentor, Father Gordon Reid, at Easter. (Image courtesy of Josh Kruger)
Speak Easy
Community

Being queer, I never thought I’d find God; then he found me

I grew up thinking that I wasn't allowed to love or praise God precisely because I am gay. Yet, God kept appearing in my life.

9 years ago

 From left: John and Tommy Fisher-Klein share a kiss on their wedding day. (Image courtesy of John Fisher-Klein)
Speak Easy
Courts & Law

How my husband helped me see racism and my dad set aside prejudice

The first time I started seeing things differently was because of Tommy. The rules are different for him than they are for me. I still don't know how he navigates them.

9 years ago

 The author is shown, second from left, at the premiere of the 2001 film version of 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch.' (Image courtesy of Alejandro Morales)
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Community

I found joy and wholeness in ’90s queer rock of ‘Hedwig & the Angry Inch’

I'd graduated from high school in a small town two hours north of New York City, and had decided that musical theater was my passion. It wasn't.

9 years ago

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