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City Hall

City Politics: Community Organizer And Activist Is Leading The Way For LGBT Affairs

October 5, 2017 Caitlyn Heter 0

Amber Hikes started her career in Philadelphia in social work, and became a well-known community organizer and an advocate for LGBT youth through her work at The Attic Youth Center, William Way Community Center and other [continue reading…]

Featured Stories

LGBTQ: GayBINGO promotes fun and a good cause

May 11, 2017 Emily MacMullen 0

Bunny ears, decorated hats and bingo daubers filled the hall in Center City’s Gershman Y for a night of old-fashioned bingo … with a twist. Philadelphia’s wildly popular event GayBINGO takes place every month and offers a [continue reading…]

Arts and Entertainment

LGBTQ: The Value of Drag

May 11, 2017 Taylor Andrews-Spicer 0

Philadelphia has a thriving drag community, with drag shows all over the city and an ever-growing population of performers. On any given night, a drag show is likely going on somewhere in town. Throughout history, [continue reading…]

Arts and Entertainment

LGBTQ: Community Impacted by Issues of Body Image

May 11, 2017 Taylor Andrews-Spicer 0

Body image, or the way that one views his or her own body, is something that impacts people of all shapes, sizes, colors and sexualities. However, there are unique ways that individuals in the LGBTQ [continue reading…]

Arts and Entertainment

Gayborhood: Bearlesque Performance Group Promotes Body Positivity

May 2, 2017 Taylor Andrews-Spicer 0

Bearlesque is a body-positive, gender-inclusive burlesque performance group featuring people of all sexualities. The organization was created in 2014 by Josh Schonewolf and Connor Michalchuk as a one-off show for ‘bears,’ a slang term in [continue reading…]

Center City

Activism: Five Historical Activism Locations In Philadelphia

April 5, 2017 Shannon Hurley 0

As the birthplace of the U.S., Philadelphia holds the history of William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and many others. These people stood on the front lines of making a change, not necessarily in battle, [continue reading…]

Education

Activism: Fighting For Transgender Rights In Philadelphia

April 4, 2017 Kristine Fenstermacher 0

During the Obama administration, federal guidelines released called on public schools to allow transgender students to be able to choose the bathroom facility according to their self-professed gender identity. On Feb. 22, 2017, President Trump’s administration notified the U.S. [continue reading…]

Amateur Sports

LGBTQ: Softball League Unites the Community

April 4, 2017 Taylor Andrews-Spicer 0

City of Brotherly Love Softball League (CBLSL) is one of Philadelphia’s largest and oldest LGBTQ sports organizations. The league was created in 1981 by J.J. Hendley as an outlet for LGBTQ individuals who wanted both [continue reading…]

Arts and Entertainment

LGBTQ: Toasted Walnut Brings the ‘L’ Back to LGBTQ

March 30, 2017 Taylor Andrews-Spicer 0

When Sisters Nightclub closed in 2013 after serving the lesbian community for 17 years, Philadelphia lacked a gathering space catered to LGBT women. However, with the opening of Toasted Walnut Bar & Kitchen, that need has [continue reading…]

Elections

North Philadelphia: Malcolm Kenyatta Promotes LGBT Representation in Government

March 3, 2017 Taylor Andrews-Spicer 0

Malcolm Kenyatta grew up in North Philadelphia and graduated from Temple University. He is now the member engagement coordinator for the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and the youngest member of the Liberty City LGBT Democratic [continue reading…]

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