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LGBTQIA: Mazzoni Center Becomes Unique Place for Transgender Youth Care

January 12, 2015

What is a parent to do when they suspect that their young child might be transgender? When their son feels more comfortable wearing his sister’s dresses? Or their daughter asks to be referred to as

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LGBTQIA: Transgender Health Project Aims to Empower Youth

January 12, 2015

One of Bella Santos’ fears was that she would never be loved. It may not be a common fear for most 17-year-old girls, but it’s one that was even echoed by Santos’ mother. “Gay men

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LGBTQIA: Nine Philadelphia Hospitals Named Leaders in LGBT Health Care

October 24, 2014

Philadelphia’s LGBTQIA community now has more places than ever to go to for their health care needs. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has named nine Philadelphia area hospitals and health centers Leaders in LGBT Healthcare Equality

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Center City: Q&A with Chris Bartlett, Executive Director of the William Way LGBT Community Center

October 15, 2014

Chris Bartlett has been involved in the LGBTQIA community for more than 20 years. His career began with SafeGuards Gay Men’s Health Project in the early 90s. Bartlett was inspired by the work he saw

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LGBTQIA: Five Moments in Philadelphia’s LGBT History That You Should Know

October 1, 2014

Everyone knows that Philadelphia as a city full of American history. Although it also has a rich and important history with the LGBTQIA community, Philadelphia is often overshadowed in that respect by such cities as

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LGBTQIA: Support Groups in the Transgender Community

May 27, 2014

The transgender community has seen many changes throughout the years. One of those changes has been the rise in the number of support groups that are available to the community. “There were no support groups,”

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Gayborhood: Five Places to Eat in the Gayborhood

May 27, 2014

Philadelphia’s Gayborhood is a community that offers a variety of places to eat, drink and be merry. Before a tough day of work, anyone in the Gayborhood can run to Toast to grab a coffee

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LGBTQIA: Directive 152 and Ending Discrimination Against the Trans Community

April 28, 2014

Imagine the fear, frustration and mistrust you might feel upon being called ma’am when you’d clearly rather be called sir – or vice versa. This is the struggle transgender people of Philadelphia have been fighting.

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Gayborhood: Five Changes that Make the Gayborhood What it is Today

April 22, 2014

The Philadelphia ‘Gayborhood’ is a place that has a long history. Longtime residents have seen the many changes that have taken place in the area. Here are a few of the changes that have made

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Gayborhood: On 12th Street, In The Heart of The Community

April 16, 2014

The Gayborhood stretches from 11th and Broad streets to Chestnut and Pine streets in Center City Philadelphia. Each block within the area has a gay destination that caters to the LGBTQIA communities. In 2007, the

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