Business for Good

Beyond the Bell

Two Haverford alums are filling a niche in Philly’s tourist economy: Tours featuring lesser-known American heroes

By Elizabeth Warner
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The Stonewall Reader

Join the Free Library for a lively discussion about a meaningful LGBTQ milestone

By Siobhan Gleason
Las Voces de María/Voices of Maria

Mari Rivera

In another of a series on Puerto Rican evacuees, the hurricane offers a transgender woman a better chance to be her true self

By Syra Ortiz-Blanes
Meet The Disruptor

QSPACES

Queer and trans people have worse health outcomes than the general public. A local couple is trying to change that with a Yelp-like doctors app for LGBTQ Philadelphians

By Emma Copley Eisenberg
Citizen of the Week

Caravan of Hope

PhillyGayLawyer Angela Giampolo plans to take her legal services to LGBTQ people where they need it most—small town America

By Amanda Lien
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Sleep out with Covenant House

The city’s shelter for homeless youth is expanding, but more needs to be done. Join them by sleeping outside on a cardboard box to help out

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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Diversity in Tech

Local digital design firm Interactive Mechanics launches fellowship to help underrepresented developers grow their careers

By Allen McDuffee

Dancing For Those Who Can’t

Two weeks after the Orlando shooting, activist group GALAEI celebrates an especially poignant alternative prom for LGBTQ Latinos

By Melanie Bavaria

The City of B Corp Love

In reaction to the bathroom law, Wayne-based B Lab has relocated its annual retreat of socially conscious companies from North Carolina to … here. Pssst, Philly: This is an opportunity!

By Larry Platt
Problem Solving Must-Read

A New Way to Measure Gun Violence

Plus: City planning with women in mind, and giving glasses to LGBT individuals experiencing homeless

By Stephen St. Vincent