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“The Most Revolutionary” Exhibit

A new LGBTQ History Month show at William Way casts a thoughtful eye on three important American decades

By Nick Fiorellini

Dear Gentlemen, Your 60-year-old Wedding Pics are Ready

Decades after having photos from their same-sex Philly-area ceremony confiscated, a search is on for the owners of a historic set of prints. Can they be found before it’s too late?

By Nick Fiorellini
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Digitizing Days at William Way

Time to dig out those old photos, posters, and trinkets to help build Philly’s largest LGBT+ archive.

By Meerabelle Jesuthasan
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

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

Springsteen, Barkley, B Lab to NC—No Way!

The Wayne nonprofit behind the B Corp movement moves its 1,700-company retreat from North Carolina in opposition to discriminatory law HB2…Let’s host ‘em in Philly!

By Larry Platt

A New Kind of Recovery

West Philly houses the first residential drug & alcohol treatment program in the country for transgender people—and seeks to set an example

By Emma Copley Eisenberg
Ideas We Should Steal

Gay and Lesbian Liaison Police Unit

When he was in D.C., Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey formed a unit specializing in LGBTQ issues that has made the community safer, and won national plaudits. Why not in Philly?

By Emma Copley Eisenberg
New Blood

A Novel Idea…Someone On City Council Who Has Actually Run Something

Paul Steinke has managed organizations, including the Reading Terminal Market. Can someone with real world experience make a difference in Philadelphia politics?

By Larry Platt