Topic: LGBTQ
“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
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
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
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
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
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