
Posts tagged with Gayborhood


14 streetlight sensors are collecting data on a Center City block as part of a ‘smart cities’ pilot

125 years after women founded The Plastic Club to break into a men-only scene, the arts group is thriving
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How Giovanni’s Room reinvented itself to succeed as the oldest gay bookstore in the country

Philly Thanksgiving for LGBTQ people: Free food, drinks with friends, and a chance to gather with chosen family

Two new bars in the Gayborhood are owned by people of color, marking a major shift

Philly Pride parade nonprofit owed thousands to the city when it imploded, and left vendors out to dry

Reinventing Philly’s Pride Parade: What happens next?

Philly’s only lesbian bar is shutting down, adding to a somber nationwide trend

Someone tore down the new tribute to LGBTQ activist Gloria Casarez within 48 hours

Down the block from the whitewashed mural, a colorful new Gloria Casarez tribute

The unexpectedly short history of the Gloria Casarez mural, whitewashed from the Gayborhood

Secret Philly: When Rittenhouse Square was the city’s Gayborhood
