Fighting discrimination in the Gayborhood through live shows
This weekend is the group Queer Performers of Color's encore appearance at CiBo Ristorante Italiano.
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Photos: Philly holds a City Hall vigil for the Orlando shooting massacre victims
A candlelight vigil was held on Monday night in front of City Hall in remembrance of those who died in Orlando.
How Philly could sensitize the Mummers
They could wind up in the same training attended by porny prosecutors, a Philadelphia Eagle and every police officer on the city's payroll.
This tweet may be used against you: Kathryn Knott, social media and criminal justice in 2015
Thanks to the immediacy of our timelines and the eagerness of amateur sleuths desperate to help, the public had already decided her fate long before a judge and jury saw the evidence.
‘Rainbow in the thin blue line’: Meet some of Philly’s LBGT police officers
The response in the Gayborhood, among other places: "Oh my God, you wear a badge, and oh my god, you're actually a lesbian?"
What the Philadelphia Office of LBGT Affairs does, and why it’s on the ballot Tuesday
"In 50 years, do I think we will be in a place where we’re going from having trans women of color murdered to them being able to run for mayor?" asked director Nellie Fitzpatrick. "I’m damn sure gonna try."