
Posts tagged with Sex and Gender


Philly can vote to get rid of man-centric language in the city charter

Former Prevention Point staff say sexual assault and harassment went unaddressed at the Kensington community health nonprofit
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The Women’s Medical Fund is now the Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa.

At Eddie’s in Chinatown, one of Philly’s oldest tattoo parlors, women are inking the art

Why 2 of 3 people who’ve gotten the COVID vaccine so far in Philly are women

Philly gives out 750,000 free condoms a year
Philly government is only 35 percent female, versus 53 percent of the city’s population

This City Council candidate shared racist comments and posts on Facebook

The #MeToo movement fell flat in the Pennsylvania legislature

Election 2018: The Year of the Woman in Pennsylvania

Philly-born Athena device is helping 10,000 people in 50 countries fight harassment

Street harassment in Philly: Unsafe, uncomfortable and untracked
VP Biden response to Trump’s anti-transgender military tweets is ?
