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Revelers hold up LGBTQ+ Pride flags as they participate in the Philadelphia LGBT Pride Parade through the city's "Gayborhood" and downtown historic district in Pennsylvania

‘Homosexuality’ to finally be removed from Pennsylvania’s crime code

Maggie Baska - June 10, 2022

Trans people and allies rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2018 before marching to demand basic human and civil rights

Pennsylvania governor says trans sports ban vote is a ‘waste of time’: ‘It won’t get past my desk’

Maggie Baska - April 13, 2022

Sex markers should be dropped from the public part of babies' birth certificates, the American Medical Association says.

Remove sex from birth certificates to make trans lives easier, urge Pennsylvania Democrats

SJ Zhang - January 21, 2022

Latest Posts

Lia Thomas of the Pennsylvania Quakers shakes hands with a competitor

Sport

Trans swimmer Lia Thomas sharing glory with trans man flips hateful double standard on its head

Lily Wakefield - January 10, 2022

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has won in two races against Harvard

News

Swimmer Lia Thomas opens up about ‘struggles’ amid wave of anti-trans backlash

Emily Chudy - December 10, 2021

Pennsylvania governor doubles down on promise to veto ban on trans athletes in women’s sports

Maggie Baska - April 27, 2021

Grey-scale mugshot of Krisinda Bright. Jeffrey Bright, with a rainbow beanie and orange hoodie, sits on the pavement

Trans

Trans teen ‘shot dead by his own mother after she killed his big sister’. She handed herself in covered in their blood

Josh Milton - February 24, 2021

LGBT folk may be reluctant to access coronavirus vaccine. Here's why

Republican lawmaker issues pathetic apology after sharing cruel Dr Rachel Levine meme

Josh Milton - January 25, 2021

Republican lawmaker places ‘thousands of LGBT+ people at risk’ after sharing cruel Dr Rachel Levine meme

Josh Milton - January 22, 2021

Joe Biden picks trans coronavirus hero Rachel Levine for crucial health role in historic first

Josh Milton - January 19, 2021

Culture

Billy Porter reveals his church told him he would ‘never be blessed’ if he ‘chose to be gay’

Lily Wakefield - January 10, 2021

Senator Josh Hawley will use the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to challenge the election result

Republicans’ desperate final bid to steal the election involves a 200-year-old queer presidential candidate

Lily Wakefield - January 4, 2021

Trans

Pandemic hero Dr Rachel Levine receives outpouring of support after being targeted with vile transphobia – again

Lily Wakefield - December 11, 2020

Trump-approved hate preacher threatens pandemic hero Dr Rachel Levine in disgustingly transphobic rant

Emma Powys Maurice - November 23, 2020

Hundreds of Joe Biden supports grooved to Cher in San Fransisco, California. (Screen capture via Twitter)

Music

Jubilant Biden supporters take to the streets to dance to Cher, Village People and more. Yes, they believe in life after Trump

Josh Milton - November 8, 2020

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