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Annual hate report shows PA ranks third in U.S. for white nationalist, anti-LGBTQ activity

Pennsylvania ranks third after California and Florida for established, active hate groups according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) latest...
Participants at the June deep canvassing event at Broad Street Love.
The Philadelphia Citizen

Let’s Save Democracy … Again!

The strategy may seem hippy-dippy, but it’s the crux of an effective and proven tool known as “deep canvassing.” At its core, deep canvassing is...
From left, Sen. Bob Casey, Mazzoni Center Executive Director and President Sultan Shakir, and Mazzoni Executive Medical Officer Dr. Stacey Trooskin. (Photo: Jeremy Rodriguez)
Philadelphia Gay News

Sen. Casey secures $400,000 in funding for Mazzoni Center

A local LGBTQ+ health and wellness center will be able to upgrade critical basic medical equipment thanks to the efforts of a PA senator. Read more...
Ashleigh Strange
Philadelphia Gay News

Ashleigh Strange is in the governor’s ear on behalf of LGBTQ+ Pennsylvanians

Ashleigh Strange was named executive director of the Governor’s Advisory Commission on LGBTQ Affairs in March, filling a vacancy left by Henry Sias...
Nizah Morris
Philadelphia Gay News

Oversight commission pledges independent review of Morris case

The city’s Citizens Police Oversight Commission (CPOC) last week pledged to conduct an independent review of the Nizah Morris incident and to report...