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Hanes: MontCo marriages aren't in limbo
Tim Cwiek October 8, 2015
Despite concerns to the contrary, Montgomery County Register of Wills D. Bruce Hanes insists that all 176 same-sex marriage licenses he issued prior to marriage equality in Pennsylvania are valid.
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Judge rules against DOJ in trans case
Tim Cwiek October 8, 2015
A federal judge has rejected a request by the U.S. Department of Justice to avoid ruling on the legality of the Americans with Disabilities Act’s exclusion of gender-identity disorder as...
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Details of MANNA's new building to be unveiled at 25th-anniversary event
Paige Cooperstein October 8, 2015
The Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance, called MANNA, is moving.
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SEPTA pursues exemption from antibias rules
Tim Cwiek October 8, 2015
SEPTA, the region’s mass-transit agency, continues to seek an exemption from adherence to the city’s LGBT-inclusive antibias rules.
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Six local orgs. get LGBT grants
Paige Cooperstein October 8, 2015
The Delaware Valley Legacy Fund distributed a total of $30,000 at a party Oct. 5 to six regional organizations addressing emerging needs for the LGBT community. Each received $5,000.
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Group for LGBT recovering addicts marks 20th anniversary
Paige Cooperstein October 8, 2015
Rick first decided to get sober more than 25 years ago, when his partner was dying of AIDS-related complications. After a long-standing problem with alcohol, he went to a recovery...
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From Stonewall to the White House, and activist to author
Jen Colletta October 8, 2015
“I’m standing across the street from Stonewall in Sheridan Square. Here I was, an 18-year-old kid living at the YMCA in a $6-a-night room with no job, no prospects for...
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Lawyer who defeated DOMA to speak at Free Library of Philadelphia
Paige Cooperstein October 8, 2015
Edie Windsor, charismatic, stylish and articulate, found herself widowed just shy of her 80th birthday. She hadn’t yet been married two years to her spouse, Thea Spyer, who died of...
