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Pennsylvania Senate panel endorses transgender woman as Physician General
If confirmed by a full Senate vote next week, Dr. Rachel Levine would become the first transgender person to serve as a high-level state official in Pennsylvania history,
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Gay couple, one of whom adopted the other, has adoption vacated now that they can marry
When Bill Novak and Norman MacArthur moved to the Philadelphia suburbs nearly 20 years ago, they were dismayed to learn that Pennsylvania would not recognize their domestic partnership from New York.
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Arrest made in stabbing death of transgender woman in Philadelphia
Raheam Felton, 31, of Southwest Philadelphia, was charged with murder and possession of an instrument of crime in the killing of London Banks earlier this week.
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Pennsylvania school suspends students over Chick-fil-A t-shirt backlash
A Pennsylvania school district suspended about 15 students who took to social media during schools hours after two classmates wore Chick-fil-A shirts during a Gay-Straight Alliance event.
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Students at Pa. school organize ‘Anti-gay day’ in response to ‘Day of Silence’
A Pittsburgh-area school district is investigating allegations of harassment involving students after complaints by parents and students voicing concern about a so-called “Anti-Gay Day” allegedly organized by some students.
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Judge rejects motions to downgrade charges in Philly gay bashing
A judge has refused to downgrade charges against three people accused of beating a gay couple on a Philadelphia street in September.
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Judge: University of Pittsburgh transgender locker room ban didn’t discriminate
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a transgender man who alleged the University of Pittsburgh expelled and subjected him to FBI scrutiny after a dispute over using a men’s locker room.
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Philadelphia council member wants to make LGBT affairs office permanent
The Philadelphia City Council will consider asking voters to revise the city charter so that the Office of LGBT Affairs becomes a permanent part of city government.
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Bryn Mawr College to accept transgender, intersex students
Bryn Mawr College , a small women’s college near Philadelphia says it’ll start accepting transgender women and intersex applicants who don’t identify as male.
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Pennsylvania governor-elect names transgender woman as Physician General
Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Tom Wolf has announced that Dr. Rachel Levine is his choice for Physician General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Levine would be the highest-ranked transgender woman in state government history.