Since workers at a local Curaleaf dispensary on Passyunk Ave. voted to unionize in Dec., 2021, some of its LGBTQ+ employees have experienced unfair treatment from their superiors, according to some current and former employees. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
In an effort to provide better resources to victims and defendants, staff members in Philadelphia’s District Attorney’s Office (DAO) Victim Services unit have been using an LGBTQ+ arrest identification sheet to pinpoint crimes in the queer community. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
On Jan. 21, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office released the names and brief biographies of the members of its new LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee. | Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
There are support groups, family meet-ups, and a growing resource list. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
To launch the program in March 2020, nonprofit partners SELF, Inc. and the William Way LGBT Center received a $400,000 grant through Philly’s Office of Homeless Services, funded by the CARES Act. For one year, the program pays a portion of rent for 40 Philadelphians who’ve been experiencing homelessness. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Since spring of 2021, members of ACT UP Philly have been staging regular, peaceful actions outside of one of Mayor Kenney’s condos in Old City, demanding that more funding be allocated toward permanent, safe, affordable housing for residents experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
Both homelessness and unemployment were cited as two persistent problems for many Philadelphia trans people, according to panelists at a Nov. 10 forum called Supporting Trans Community. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
Lozito is one of 12 artists, all people of color or who identify as LGBTQ, making posters that will be featured in Visit Philadelphia’s Love+Grit Storefronts campaign spotlighting 24 businesses owned by people of color. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Thompson and McCarthy are herbalists who have created the initial stages of a project called the Philly Herb Hub, a community apothecary that distributes free herbs and herbal medicine to Black people. | From: Germantown Info Hub (Read more.)
It’s been an issue for the platform for over a decade. There are several reasons people might not want to put their legal name out there, but LGBTQ people have been at the forefront of the effort to get policies updated. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
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