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LGBTQ Pennsylvania Man Among Those Named to Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

Pennsylvania’s native Adrian Shanker was one of eight new appointees to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. 

Ume Sarfaraz Ume Sarfaraz August 5, 2021 3:44 pm EDT
LGBTQ In this Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court will take up challenges to controversial Trump administration policies affecting family-planning clinics and immigrants, even though the Biden administration has announced it is reviewing them. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
LGBTQ Supreme Court Rules on Philadelphia Case About Gay Adoptions

The case involves the city’s restrictions on a Catholic group that doesn’t support gay adoptions.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla June 16, 2021 2:41 pm EDT
LGBTQ In this image from video, Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
LGBTQ See How Pennsylvania’s Congressional Members Have Voted on the Equality Act So Far

Democratic members of the US House of Representatives are calling on the US Senate to honor Pride Month by voting for the Equality Act.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla June 2, 2021 11:55 am EDT
LGBTQ Protesters gather in Harrisburg in May 2020. (Shutterstock Photo/Jelani Photography)
LGBTQ Every House Republican Blocks Bill that Would Have Struck ‘Homosexuality’ from PA Criminal Laws

Apparently, every Republican in the the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is fine with homosexuality being considered “obscene” and “deviate.”

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla Ume Sarfaraz Ume Sarfaraz May 24, 2021 6:06 pm EDT
LGBTQ Rachel Levine fist bumps Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., at the end of her confirmation hearing before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)
LGBTQ Senate Confirms Levine, Who is Now the Nation’s Highest Ranking Transgender Official

Former Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine has become the first openly transgender person confirmed to a government position in the nation’s history.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla March 24, 2021 6:48 pm EDT

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In this photo made through a windshield, the sensors and lights are seen at the west bound toll gate of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Cranberry Township, Pa., on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. More than $104 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls went uncollected last year as the agency fully converted to all-electronic tolling. Turnpike records show the millions of motorists who don’t use E-ZPass have a nearly 1 in 2 chance of riding without paying under the “toll-by-plate” license plate reader system.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) State “Why Was This Not Shared With Us?” Turnpike’s $104M in Unpaid Tolls Draws Senators’ Scrutiny
A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Coronavirus Official: Pennsylvania ‘Well Prepared’ for Vaccine Boosters
Learning support teacher Sabrina Werley holds the bottle of hand sanitizer for a student at Cumru Elementary School in Berks County. (Reading Eagle Photo via Getty Images/ Ben Hasty) Coronavirus PA GOP Fights School Mask Mandate as COVID Cases Continue to Rise
Election office workers process ballots as counting continues from the general election at the Allegheny County elections returns warehouse in Pittsburgh, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Elections Everything You Need to Know About a Possible Election Audit in Pennsylvania
National Rachel Levine, nominated to be an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)
National US Sen. Rand Paul Criticized for Transphobic Question of Dr. Rachel Levine

Pennsylvania’s former Secretary of Health could be the first Senate-confirmed transgender official in the nation’s history.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla February 25, 2021 5:52 pm EST
LGBTQ Most People Think LGBTQ Americans Have Federal Protections—They Don’t
LGBTQ LGBTQ People Are Not Legally Protected From Discrimination, Contrary to Popular Belief

A recent survey from GLAAD found that most Americans incorrectly believe LGBTQ people are federally protected against discrimination.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright October 30, 2020 4:11 pm EDT