Trans woman Kate Lynn Blatt says her former employer requested a photograph of her genitalia as a condition of continued employment, after questions arose about her use of a worksite female locker room.

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of its inception, LGBT health organization Mazzoni Center will take a look back at the people, events and developments that have shaped the practice with an exhibit on display at the William Way LGBT Community Center through the end of September.

The City of Philadelphia will receive about $137 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, but the amount that will be directly funneled to LGBT and HIV/AIDS service organizations is still unclear.

Several members of the board of directors of Equality Forum recently resigned, some of whom contend the organization is headed in the wrong financial direction.

Pennsylvania is now more than one month into its fiscal year without a budget, and Mayor Nutter announced late last month that until the state government approves a spending plan and releases funds to city governments, the City of Philadelphia will cease payment to all its vendors, cutting off a major cash flow to most of the city’s HIV/AIDS service organizations.

AIDS activists are hailing a state-agency vote taken last month that clears the way for the purchase of needles and syringes in Pennsylvania without a prescription.

GLSEN seeks student leader

National student-advocacy organization Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network is accepting nominations for its first Student Advocate of the Year award.