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Weigh It Forward
Their loss is the community's gain
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People of the Year: Ted Martin & Adrian Shanker
Ted Martin and Adrian Shanker, the duo at the helm of Equality Pennsylvania, were at the forefront of the movement to bring LGBT nondiscrimination to Pennsylvania cities and towns in 2011. This ye...
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Unsung Hero: Carrie Jacobs
As executive director of The Attic Youth Center, Carrie Jacobs has spearheaded efforts to make Philadelphia a safer and more welcoming environment for LGBT youth. While a spate of youth suicides a...
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Housing and HIV go hand in hand
According to the National AIDS Housing Coalition, there are currently more than 140,000 households across the United States in which an HIV-positive individual is struggling with unstable housing. ...
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World AIDS Day: After 20 years of HOPWA, Housing First comes to Philly
by Gary Tumolo
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Next year marks 20 years since Congress passed the legislation that created Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS. When HOPWA funding became available in 1992, the state of the AIDS epidemic ...
World AIDS Day: Housing is Health
by Justin Gero
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Bringing an end to AIDS is only possible if we first get people off the streets and into homes. This World AIDS Day, PGN and ActionAIDS are focusing on housing, the No. 1 concern for people living ...
World AIDS Day: Homelessness + AIDS = Death
by Jose de Marco
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Homelessness itself is hard to envision if you have a home and have never been without one. One can only imagine as one drifts off into a comfortable sleep. Snuggled cozily under my warm comforter ...
ActionAIDS receives funding for new housing program
by Kevin Burns
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ActionAIDS is pleased to announce that the City of Philadelphia, Office of Housing and Community Development will be funding ActionAIDS with a three-year grant to initiate Philadelphia’s first Hous...
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker: Civil War surgeon
by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns
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National Gay History Project Known for her determination and strength of conviction, Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) is also remembered as the only woman to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor...
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    by Maureen Renee Zieber
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    by Mark Segal
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    by Victoria A. Brownworth
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    by Victoria A. Brownworth
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    by Kevin Trimell Jones
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