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Groundbreaking LGBTQ+ exhibit across Pennsylvania
A groundbreaking history exhibit has been traveling across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, educating communities near and far about the efforts that activists have undertaken in Pennsylvania to …
Perfect 2-day celebration
Thousands enjoyed 2019 York Equality Fest
York Equality Fest, Aug. 3 and 4, drew about 2,000 attendees to Penn Park. The event's lead organizer Carla Christopher said the festival represents “The York County I want to live …
number of CANDIDATES continues to grow
Young LGBT Americans - more politically engaged than the rest of Generation Z
Two Professors from Maryland, Melissa Deckman of Washington College and Mileah Kromer of Goucher College, have conducted and published a survey demonstrating that activism and …
Local Residents Offer insight
Would you vote for Buttigieg because he’s gay?
At press time, Mayor Pete Buttigieg was surging to 14% in Iowa polls. The Central Voice asked three openly-gay men involved in electoral politics to reflect on Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Alex …
People of color face higher risk
POLICE VIOLENCE: One leading cause of death young gay & bi men
It’s a grim statistic that feels all too at home in 2019. Officer-involved shootings and other uses of force by police is now the sixth leading cause of death for men age 25-29. The number …
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Middletown ordinance on discrimination finally nearing council vote
Over two years in the making, a proposed ordinance aimed at protecting Middletown residents from being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation and gender identity has been approved …
POLICY GOES INTO EFFECT AUG. 26
Advocates challenge Eastern Lancaster Co. School trans policy
More than a dozen advocates appeared at the Aug. 12 school board meeting at Eastern Lancaster County School District to challenge a policy that would separate students by biological sex in bathrooms …
Ultimately deletes post, apologizes
Alabama Mayor calls for killing LGBTQ people in Facebook post
An Alabama mayor has posted comments on Facebook about killing LGBTQ people, then tried to deny the post was his, but finally admitted it. Carbon Hill Mayor Mark Chambers posted a graphic that …
Our 'Pride" is definitely showing!
Another incredible Central PA Pride Festival
With an estimated attendance of 7,000, Central PA Pride Festival held its second event in Soldiers and Sailors Mall on the grounds of the PA State Capitol July 27.
An analysis
Understanding our allies
Some people are allies to the LGBTQ+ community based on a personal experience. Like a gay family member or loved one. Others are allies because they believe love is universal, identity is uniquely …
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remembering and learning from the past's atrocities
Daughter of Holocaust survivors educates others
“My work involves engaging people in the lessons learned from the Holocaust,” Lillian Rappaport, 68, tells Central Voice. She is the daughter of Holocaust survivors. Polish Jews sent …
Here’s what is at stake
US Supreme Court hears LGBT employment discrimination cases
Editor's note: This story is in Sept-Oct print edition of The Central Voice but it’s heating up in media coverage so want to get story out there. Lopez is a Lancaster-based attorney. She will …
ALLY IN THE ACADEMY
How natural is ‘Natural Law?’
First, some good news. This spring the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a challenge to the transgender bathroom policy approved in 2018 by the Boyertown Area School District, leaving students …
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Maryland: next to teach LGBT history in schools
Maryland schools are about to get a lot queerer. The Old Line State plans to roll out lessons on the movement for LGBTQ+ equality in its history curricula for K-12 classrooms. According to …
Will PA pass LGBT civil rights?
Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta brings optimism, pragmatism to job
“I bring endless optimism mixed with lots of pragmatism to my job as a legislator,” State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta tells The Central Voice. Openly-gay Kenyatta is a North Philadelphia …
Lambda Legal to feds
Health care discrimination against LGBT people is illegal
Lambda Legal submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services objecting to a proposed rule change that seeks to roll back the protections under the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) …