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‘Love, welcome and respect’: Gay Catholic man advocates for LGBTQ faithful in the Allentown diocese

‘Love, welcome and respect’: Gay Catholic man advocates for LGBTQ faithful in the Allentown diocese | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Inside Allentown’s Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena, with its tall stained-glass windows and sanctuary suffused with a soft golden glow, the man in the black shirt and slacks could be mistaken for a clergyman. He is, in fact, by someone who calls him “Father.” But Donald Maher isn’t a priest. He’s a Berks County attorney who practices labor and employment law, fitting subjects for th

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Carson Kressley offers message at Lehigh Valley Chamber meeting

Carson Kressley offers message at Lehigh Valley Chamber meeting | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Attendees at this year's virtual Chamber annual meeting hear an update on grants to help small businesses amid coronavirus

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Lehigh Valley Pride event shifts to virtual format for this year

The annual Lehigh Valley Pride festival will be a virtual celebration this year in light of concerns around the coronavirus.

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New exhibit at Bradbury-Sullivan weaves a story of feminism, gender equality

Allentown's Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Center hosts a new exhibit of fiber arts dedicated to feminism.

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Lehigh Valley Realtors group pledges LGBT-friendly business practices

Lehigh Valley Realtors group pledges LGBT-friendly business practices | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Marking the 50th anniversary of the federal Fair Housing Act, the Greater Lehigh Valley Realtors Group has signed a pledge with the Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce's LGBT Business Council to affirm all its affiliated real-estate businesses are LGBT friendly.
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Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Receives Rural Health Program of the Year Award from PA Office of Rural Health

Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Receives Rural Health Program of the Year Award from PA Office of Rural Health | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

In recognition of the development and broad implementation of leading-edge, model health promotion programs to address the severe LGBT tobacco, cancer, HIV, and diabetes disparities, the director of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health today awarded Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center its 2017 Rural Health Program of the Year award.


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VIDEO: Local organization holds rally in Allentown for LGBT rights, denounces Trump policies

VIDEO: Local organization holds rally in Allentown for LGBT rights, denounces Trump policies | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Make the Road Action in Pennsylvania led a rally and march to center city Allentown in support of LGBT rights and against recent policies from the Trump Administration.
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Valley's LGBT Churches Offer Safe Place, 'Redemption'

Valley's LGBT Churches Offer Safe Place, 'Redemption' | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

When she was younger, Jenn LaTorre was shunned from her Orthodox Presbyterian church because of her sexual orientation.

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Valley's LGBT churches offer safe place, 'redemption'

Valley's LGBT churches offer safe place, 'redemption' | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
The Metropolitan Community Church of the Lehigh Valley was founded to serve the LGBT community.
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Let’s Finally Put an End to the LGBTQ+ Community’s Suffering

Let’s Finally Put an End to the LGBTQ+ Community’s Suffering | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

In this powerful Op/Ed, Sarah highlights the deeply engrained injustices that are placed against LGBTQ+ people and the urge to alter it.

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Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Center praised for efforts to make Pride events across the state smoke-free

Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Center praised for efforts to make Pride events across the state smoke-free | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The American Nonsmokers Rights' Foundation has recognized Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center with their Voices for Smokefree Air Award.

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Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Launches Virtual Poetry Series for National Poetry Month

Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Launches Virtual Poetry Series for National Poetry Month | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Today, Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center announced that they have launched a virtual poetry program to create opportunities for community engagement through the humanities during this period of social distancing due to COVID-19. The program launch coincides with National Poetry Month and is sponsored in part by the Lehigh Valley Engaged Humanities Consortium, with generous support provided by a grant to Lafayette College from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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LGBT community holds 25th annual pride festival in Allentown

LGBT community holds 25th annual pride festival in Allentown | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

It was a colorful celebration Sunday afternoon bringing hundreds to the Jewish Community Center for the Allentown Pride Festival.

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Lehigh County expands anti-discrimination policy to include LGBT

Lehigh County expands anti-discrimination policy to include LGBT | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Lehigh County Executive Phil Armstrong Wednesday signed two administrative notifications enhancing nondiscrimination protections for the LGBT community.

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Singer-songwriter to headline benefit concert for Allentown LGBT center

Singer-songwriter to headline benefit concert for Allentown LGBT center | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
Singer-songwriter Edie Carey to headline benefit concert for Allentown LGBT center
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Movies: LGBT Film Series to be shown at three Lehigh Valley venues

Movies: LGBT Film Series to be shown at three Lehigh Valley venues | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
6th LGBT series spans three venues
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Allentown Council supports ban on gay conversion therapy for minors

Allentown Council supports ban on gay conversion therapy for minors | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

“LGBT youth deserve high-quality health care, not junk science,” said Adrian Shanker, executive director of the Bradbury Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown. Shanker and his attorneys helped to craft the bill’s language.


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Christine Haasz, a licensed psychologist, told council members that children who face rejection from their families for their lifestyle are eight times more likely to attempt suicide and three times more likely to use drugs.

Vicky Kistler, Allentown’s Health Bureau director, told council she polled local pediatricians when she learned of the bill, and there are still people in the Lehigh Valley who are practicing conversion therapy.

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Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Announces Efforts to Respond to Increased Hate Since the 2016 Election

Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Announces Efforts to Respond to Increased Hate Since the 2016 Election | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

ALLENTOWN, PA -- Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center today announced that it has received a grant from Open Society Foundations Communities Against Hate Initiative to lead an effort to develop a community-wide emergency response plan for the Lehigh Valley LGBT community and to provide for emotional support for LGBT community members who are anxious about the rise in violence and hateful rhetoric in our communities that has resulted since the 2016 election.


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