By PW Staff
While being the “City of Neighborhoods” is such a huge part of Philly’s character, far too many of our communities are plagued by bigotry, hatred and violence. So for one afternoon, the Anti-Defamation League is inviting locals of all ages and backgrounds to come together and embrace diversity while taking a scenic 5K stroll down Martin Luther King Drive.
By PW Staff
Articulate, handsome and well-built, Buck Angel exudes the kind of self-confidence that signals a man comfortable in his own skin. And yet he was born female. Puberty wreaked havoc on this former tomboy, who struggled with depression and drugs until his late 20s, when he met a sympathetic therapist. Today, Buck is a successful porn star who won Transsexual Performer of the Year at the Adult Video News Awards in 2007.
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Last May, when Tara Robertson began taking pictures of her friends in Philly’s LGBT community, the 24-year-old University of the Arts photography major didn’t expect that what was intended to be her senior-year fine-arts project would evolve into a potent campaign for gay equality in Pennsylvania.
By PW Staff
Stimulus presents: “Miss Representation,” Arouse celebrates it's second anniversary and Dan Savage comes to town.
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Near perfect weather brought out thousands of festival-goers for the annual Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival this Saturday, May 19th. Walnut st. was blocked off to traffic from Broad to 22nd, where the city’s finest dining, chicest boutiques, and most stylish dogs (including one in an Alexander McQueen scarf, the proof is in the pictures below!) [...]
Trying to pair your newly acquired summer skin with a head of dark Kardashian hair usually ends poorly; average dyes actually rough up the cuticle of the hair, entering each strand and allowing sun to damage it. Ultimately, you end up with a head of brassy, orange streaks by the end of August. To keep [...]
Everyone knows this season’s hottest trend is pastels. They’re the most fun way to ring in the warm weather, but looking like a human crayola box is only fun for so long. Eventually, the novelty of wearing colors wears off, and you want to go back to black. Leather quietly emerged as part of this season’s [...]