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By Tara Murtha

As Feds Debate Marriage Act, Couple Live Under the Threat of Deportation

The thrill and challenge of staying together through thick and thin is intense: Anton Tanumihardja, an Indonesian national, could be deported at any minute. He’s requested political asylum in the U.S. since overstaying his Visa in 2002 based on fear of persecution as a result of being gay, Catholic and ethnically Chinese, a triple minority in Indonesia.

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Posted Jun. 8, 2011 | Comments: 2

NEWS AND OPINION > QUEER ISSUE

By Aaron Kase

Gay Philly Cop Shares His Story

Philly police officers come in all shapes and sizes—and sexual orientations, too. Might seem surprising at first given what’s considered a macho culture on the force, but one openly gay cop says don’t believe the stereotypical hype. PW caught up with Officer Lee Marrero at end of his midnight-to-8 a.m. shift in the dilapidated 22nd District just west of Temple.

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Posted Jun. 8, 2011 | Comments: 11

NEWS AND OPINION > QUEER ISSUE

By Randy LoBasso

Gay Married Men Find Support in Secret

“It’s hard to live ‘gay pride’ when you know you have been shamefully hiding your gayness for so many years,” says 40-something-year old Kevin as he heads down Third Street in Old City on a recent hot, muggy day. Kevin is the creator of the M5 Group, a club for closeted gay men in marriages with women looking to meet other gay married men.

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Posted Jun. 8, 2011 | Comments: 30

NEWS AND OPINION > QUEER ISSUE

By Matt Petrillo

LGBT Activist Tackles Stereotypes About Gay Culture

Brian Sims isn’t running for office, but the 32-year-old lawyer is making politics his business, hoping to give a fresh look to LGBT rights by breaking down stereotypes and false perceptions that too often stymie the movement. Sims, a self-professed “professional gay,” who gets paid to tell his coming-out story at colleges around the country, says he isn’t trying to redefine what being gay means, but contends homosexuality is “an everybody thing.”

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Posted Jun. 8, 2011 | Comments: 0

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Students March Down Broad Street for School Funding
By Randy LoBasso

Thousands of students poured off SEPTA buses and emerged from the Spring Garden stop on the Broad Street Line today to rally at the School District Building in Philadelphia. They were there to protest the ongoing school district budget cuts and to put pressure on both the Philadelphia government and the state government to fund [...]

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Posted May. 17, 2013

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Philly Students to Walk Out, Protest at Noon Today
By Randy LoBasso

Philadelphia students, organized by the Philadelphia Student Union, Youth United for Change and other youth and adult-led groups, are walking out of their schools at noon today to protest budget cuts to the school district. “Schools are going to be operating on a bare bones budget that would call for, basically, the removal of all programs [...]

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Posted May. 17, 2013