(LA Blade) Homicide detectives in Allegheny County are investigating the shooting death of a person identified by a local trans activist and support group SisTers PGH as Amarey Lej, a 21-year-old Black trans woman.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania's ban on gay marriage has been overturned by a federal judge in a decision that makes same-sex matrimony legal throughout the Northeast.

A Catholic priest in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to stealing money from his church and using it for Grindr dates and sexual relationships.

Chyna Carrillo would have turned 25 on March 3. 

A disability rights historical exhibit in Berkeley, CA

Stonewall National Museum & Archives (SNMA), has a new Executive Director. After a national search by SNMA, Chris Rudisill has been named to the position following a vote of the Board of Directors of the Fort Lauderdale-based museum, library, archives and gallery. He assumes his role December 7, 2015.

Rabbi Noah Kitty of Congregation Etz Chaim is running for the Wilton Manors Commission.

(CNN) -- The legalization of same-sex marriage has given way to a new problem for a Pennsylvania couple, who technically are father and son.

The search to find the man responsible for killing a North Philadelphia lesbian woman in broad daylight last month has ended.

Members of the House Democratic Policy Committee today heard from law enforcement officials, a legal expert, community advocates and a friend of two victims of violence about the need to restore former protections for LGBT people to Pennsylvania's hate-crime law, said state Rep. Brian Sims, D-Phila.

In a post-DOMA world, you might think that with marriage equality come divorce equality -- not necessarily so.

State Sen. Jim Ferlo (D-38th Dist.), who came out as gay on September 23 at a rally and press conference at the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg, spoke with PGN this week about his history-making announcement.

Although active in politics since high school, Daniel J. Clifford used to think he would get relegated to the sidelines because he is gay. He didn’t think becoming a public official was in the cards for him after he graduated from law school in 1984.

This week read about Angel Naira being shot and killed in Pennsylvania, and a community standing up for a student after a priest told her to remove a Pride shirt in Maryland.

This week read about a borough in Pennsylvania aiming to repeal an ordinance that protects people against discrimination, and a bill that could restrict trans students' access to bathrooms in Virginia.

This week read about Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta of Pennsylvania getting married to a man, and South Dakota signing an anti-trans athlete bill into law.

A student in Pennsylvania created a Pride mural that was approved but then painted over, and a church that accepts LGBT people faces harassment in New Jersey.

This week read about Demi Lovato coming out as nonbinary, Tyler Titus possibly becoming the first trans county executive in Pennsylvania, and Outfest hosting a panel featuring stars and writers of LGBT TV shows June 4.

This week read about ex-frat members terrorizing students in an LGBT safe house at a university in Pennsylvania, and New York Pride un-banning cops then re-banning them from participating in the parade.

This week read about gay dads celebrating their three-year anniversary of adopting children in Pennsylvania, and a family wanting answers after a queer woman died in custody in Illinois.

This week read about Rachel Levine becoming the first trans person to be confirmed by the United States Senate, and the LGBT community showing support for Asians by protesting in California.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Same-sex couples in Pennsylvania clamored for marriage licenses after a judge ruled to allow the state to join the rest of the Northeast in legalizing gay weddings, with Philadelphia offices staying open late to handle a rush of applications.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of gay rights activists danced to drum beats and held colorful balloons as they marched in a parade in New Delhi, celebrating what they call the diversity of gender and sexuality.

(WB) Gay Pennsylvania State Rep. Brian Sims (D-Philadelphia) is under investigation by local police for making “veiled and direct threats” against a Republican lawmaker during a heated phone conversation on Monday night, Aug. 3, according to the alleged target of the threats.

HUNTINGDON, Pa. — The Republican incumbent in a central Pennsylvania House district says he'll run for re-election as a Democrat after he narrowly won the opposition party's primary in a write-in campaign.

HARRISBURG (AP) — A state judge has dismissed Gov. Tom Corbett and state Attorney General Kathleen Kane as defendants in a court challenge to Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Wolf wants to involve more small and diverse businesses in state government contracting and Pennsylvania's economy.

Legislators in Harrisburg have begun delivering on promises to introduce LGBT-inclusive legislation this session, including bills to combat hate crimes and conversion therapy and two to advance transgender rights.

The IRS is making it official: The tax agency says it will now recognize same-sex marriages regardless of where they were performed.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The federal judge who struck down Pennsylvania's law banning recognition of same-sex marriage says he saw no proof that same-sex marriage destroys the strength of families.