IBA Annual Meeting :: June 22, 2009
The Independence Business Alliance, Greater Philadelphia’s LGBT chamber of commerce, held its annual meeting on Monday, June 22. The meeting focused on the state of lesbian and gay business in an 11-county region, with a special presentation by Louise Chernin of the Greater Seattle Business Association. Here are the pics!
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Philly transit agency’s gender designation policy sparks controversy
By Matthew Ray | Jul 1
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s policy that specifies the gender of monthly pass holders has sparked controversy--and at least one complaint with the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations filed by a trans passenger who alleges a bus driver once refused to allow her to board a bus unless she paid the full fare.
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Kate Clinton urges ’Yes on K8’
By Jim Halterman | Jul 1
Kate Clinton has a new show premiering in Ptown this week and new book available in bookstores and online. EDGE spoke with the always funny, always opinionated Clinton about the usual suspects -- Obama, gay marriage, Provincetown and being out of the closet. Here’s the interview.
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Geek chic: Timberlake can wear it, but can you?
By Samantha Critchell | Jul 2
Now that the cool-guy uniform - skinny jeans, layered Ts, tailored vest and stylish scarf, all in shades of gray and black - has reached every mall in the country, the trendsetters who started it have moved on. And they’re going somewhere that few others can: They’re going geek chic. Read more...
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QFest VIP & Press Party :: June 18, 2009
Jun 22
QFest held a small VIP and press party at the new Calderwood Gallery 2 in North Philadelphia. Members of the press, film fans, and Film Festival staff mingled and discussed QFests exciting and upcoming 2009 line-up of films. Here are the pics!
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Israel’s Dead Sea sinkholes swallow the unwary - and tourism
By Joseph Marks | Jun 30
Eli Raz was peering into a narrow hole in the Dead Sea shore when the earth opened up and swallowed him. Fearing he would never be found alive in the 30-foot- deep pit, he scribbled his will on an old postcard. Read more...
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Alegria Pride Party :: June 28, 2009
Jun 30
We slid down the Alegria Rabbit Hole shortly after three a.m.-and when we landed on our feet, we had to stop. We had to STOP-right where we were and take it all in: the cacophonous adrenal rush of sliding into Alegria in Wonderland at warp speed.
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What’s Up @ QFest
By Padraic Maroney | Jul 1 Gone is the Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. But never fear, there will a film festival in July, it’s just going to have a less cumbersome name to say. Much like how this past spring’s film festival was renamed Cinefest, the summer one shall now be known as just merely Qfest.
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Review: Dance on the Pier 2009
By Mike Diamond | Jun 30 This year’s Dance on the Pier provided flawless music from three talented DJs, perfect weather and a hot crowd. Even slightly non-marquee live acts couldn’t dampen the thousands stamping their feet on top of the Hudson River.
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2009 Philadelphia Gay Pride Parade
The Philly gay community marched right through the center of town in colorful gay pride style Sunday, shutting down the religious right protesters and charging right to Penn’s Landing. EDGE was on hand - we’ve got hundreds of photos!
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467K jobs cut in June; jobless rate at 9.5 percent
By Jeannine Aversa | Jul 2
Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, suggesting that the economy’s road to recovery will be bumpy.
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The Best Ford Taurus Ever, and that’s No Bull!
By Joe Tralongo | Jul 2
Ford brings us the 2010 Taurus, a car unlike any Taurus before it, a car with substance and style, size and power. A Taurus that shares the same strong attribute that made the original a runaway success: the car’s an original.
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Companies pledge more openness about Web tracking
By Deborah Yao | Jul 2
Companies that track consumer behavior online for advertising purposes are vowing to make their practices more transparent and to give people a way to decline being shadowed.
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NY City apartment sales down over 50 percent
By Ilaina Jonas | Jul 2
Manhattan apartment sales plunged more than 50 percent and the average price dropped 21.4 to 24 percent from a year ago, as the U.S. recession forced many who own a piece of the Big Apple to eat humble pie, several reports said.
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