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  • Alliance Members Reception
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  • Our Little Sisters Turns 13!
  • Training Bar
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• PROGRAM
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12th Street Gym, located in the heart of center city, features a 22 station Hammer Strength circuit, Body Masters cable systems and over 60 quality group fitness classes weekly. With an elegant pool and sauna, full-size basketball and racquetball courts, as well as a landscaped rooftop sun deck, 12th Street Gym is an all-in-one stop for your fitness needs.

Asian Americans United, established in 1985, exists so that people of Asian ancestry in Philadelphia can exercise leadership to build their communities and unite to challenge oppression. AAU has worked in Asian American communities and in broader multiracial coalitions around quality education, youth leadership, anti-Asian violence, immigrant rights, folk arts and cultural maintenance.

Attic Youth Center, creates opportunities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth to develop into healthy, independent, civic-minded adults within a safe and supportive community, and promotes the acceptance of LGBTQ youth in society.

Barbara Gittings Gay & Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of The Free Library of Philadelphia, founded in 2001 and named in honor of Barbara Gittings, an early pioneer in the fight for gay and lesbian civil rights. It is the second largest gay and lesbian collection in a public library.

Black Gay Men’s Leadership Conference A volunteer-run, non-profit organization designed to meet the varied social, political and health needs of Black gay men in Philadelphia.

The Black Women’s Arts Festival, founded in 2003, is a Philadelphia-based community event which focuses on the visibility and viability of black women artists of all genres and media without regard for age, gender expression, physical ability, religion, sexual orientation or size.

Berks Gay Men’s Social Group is a source of social networking open to men of all ages, single or couples, from Berks and surrounding counties. It organizes monthly events designed to build a community of guys with an interest in sharing fellowship with like-minded men.

Camp Rehoboth is a non-profit, community service organization dedicated to creating a more positive environment in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware and its related communities. It seeks to promote cooperation and understanding among all people in order to build safe, inclusive communities with room for all.

Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition (DBCC) is committed to empowering the community by raising awareness of breast health issues through outreach, education and support services in order to facilitate early detection and treatment of breast cancer. It seeks to create a community where every person diagnosed with breast cancer is a survivor and where fear and doubt will be replaced with knowledge and hope.

Delaware Valley Legacy Fund (DVLF) strives to increase philanthropy and grant-making to support the community needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex (LGBTI) and straight-allied communities. DVLF advances philanthropy for the LGBTI community through endowment building, fundraising, community outreach and education.

Eastern State Penitentiary Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc. works to preserve and restore the architecture of Eastern State Penitentiary; to make the Penitentiary accessible to the public; to explain and interpret its complex history; to place current issues of corrections and justice in an historical framework; and to provide a public forum where these issues are discussed. Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc. carries out these activities using the highest standards in educational and public programming, and in conservation. While the interpretive program advocates no specific position on the state of American prisons, the program is built on the belief that the problems facing Eastern State Penitentiary’s founders have not yet been solved, and that the issues these early prison reformers addressed remain of central importance to our nation.

Encuentros Positivos is a group for HIV-positive, gay Latino men.

Equality Advocates Philadelphia seeks to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Pennsylvanians through direct legal services, education and policy reform

Equality Forum is a national and international non-profit GLBT civil rights organization with an educational focus. Equality Forum presents the largest annual national and international GLBT civil rights forum, spearheads GLBT History Month, produces documentary films and undertakes high-impact initiatives.

Gay & Lesbian Latino Aids Education Initiative (GALAEI), founded in 1989, is a non-profit organization devoted to creating an awareness of the issues that affect Philadelphia’s Latino LGBT communities, especially in the area of HIV/AIDS and other health related issues. GALAEI seeks to demand accountability from all systems that serve Latinos through education, representation, and advocacy.

Gay & Lesbian Organized Sports Society (GLOSS) provides the opportunity to participate in organized sports and activities at all levels of interest and ability. It also serves as an alternative means for the GLBT community to socialize in a friendly, fun, and healthy environment.

Gilda's Club Delaware Valley, part of the dream of the late comedian Gilda Radner and one of 26 clubs across North America, is a warm and welcoming place dedicated to building social and emotional cancer support and restoring a sense of control and well-being. Members and volunteers of all ages, cancer types, cultures and socio-economic status come together to meet others with like experiences.

Greater Philadelphia Professional Network (GPPN) seeks to provide a social, career and business development channel for the gay and lesbian professional community. For 10 years, GPPN has sponsored regular networking events, speakers, workshops, summertime fun and a newsletter.

Lavender Visions provides services designed to reach married people from all over the world who may be questioning their sexuality or starting a coming out process.

Main Line Youth Alliance (MYA) provides gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning and straight youth with social, educational and supportive activities in a confidential, respectful and safe environment. Main Line Youth Alliance programs, unique in Philadelphia's western suburbs, encourage healthy relationships with peers, family and community.

Men of Colour United is a weekly discussion group that offers support, education and prevention programs for sexual minority men of color. MOCU activities promote healthy bonding and relationship-building between gay and bisexual men of color.

Our Night Out is a fun and casual social networking party of LGBT professionals, allied communities, friends and colleagues. Meet new friends and get reacquainted with old ones while socializing in a different Philadelphia hotspot each month.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families, and friends through support, education and advocacy. PFLAG provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. monthly meetings held at:

Philadelphia Black Gay Pride (PBGP), founded in 1999 and is committed to promoting unity among African Americans and people of sexual and gender minorities from African descent through outreach services, education, and mentoring opportunities. They produce an annual celebration “Black Pride”, as well as organizing a variety of activities throughout the year that encourage and advocate the spiritual, emotional, intellectual and physical health and well-being of all related communities.

Philadelphia Dyke March is a radical, feminist celebration which brings together dykes, queers and allies of different classes, races, genders, sizes, ages, faiths and abilities. Philadelphia Dyke March is not a parade or a stroll; it is a demonstration, a proclamation of dignity, strength, and passion.

Philadelphia Family Pride strives to build a community for LGBT parents and children in the greater Philadelphia region through advocacy, education and family-centered events. It seeks to achieve equality through being recognized, accepted, and respected.

Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Theatre Festival produces and presents theatre that affirms and reflects the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience in order to enlighten, empower and entertain. PGLTF believes the most profound theatrical event has the power to unify, not separate.

Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus is a community united around the performance of creative and challenging music that entertains, inspires, and affirms with a spirit of friendship and hope. PGMC strives to be leaders in the gay community, seeks to break down the barriers of prejudice and ignorance and fosters a safe atmosphere of compassion and respect in order to build a better life for each other, our peers and society as a whole.

Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival is the second oldest Jewish Film Festival in the United States and serves the Greater Philadelphia region by providing cultural, artistic, and educational programming through the medium of film.

Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania provides high-quality sexual health care, offers expert sexuality education, and promotes effective advocacy to protect our right to reproductive choice. It serves to protect and enhance reproductive freedom, to increase access to reproductive health services and information, and to promote sexual health.

Queer at the Collaborative is a group that provides events in the Philadelphia area for LGBT Jewish people in their 20s and 30s.

Reel Black is a full-service film and video production company dedicated to creating and promoting “good movies ’bout Black Folks.”

SafeGuards Project / LGBT Health Resource Center founded in 1989, the SafeGuards Project has worked to promote the health of LGBT individuals in the Philadelphia area, originally in the area of HIV prevention. Promoting healthy change to individuals, groups, and institutions they accomplish their goals through community-based participatory research, collaborative programs, and advocacy.

Sapphire Fund was established in 2002 to support the efforts of organizations contributing to the health and well-being of Philadelphia's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and those who support them.

Scribe Video Center was founded in 1982 as a place where emerging and experienced media artists could gain access to the tools and knowledge of video making and work together in a supportive environment. Scribe provides training in all aspects of film, video and audio production.

Sisters is a 5,000 square foot nightclub and restaurant catering to Philadelphia’s LGBT community. Located in the heart of Philly’s “Gayborhood”, features a variety of entertainment from karaoke and award winning DJ’s to live bands and colorful theme parties. Sisters is dedicated to providing a clean, safe and professional social environment.

SisterSpace provides the opportunity for women to build personal, leadership and organizational skills through participation in educational, cultural, athletic and networking activities. Sister Space sponsors educational seminars, workshops as well as artistic performances designed to empower women through discussion of ideas and opinions.

Temple's LGBTQ Alumni group - an affinity group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered alumni and friends to stay connected to one another and to Temple through networking and social events, reunions and other special activities.

Transgender Health Action Coalition (T-HAC), the result of a forum held in 1996 called “Bridges to Coalition: A Community Forum on Transgender Issues”, was the first time that transactivists and transfriendly supporters discussed ways individuals and organizational representatives could work together to address shared needs. It is T-HAC’s priority to provide educational workshops concerning access to quality medical and mental health care services as well as provide peer counseling, a hotline form and ultimately a friendly network for transgender individuals.

Weaver's Way Co-op, a community-owned market, is committed to supporting local farmers, taking care of the environment and enabling control of what we eat and where it comes from.

William Way Community Centre seeks to encourage, support, and advocate for the well-being and acceptance of sexual and gender minorities through service, recreational, educational, and cultural programming.