Philly AIDS Thrift at Gvanni's Room, the longt-nng LGBTQ bookstore Ameri, is celebratg s 50th anniversary Philalphia's Gayborhood on Saturday, June 10 wh a block party on the 1000 block of Pe St. om 12-5 p.m. The shop, which opened on South Street 1973 and later moved to s current lotn, was purchased by Philly AIDS Thrift after beg closed for a short time 2014.
Contents:
- CAPOL HILL BLOCK PARTY BRGS SPARKLY CHAOS TO THE GAYBORHOOD
- GAYBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY
- GAY PARTI & EVENTS
CAPOL HILL BLOCK PARTY BRGS SPARKLY CHAOS TO THE GAYBORHOOD
* gayborhood block party *
Amid the lights and sounds of s roarg nightlife, Philalphia's Gayborhood is home to some of the olst and most beloved LGBTQ stutns the untry. Dan Sherbo was a ordator for The Gay Alternative magaze, a perdil born out of the movement.
GAYBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY
Along wh Bernie Boyle and Tom Wilson Weberg, the activists opened Gvanni's Room at a storeont on Send and South streets, which beme the headquarters of the magaze and hosted meetgs for the Gay Activists Alliance, Philalphia Gay News reported.
Where other gay-owned bs, like nightclubs, would hi om the public and pat over their wdows so people uldn't peer si, Gvanni's Room displayed s books on shelv facg out at the street, welg people to see what the store had to offer, Milon said. Milon noted that Hill has spoken extensively about what was like to be at the foreont of the gay liberatn movement, creatg spac for people to meet and form muni. "There is jt such a sense of affectn towards the store and all has offered for generatns of people livg and around the Gayborhood, " said Milon.
After two years and one-and-a-half panmics, the 24th annual Capol Hill Block Party (CHBP) is BACK and ready to take over the gayborhood om July 22-24. The Brish pop in is headlg the first night of Capol Hill Block Party what will most fely be a screamg crowd of girls, gays, and theys. For s, the William Way LGBT Communy Center has sat at the heart of Philalphia’s gayborhood, offerg art shows, unselg servic, vacce clics and a slew of other health and hog assistance to rints as the center’s agg headquarters started to show s wear, s lears turned to Washgton for some help.
GAY PARTI & EVENTS
8 ln feral aid for renovatns — until Hoe Republins mounted an extraordary blocka this week, nyg a requt to fund the anizatn and other lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr-foced groups two last year’s electns, Republin lawmakers creasgly have seized on the power of the feral purse, uplg their csa for stery wh a fierce ph to advance a nservative social agenda. In state legislatur across the untry, party lawmakers recently have moved to adopt a rerd number of rtrictns that lim gay and transgenr rights, while the GOP’s printial ndidat have attacked transgenr athlet and rebed schools that teach about genr inty. Our gay events gui ntas a full round-up of the biggt and.