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Take an Active Step Toward Justice at Justice in Action 2018

February 7, 2018

Action. 

It’s a word that can have many meanings, but one particular interpretation is our favorite: “an act that one consciously wills and that may be characterized by physical or mental activity.” 
 
An action can be something we do as individuals, or it can be something done by a larger institution, like Mississippi’s Religious Liberty Accommodations Act, which has the potential to further marginalize the LGBTQ community by masking discrimination with religious freedom. 

Advancing Equality

Breaking: Transgender People Will Not Be Allowed in the Military.

July 26, 2017

President Trump tweeted this morning that the US will not “accept or allow” any transgender person to serve in the military because of “ tremendous medical costs and disruption." Read more...

Meet Our Staff

Staff Spotlight: Ashley Coleman, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference General Conference Coordinator

July 17, 2017

Ashley Coleman has been a fixture in the LGBTQ community in Philadelphia for many years. She has worked as an educator, a bartender in the Gayborhood, owns her own community forward Queer non-profit event company, and officiates weddings. On top of all that, she also joined Mazzoni about six months ago as the General Conference Coordinator for the Philadelphia Trans Health Conference (PTHC). The Philadelphia Trans Health Conference is the largest Read more...

Advancing Equality

Sisterly L.O.V.E. receives $6,000 grant from Bread & Roses for leadership development, expanded workshop series focused on trans women

June 22, 2017

We are pleased to announce the Mazzoni’s Sisterly L.O.V.E. program has been awarded $6,000 from the Bread & Roses Community Fund’s Future Fund.  The award was part of Bread & Roses’ Spring 2017 Giving Project, which distributed a total of $266,000 in grants to local movements and groups “fighting for real change.”

Developed for transgender women by transgender women,  Sisterly L.O.V.E. seeks to provide its members with leadership development and skill-building training, with the Read more...

Community Health

Hard Candy Bash will be TRIP’s biggest event ever!

May 12, 2017

On Saturday, June 3, Mazzoni Center’s The Real Impact Project (aka TRIP) is thrilled to welcome Big Freedia, aka the Queen of Bounce, for a night of music, dancing and community building at the University of the Arts in Center City Philadelphia.  TRIP is a social initiative designed to raise awareness regarding sexual health Read more...

Advancing Equality

Landmark Federal Employment Decision Finds Sexual Orientation Discrimination Illegal Under Title VII

April 6, 2017
Mazzoni Center celebrates the work of Greg Nevins of Lambda Legal and the many others who have worked for years to bring about Tuesday
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