Tim Cwiek
Senior Writer at The Philadelphia Gay News
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
epgn.com | Tim Cwiek
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. this week issued a preliminary injunction, temporarily blocking the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from denying hormone therapy and other accommodations to transgender inmates. The injunction does not require the BOP to provide gender-affirming surgical care. The injunction was issued on June 3 by Royce C. Lamberth, a senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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3 weeks ago |
epgn.com | Tim Cwiek
Derwyn Matthews, a young man who reportedly was a member of the LGBTQ+ community, was fatally shot about 2:38 a.m. June 2 on the 200 block of South Camac street in the Gayborhood. His death occurred after the Pride festivities in Center City. Friends said West attended the celebration shortly before his death. On his Facebook page, Matthews went by the name Derwyn West. As of Monday evening, June 2, police were still searching for the shooter.
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1 month ago |
epgn.com | Tim Cwiek
Attorneys for Kendall Stephens are asking a Philadelphia judge to order the production of records that may help exonerate Stephens of charges that she sexually abused two boys. Stephens, 39, is a trans woman and a formerly prominent LGBTQ+ advocate in Philadelphia. She was arrested in December 2023 and charged with multiple counts of child sexual abuse.
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1 month ago |
epgn.com | Tim Cwiek
The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently affirmed a Montgomery County judge’s denial of a name change for a trans boy on the basis that it wouldn’t be in the boy’s best interest. The boy’s parents filed a petition for allowance of appeal last month with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, seeking a favorable ruling from the high court. In a turn of events, on May 7, 2025, Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Richard P.
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1 month ago |
epgn.com | Tim Cwiek
A Philadelphia man who claims he was terminated from a job at Wawa in retaliation for complaining about same-sex workplace harassment is striving for his case to reach a jury. Bradley Davis of the Chinatown section worked as a customer service associate at a Wawa store on Columbus Boulevard in South Philadelphia, earning $15 an hour, according to court records. Davis was hired on Aug. 9, 2022, and was fired on Sept.
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