Elicia Gonzales

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LGBTQ&A: Elicia Gonzales

Elicia Gonzales is a long-time queer Latinx activist and nonprofit leader in the community. We spoke with the executive director of the Women’s Medical Fund […]

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GALAEI Gets a New Home in North Philly

Later this spring, GALAEI, the only organization for Philly (and all of Pennsylvania)’s gay and lesbian Latino community, will move from its digs on Chestnut […]

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PHILANTHROPY FRIDAY: GALAEI

Every Friday Delaware Valley Legacy Fund (DVLF) Executive Director Samantha Giusti introduces you to a local LGBT non-profit in Philadelphia. This week, the Gay and Lesbian Latino […]

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LGBT Philadelphia Remembers Gloria Casarez

The untimely death of Gloria Casarez, Philadelphia’s first director of the Mayor’s Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Affairs, has sent shockwaves through the […]

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PHOTOS: 300 Show Up to Attend Brian Sims’ Rally for Gay-Bashing Victims

LOVE Park was a veritable sea of supporters this afternoon, when more than 300 (!) local lawmakers, LGBT leaders and community members showed up in the rain to attend a […]

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Woman Crush Wednesday: Stimulus Co-Founder Morgan Levine

Every hump day, a Philly woman shares her local picks for Woman Crush Wednesday. Today,  Stimulus Philly Co-Founder Morgan Levine. Miss Levine wears many hats day to […]

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PHOTOS: GALAEI’s 19th Annual Alternative Prom Was Better Than Your Prom

On Friday night — at Fire and Ice in Old City — GALAEI hosted its 19th annual Alternative Prom. The event invites LGBT youth and allies […]

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GALAEI Honors Philly Revolutionary Leaders at 25th Anniversary Celebration

Philly queer Latin social justice organization GALAEI is gearing up to host its 25th anniversary celebration, an evening that will see the doling out of three David Acosta […]

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Woman Crush Wednesday: Elicia Gonzales

Philly ladies share their local picks for Woman Crush Wednesday (#wcw). Today, hot-as-a-firecracker GALAEI Executive Director — and our 2013 HERO honoree — Elicia Gonzales.  […]

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Meet Mr. SEXO 2013 Gabriel Martino

Last night was supposed to be a regular evening for Gabriel Martino (aka Syfr Gavriel). He and some friends went to Woody’s Latin Night, where […]

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TONIGHT: Mr. SEXO Competition at Woody’s [UPDATED]

If you can believe it, Latin Night at Woody’s this evening is going to be a little sexier than usual, when GALAEI and PhillyGayCalendar team […]

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BEST OF THE GAYBORHOOD AND BEYOND: Hero Elicia Gonzales

HERO: GALAEI Executive Director Elicia Gonzales As the matriatch of the only organization for Philly (and all of Pennsylvania)’s gay and lesbian Latino community, GALAEI’s […]