PYC Issues a Bold Roadmap for LGBTQ Equality, Equity, and Inclusion for the General Assembly HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Youth Congress has released a first-ever statewide LGBTQ legislative agenda that calls for the enactment of over a dozen laws by the General Assembly. The organization will support the introduction […]
PYC Condemns Horrific Anti-LGBTQ Comments from Sullivan County School Board Member
School Board Member Compares an LGBTQ Educational Display to Holding a KKK Month or a White Supremacy Month LAPORTE, Pa. — During a Sullivan County School District meeting on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, school board member Timothy Nitcznski called for the removal of a display featuring LGBTQ pride flags defining […]
Take Action: Keep Gloria on 12th!
Gloria Casarez was a pioneering activist in Philadelphia who fought relentlessly for social, racial, gender, and economic justice. For decades she advocated for affordable housing, healthcare services, LGBTQ inclusion, to end homelessness, and more. Generations of LGBTQ Philadelphians are better because of her leadership. Our activism work at the Pennsylvania […]
The Fight for a Nondiscrimination Ordinance in Sharpsburg Has Only Begun
On Thursday, October 22nd, the Sharpsburg Borough Council voted down an LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance in a 4-3 vote. There is now an effort to urge the council to reverse course and adopt the ordinance without delay. You can watch the meeting on the borough’s website here. Sharpsburg is a small-town […]
Bloomsburg Finally Adopts LGBTQ-Inclusive Nondiscrimination Ordinance
Bloomsburg Makes History: Third Small Town PA Community to Adopt LGBT Nondiscrimination Ordinance After a failed effort in 2014, Bloomsburg does the right thing and joins a growing number of Midstate communities adopting LGBT nondiscrimination laws BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — At their October 26, 2020 meeting, the Bloomsburg Town Council unanimously […]
Important Election Information for PA
Pennsylvania Voting Information PYC urges every eligible citizen to vote in the upcoming election! The issues we care deeply about are on every ballot, and especially on the upcoming election day on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020. We encourage everyone voting to learn about the positions of each candidate on LGBTQ […]
PYC Testifies at Senate Majority Policy Committee on Hate Crimes Protections
Today the Senate Majority Policy Committee held a hearing in Chester County on hate crimes protections. Senator Tom Killion (R-9) requested the hearing in his district, with Senate Majority Policy Committee Chair Senator Dave Argall (R-29) presiding. This was the first time LGBTQ advocates have been formally invited to address […]
Shippensburg Adopts 59th Nondiscrimination Ordinance in PA!
SHIPPENSBURG MAKES HISTORY: SECOND SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY TO ADOPT LGBT NONDISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE IN PA CONTINUES WAVE OF RURAL AREA MUNICIPALITIES ADOPTING LGBT NONDISCRIMINATION LAWS SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — At their September 1, 2020 meeting, Shippensburg Borough Council voted to adopt an LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance. Shippensburg becomes the first in Franklin County, […]
PYC Signs Onto Amicus Brief to the US Supreme Court Supporting LGBTQ Nondiscrimination in Foster Care
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Today, four LGBT organizations in Pennsylvania participated in a friend-of-the-court brief signed by a total of 26 local, state, and national organizations that serve LGBTQ youth urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold an appellate court ruling denying Catholic Social Services’ (“CSS”) request that Philadelphia be ordered […]