Gay & Lesbian Travel: Philadelphia
No city in the United States played a more critical role in the
nation's founding than Philadelphia, and this progressive
metropolis of about 1.5 million people has also been a pioneer
in gay and lesbian rights.
The Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force, formed in 1978,
guided passage of the 1982 Philadelphia Fair Practices Act, one
of the country's earliest gay civil rights measures, and
countless other gay-positive laws and policies have been passed
or implemented since then. Additionally, the city's office of
tourism was one of the first to enthusiastically court gay and
lesbian visitors.
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