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PHILLYWEEKLY.COM
APRIL 5- 12, 2017
#ThePhillyEffect StrEAT Food Festival PW’s weekly series chronicling The annual event takes over life in the City of Brotherly Love Manayunk. SEE PAGE 17
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Honoring the HEROES TIMAREE SCHMIT Delaware Valley Legacy fund to honor game changers in LGBT community
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he morning of Samantha Giusti’s wedding, she awoke in Old City and took a short walk over to the historical marker at 6th and Chestnut. Symbolic because it commemorates July 4, 1965: the day Philadelphia LGBT activists marched near Independence Hall, demanding equal rights. Four years before the Stonewall Riots in New York, it was the first major LGBT visibility march in United States history. “I walked over to that marker and I thanked them, the heroes and pioneers who came before us and fought for our rights,” Giusti says. “On that day, it felt really special.” SEE PAGE 12
They’re not up for reelection, but Philly City Council members are still raking in millions.
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