An Iconic New Hope LGBTQ+ Bar Is Now a Parking Lot, But The Town’s Queer History Won’t Be Lost

Oct 18, 2024

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: “Welcome to trans heaven. Welcome to trans city. Welcome to New Hope,” said sports journalist Karleigh Webb at the start of the short documentary Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania, another film in TRAVERSE32′s Creative Hope Initiative series. It centers on the annual Raven parties — later called the Mid-Atlantic Transperience Weekend — for trans women founded by Northeast Philadelphia native.