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Scene In Philly: OURFest Weekend 2024

Thursday, Oct. 10 — Out for Harris Walz rally and PGN's 48 Most Influential LGBTQ+ Leaders Friday, Oct. 11 — Philly Trans March and Slay...

Philadelphia Family Pride to host 15th annual conference for caregivers and prospective parents

“We Are Family” is the theme of the 15th annual Family Matters Conference, a gathering hosted by Philadelphia Family Pride (PFP), which will take...

OURFest continues to be a place to find resources and community

“It was the best National Coming Out Day that I've been a part of in Philadelphia history,” said GALAEI Executive Director Tyrell Brown about...

Judges ponder whether to remove Richard Laird from death row

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals this week heard oral arguments on whether Richard R. Laird should be removed from death row to the...

Harris-Walz campaign comes to Philadelphia to mobilize LGBTQ+ voters

Gwen Walz, wife of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, joined Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, to launch a 10-day tour and...

Celebrating 48 LGBTQ+ Leaders: A Milestone of Resilience and Progress

In our 48th year, PGN is proud to present a new kind of recognition — a list of 48 leaders who truly embody the...

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Anthony Lehman: Feast Your Eyes On This

“Our full humanity is contingent on our hospitality: we can be complete only when we are giving something away; when we sit at the...

‘Can I Be Frank?’ pays tribute to comedian Frank Maya

Frank Maya blazed a trail for queer artists in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming the first openly gay stand-up comedian to appear on MTV’s...

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Pope urged to reverse church ban on gender-affirming care

In a highly unusual private meeting at the Vatican on Oct. 13, Pope Francis met with LGBTQ+ Catholics to discuss the Catholic Church ban...

U.S. military amends records for ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

In a move long fought for by LGBTQ+ veterans, the United States military has upgraded the records of service members discharged under the controversial...

How local LGBTQ+ and BIPOC-ran media organizations are at risk, and what is being done to help

A 2023 report from Northwestern University found that local news deserts are occurring at an alarming rate. There are 204 counties in the United...

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Nuance: The word many voters do not understand

A few weeks ago, singer Chappell Roan came under fire when she commented to The Guardian about not endorsing presidential candidate Kamala Harris. “I have...

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Anita Cornwell, groundbreaking Black lesbian writer, dies at 99

Anita Cornwell passed away May 27 in Germantown “surrounded by the compassionate women who cared for her,” her literary executor, Briona Simone Jones, said....

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