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William Way Community Center to upgrade building, add ten-story tower

Michele Zipkin -
The leadership of William Way LGBT Community Center recently announced plans to redesign and expand its building at 1350 Spruce Street. With the help...

Sims finds next act with LGBTQ business and policy group

Special to the PGN -
By Frank Pizzoli When F. Scott Fitzgerald mused that there are no second acts in American lives, state Rep. Brian Sims had not yet been...

Activists set World AIDS Day protest amid calls for HIV and Long Covid funding

Michele Zipkin -
On World AIDS Day on December 1, a group of protestors including people impacted by HIV, COVID, Long COVID and other chronic conditions are...

Philly mayoral candidates speak on LGBTQ rights

Jeremy Rodriguez -
The race for mayor in Philadelphia has been heating up in recent weeks as more and more candidates enter the contest to succeed incumbent...

Judge Dan Anders on life, the law, and the LGBTQ community

Jason Villemez -
In 2009, when Judge Dan Anders became the first gay man to win elected office in Philadelphia, he had already served as on the...

Holiday Gift Guide: Local LGBTQ businesses

Michele Zipkin -
The holidays are nearly upon us once again, and what better way to spend your money than at LGBTQ-owned businesses in Philadelphia? Minority-owned businesses...

Arts & Culture

Television

Deep Inside Hollywood: Dan Levy gives Netflix some ‘Good Grief’

Romeo San Vicente -
Dan Levy’s feature directorial debut has a title, a cast, and a home at Netflix. The “Schitt’s Creek” Emmy winner has written “Good Grief”...
Horoscopes

Horoscopes: December 2 to December 8

Inez Carvalho -
Aries: This week Mercury moves into Capricorn and refines our thought process. You are feeling more decisive and realistic. You are interested in what...

“The Inspection” centers on Black gay marine recruit

Nick “Nor’Easter” Pittman: Forecasts without fear

Horoscopes: November 25 to December 1

Sigourney Weaver: The Actor and Activist Merge

“Pitch Perfect” spinoff hits few high notes

Deep Inside Hollywood: Rebel Wilson and Leslie Mann are going to ‘Rock The Boat’

Max Vernon: Writing on Broadway

Horoscopes: November 18 to November 24

Regional

Regional

Early data shows young voters came out big for Pa.’s Shapiro, Fetterman

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By John L. Micek Pennsylvania’s younger voters, those aged 18-29, helped power Democratic U.S. Sen.-elect John Fetterman and Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro to victory on Tuesday...

Fetterman and Shapiro win in Pennsylvania

What to do to make sure your mail-in, absentee ballot counts on Election Day

La’Tasha D. Mayes is ready for Harrisburg

Federal judge in Pittsburgh affirms LGBT-related workplace protections

ACLU files federal complaint over alleged LGBTQ discrimination in Central Bucks School District

National

Respect for Marriage Act passes Senate with bipartisan support

Victoria A. Brownworth -
On Nov. 29 the U.S. Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA) with a 61-36 vote, with 49 Democrats and 12 Republicans voting...

Supreme Court’s Barrett urged to recuse herself from LGBTQ case

Victoria A. Brownworth -
Should Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett recuse herself from an LGBTQ case about to be heard by the high court? Former members...

A look at the Respect for Marriage Act

Victoria A. Brownworth -
On July 19, the House passed the Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA) with 47 Republicans voting in favor of the bill. On Nov. 16,...

LIFE DURING COVID-19

As Long Covid cases rise, so do costs

The U.S. continues to reassess Covid-19 and address it as a long-term problem rather than a public health crisis, even suspending the free testing...

Long COVID: The Other Pandemic — Part 3

In the summer of 2020, Tariq Scott was in the streets of Philadelphia protesting the killing of George Floyd. The winter and spring had...

Long COVID: The Other Pandemic – Part 2

This the second installment of a three part series. Since the end of 2019, when COVID-19 was first designated a pandemic by the World Health...

Long COVID: The Other Pandemic

This is part one of a three part series. Masks came off a few weeks ago: a harbinger of Spring. On February 25, the Centers...

CDC says vaccinated should wear masks indoors in areas with high infection rates

Federal health officials urged Americans in areas of the country with the highest surges in COVID-19 infections to once again wear masks when they...

Game Plan: Philly’s Queer Sports Teams Look Forward To Summer

Last year, PGN spoke with our local LGBTQ sports teams to see what their seasons would look like during the COVID shutdown. The answer...

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International

Brittney Griner now in Russian penal colony

Brittney Griner, who is now detained in the IK-2 penal colony in Mordovia, 350 miles from Moscow, is in the middle of nowhere with...

Analysis: GOP mocks Paul Pelosi attack as gay lovers’ spat

National

The future of William Way Community Center

Mark My Words

Tenika Watson: Living beyond Pendergrass’ tragedy

Portraits

Mark My Words

Television

Deep Inside Hollywood: Dan Levy gives Netflix some ‘Good Grief’

Romeo San Vicente -
Dan Levy’s feature directorial debut has a title, a cast, and a home at Netflix. The “Schitt’s Creek” Emmy winner has written “Good Grief”...

“Pitch Perfect” spinoff hits few high notes

New on Netflix: “The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself” and “Holy Family”

Editorial

This holiday season, support local businesses

Amidst a global pandemic, the last two holiday seasons were dominated by online shopping and social distancing. Nobody would blame anybody in 2020 and...

Soccer World Cup highlights LGBTQ mistreatment in Qatar

Election consequences come slowly, and then all at once

The cult of J.K. Rowling

FILM

Obituaries

Maddy Gold, local artist and Drexel professor

Victoria A. Brownworth -
Madelaine “Maddy” Gold, beloved local painter, youth advocate and longtime professor of drawing and design at Drexel University and University of the Arts, died...

Urvashi Vaid: A Voice for Liberation and Justice

Victoria A. Brownworth -

Dr. Anthony Silvestre, LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS activist, 1946–2022

Jason Villemez -

Columns

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Estate planning during COVID-19

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The impact of bullying and cyberbullying: Nowhere to Hide

2019: LGBTQ YEAR IN REVIEW

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