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Gayborhood coffee shop to close permanently

Michele Zipkin - July 8, 2020 5:44 pm

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Philly’s Pride flag makes waves around the world

Jason Villemez - July 8, 2020 5:12 pm

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What’s next for LGBT nonprofits?

Sebastian Fortino - July 7, 2020 7:09 pm

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Black queer entertainers address discrimination

Michele Zipkin - July 1, 2020 4:31 pm

Local

Gayborhood coffee shop to close permanently

Michele Zipkin - July 8, 2020 5:44 pm 0

Square One Coffee, the cafe on 13th street in the heart of the Gayborhood, has decided to close its doors for good....

Philly’s Pride flag makes waves around the world

Local Jason Villemez - July 8, 2020 5:12 pm 0

What’s next for LGBT nonprofits?

Local Sebastian Fortino - July 7, 2020 7:09 pm 0

Black queer entertainers address discrimination

Local Michele Zipkin - July 1, 2020 4:31 pm 0

LGBTQ sports teams adjust to pandemic playing field

Local Sebastian Fortino - June 30, 2020 9:33 pm 0

Re-Opening: Philly’s Gay-owned Businesses Adjust To COVID-19

Local Sebastian Fortino - June 24, 2020 3:45 pm 0

Arts & Culture

Film

A 900-year gay romance in “The Old Guard”

Gary Kramer - July 7, 2020 6:33 pm 0

“The Old Guard,” available July 10 on Netflix, is a kickass, globetrotting piece of escapism. Adapted from the comic book by Leandro...

Horoscopes

Horoscopes: July 10-16, 2020

Inez Carvalho - July 7, 2020 6:32 pm 0

Aries: You may feel compelled to reignite an old passion, restart an abandoned project, or get back into a subject you had...

Briyana Clarel: Rising Star

Portraits Suzi Nash - July 7, 2020 6:27 pm 0

I recently saw a blurb about a bar owner who, despite the financial setbacks of the current epidemic, has decided to find...

“The smartphone had literally replaced a face…”

Arts Cameron Kelsall - July 7, 2020 6:18 pm 0

“It all started with sexy boys.” So begins the artist’s statement for SENT, a new exhibit at The Clay Studio created by...

Free Library and William Way highlight queer authors through ‘Hands-On History’ program

Literature Michele Zipkin - July 1, 2020 3:24 pm 0

Black author, playwright, activist and journalist Anita Cornwell has seen and participated in the struggle for LGBTQ rights since it began in...

Horoscopes: July 3 – 9, 2020

Horoscopes Inez Carvalho - June 30, 2020 6:31 pm 0

Aries: Mars, your ruling planet, is now in Aries, and this is kind of a big deal in the astrology world. This...

Fascinated by the “Tiger King”

Television Allen Young - June 30, 2020 6:14 pm 0

A straight friend of mine who is about half my age (I’m 78) suggested I might want to watch a TV show...

A Rough Six Months for LGBTQ Theatre

Theater Aila Alvina Boyd - June 30, 2020 5:29 pm 0

The past six months have been hell for us LGBTQ theatre lovers. At a time when there don’t seem...

Chris DiBiase: Friend In “Deed”

Portraits Suzi Nash - June 30, 2020 5:02 pm 0

I like to consider myself a super cheerleader for this city. Friends have called me “the Ambassador” as I stop to help...

“Mucho Mucho Amor” showcases astrologer & queer icon

Film Gary Kramer - June 29, 2020 5:21 pm 0

Even if viewers are unfamiliar with Walter Mercado, the gender non-conforming, Puerto Rican astrologer, after seeing “Mucho Mucho Amor,” they will become...

FILM

Film

A 900-year gay romance in “The Old Guard”

Gary Kramer - July 7, 2020 6:33 pm 0

“The Old Guard,” available July 10 on Netflix, is a kickass, globetrotting piece of escapism. Adapted from the comic book by Leandro...

Film

“Mucho Mucho Amor” showcases astrologer & queer icon

Gary Kramer - June 29, 2020 5:21 pm 0

Even if viewers are unfamiliar with Walter Mercado, the gender non-conforming, Puerto Rican astrologer, after seeing “Mucho Mucho Amor,” they will become...

Film

“Welcome to Chechnya” Shows Horrors Facing LGBTQ Community

Gary Kramer - June 22, 2020 3:58 pm 0

One of the most powerful moments in the documentary, “Welcome to Chechnya,” premiering June 30 at 10:00 pm on HBO, has a...

Film

Gay Director’s Films To Be Reissued

Gary Kramer - June 22, 2020 1:13 pm 0

Two screwball comedies by the late gay writer/director Paul Bartel will be reissued on DVD and Blu-Ray June 30. Both have their...

Film

10 LGBTQ films to stream during Pride month

Gary Kramer - June 16, 2020 5:34 pm 0

To celebrate pride, here are 10 LGBTQ films that feature characters that embrace their authentic selves. Most of these titles are available...

Film

Haaz Sleiman to the rescue

Chris Azzopardi - June 16, 2020 11:10 am 0

Actor Haaz Sleiman is on a mission to take part in stories that broaden the pool of queer perspectives on the screen....

Film

No sympathy for Roy Cohn in new doc

Gary Kramer - June 16, 2020 10:17 am 0

“Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn,” airing June 18 on HBO, traverses some of the same territory as Matt Tyrnauer’s...

Film

Deep inside Hollywood

Romeo San Vicente - June 10, 2020 1:39 pm 0

Justice Smith just queered up “Jurassic World” Rising star Justice Smith (“Pokemon: Detective Pikachu”) just came out alongside his...

Film

The gay and trans children of evangelical Christian families

Gary Kramer - June 9, 2020 4:39 pm 0

“For They Know Not What They Do” is a topical documentary featuring case studies of evangelical Christian families with gay and trans...

Regional

Gay murder convict maintains his innocence

Tim Cwiek - July 7, 2020 7:03 pm 0

William F. Smithson, a gay man convicted of strangling to death coworker Jason K. Shephard in 2006, continues to proclaim his innocence...

Pennsylvania’s State Legislature: A House Divided

Regional Victoria Brownworth - July 1, 2020 4:14 pm 0

Pa. borough councilman blasted for transphobic Facebook post

Regional Tim Cwiek - June 30, 2020 9:48 pm 0

Scott Twp. Commissioner Resigns After Transphobic Comment

Regional Tim Cwiek - June 23, 2020 3:47 pm 0

Pennsylvania LGBTQ Leaders Discuss Trump’s anti-LGBTQ Agenda

Regional Michele Zipkin - June 23, 2020 3:12 pm 0

LGBTQ Organizations Sue Trump Administration for Healthcare Rollback

Regional Jason Villemez - June 23, 2020 12:19 pm 0

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We stand with you

Mark Segal - July 6, 2020 4:03 pm 0

By the end of this year’s June Gay Pride Month, after doing countless interviews, it finally hit me. For my fellow members...

A Family-Run Newspaper

Mark Segal - July 2, 2020 3:54 pm 0

Words are important, and over time they take on a meaning of their own. Take, for example, "One man, one woman,” or...

Cliff Notes On LGBT History

Mark Segal - June 23, 2020 4:29 pm 0

With all that’s going on in the world, hopefully you haven’t forgotten that it’s Pride month. Not sure if it resonates as...

The power of protest

Mark Segal - June 16, 2020 5:37 pm 0

As someone who participated in the Stonewall riots back in June 1969, many people have been asking me the similarities between that...

Television

Fascinated by the “Tiger King”

Allen Young - June 30, 2020 6:14 pm 0

A straight friend of mine who is about half my age (I’m 78) suggested I might want to watch a TV show...

‘Pride is the People’

Features Eve Kucharski - June 22, 2020 1:58 pm 0

Maintaining a packed schedule can be tricky for drag queens at the best of times, but for Bob the Drag Queen, even...

Star of ‘Love, Victor’ talks authenticity and growth

Television Gary Kramer - June 16, 2020 4:23 pm 0

“Love, Victor,” debuting on Hulu June 17, is the genial (and addicting) TV spin-off version of the gay teen film, “Love, Simon.”...

National

Gay inmate’s death questioned

National Tim Cwiek - June 30, 2020 9:40 pm 0

Kenneth J. Houck Jr., an openly-gay inmate, died in May while in federal custody. Houck, 44, was being held at the Metropolitan...

Trump administration urges Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare

National Victoria Brownworth - June 30, 2020 8:18 pm 0

On June 25, as the U.S. passed the grim milestone of 125,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration urged the...

Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs defends Dr. Rachel Levine

Regional Tim Cwiek - June 9, 2020 5:30 pm 0

The Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs recently issued a statement defending Dr. Rachel Levine, the state’s highest-ranking transgender official. About 25 Republican...

Philadelphia FIGHT presents virtual conference, Y-HEP re-opens

Local Victoria Brownworth - May 20, 2020 3:47 pm 0

Philadelphia FIGHT has been working to provide outreach and care to the HIV/AIDS community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. At press time, the...

A step toward equity for Philly’s trans and nonbinary students

Local Jennifer Amell - May 19, 2020 4:23 pm 0

Last week, the Philadelphia School District announced that nonbinary and transgender students would now be able to make system-wide name and pronouns...

ACT UP demands new policies for Philadelphia’s COVID-19 housing crisis

Local Jennifer Amell - May 19, 2020 2:30 pm 0

Last week, ACT UP in conjunction Black and Brown Worker’s Collective (BBWC), the Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration (CADBI), Put People...

Pennsylvania becomes trailblazer in LGBTQ data collection

Regional Jennifer Amell - May 13, 2020 3:50 pm 0

This morning, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that the Department of Health will include sexual orientation and gender identity questions on case history...

City and IBX launch mental health initiative in response to COVID-19

Local Jennifer Amell - May 13, 2020 12:27 pm 0

“Amid the heightened uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental well-being is more important than ever,” said Mayor Jim Kenney. COVID-19 induced stress...

Nonprofit goes virtual to support the LGBTQ community during COVID-19

Local Jennifer Amell - May 12, 2020 6:28 pm 0

The Metamorphosis Mobile Boutique is a volunteer-run nonprofit based on a mutual aid model that provides clothing and other resources to at-risk...

Editorial

Data Collection That Actually Matters

Jason Villemez - July 6, 2020 7:10 pm0

Editorial

Every year, PGN asks its readers to participate in the Community Marketing Insights Survey. It’s the largest survey of LGBTQ media consumers...

Remembering Fr Ron Hoskins, “a force of nature”

Michele Zipkin - June 30, 2020 8:36 pm0

Obituaries

On June 19, 2020, Philadelphia lost a dear member of the LGBTQ+ community, Fr. Ron Hoskins. Hoskins devoted his life’s work to...

How to Plan for Unexpected Events

Jeremy Gussick - June 23, 2020 2:58 pm 0

Q: Before COVID-19, I felt pretty comfortable with my lifestyle. But now I’m...

Pride Ideas for Families

Dana Rudolph - June 23, 2020 2:38 pm 0

Pride marches may be cancelled because of the pandemic, but there are still...

As Pennsylvania reopens, nursing home residents remain vulnerable

David Griffith - June 17, 2020 6:03 pm 0

Even before the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in Pennsylvania, health officials...

Supporting LGBTQ families requires that Black Lives Matter

Dana Rudolph - June 17, 2020 12:28 pm 0

Black lives matter. Black LGBTQ lives matter. And we will never have a...

New scams target older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

David Griffith - June 3, 2020 2:09 pm 0

Scammers have been taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to defraud individuals in...

True stories, trans stories and more in new picture books

Dana Rudolph - May 27, 2020 4:49 pm 0

New books can be a delightful relief in these days of quarantine. Here...

Parenting

Pride Ideas for Families

Dana Rudolph - June 23, 2020 2:38 pm 0

Pride marches may be cancelled because of the pandemic, but there are still plenty of ways for LGBTQ families to mark the...

Supporting LGBTQ families requires that Black Lives Matter

Parenting Dana Rudolph - June 17, 2020 12:28 pm 0

Black lives matter. Black LGBTQ lives matter. And we will never have a just world for LGBTQ families until we have racial...

True stories, trans stories and more in new picture books

Parenting Dana Rudolph - May 27, 2020 4:49 pm 0

New books can be a delightful relief in these days of quarantine. Here are some of the many new LGBTQ-inclusive picture books...

Learning how to be a teacher overnight

Parenting Jen Colletta - May 19, 2020 4:07 pm 0

Let me start this by saying to all teachers, daycare employees, caregivers and anyone else who devotes their time to molding the...

Family Portrait

Portraits

Briyana Clarel: Rising Star

Suzi Nash - July 7, 2020 6:27 pm 0

I recently saw a blurb about a bar owner who, despite the financial setbacks of the current epidemic, has decided to find...

Chris DiBiase: Friend In “Deed”

Portraits Suzi Nash - June 30, 2020 5:02 pm 0

I like to consider myself a super cheerleader for this city. Friends have called me “the Ambassador” as I stop to help...

Kathy Hobson: Eternal Optimist

Portraits Suzi Nash - June 22, 2020 3:57 pm 0

“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” - Mother Teresa. As people in the U.S....

Rie Brosco: Organizing your life

Portraits Suzi Nash - June 17, 2020 11:59 am 0

One of my favorite shows was "Clean House" with Niecy Nash (no relation, sadly). Each week Nash would go into homes that...

Legal

Estate planning during COVID-19

Rebecca Levin - April 21, 2020 3:06 pm 0

The COVID-19 crisis has raised questions and concerns with regard to estate planning. You may be asking yourself, what happens if I...

The impact of bullying and cyberbullying: Nowhere to Hide

Legal Angela Giampolo - February 20, 2020 6:29 pm 0

Bullying: Seeking to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable). Cyberbullying: The use of electronic communication to bully...

2019: LGBTQ YEAR IN REVIEW

Legal Angela Giampolo - January 3, 2020 5:25 pm 0

The fight for LGBTQ rights has been tougher than ever this year, and support for our community is stronger than it has...

Having an Affair

Legal Mark-Allen Taylor - December 20, 2019 4:57 pm 0

“Never make your happiness on someone else’s unhappiness” is a saying I heard many years ago in my French-Canadian culture, and it...

Features

Where Does the Good Go? Jason Mraz Knows.

Chris Azzopardi - June 29, 2020 5:06 pm

Music

Indigo Girls let loose

Chris Azzopardi - June 9, 2020 5:08 pm

Music

Janelle Monáe doesn’t know time either

Chris Azzopardi - May 19, 2020 11:03 am

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Local

Gayborhood coffee shop to close permanently

Michele Zipkin - July 8, 2020 5:44 pm0

Square One Coffee, the cafe on 13th street in the heart of the Gayborhood, has decided to close its doors for good....

Local

Philly’s Pride flag makes waves around the world

Jason Villemez - July 8, 2020 5:12 pm0

The first Pride parades took place in America in 1970, and the concept quickly went international. But one LGBTQ export is uniquely...

Op-ed

Conversion therapy must be banned

Victoria Brownworth - July 8, 2020 4:33 pm0

A few months before my 16th birthday, I was expelled from my all-girls high school — Philadelphia High School for Girls —...

Local

What’s next for LGBT nonprofits?

Sebastian Fortino - July 7, 2020 7:09 pm0

For our community’s nonprofit organizations, the past few months have been challenging financially, from the inability to host in-person gatherings and fundraisers...

Regional

Gay murder convict maintains his innocence

Tim Cwiek - July 7, 2020 7:03 pm0

William F. Smithson, a gay man convicted of strangling to death coworker Jason K. Shephard in 2006, continues to proclaim his innocence...

International

LGBTQ World News

Victoria Brownworth - July 7, 2020 6:49 pm0

Russian voters back referendum banning same-sex marriage Two-thirds of Russian voters have backed a national referendum to ban same-sex...

Film

A 900-year gay romance in “The Old Guard”

Gary Kramer - July 7, 2020 6:33 pm0

“The Old Guard,” available July 10 on Netflix, is a kickass, globetrotting piece of escapism. Adapted from the comic book by Leandro...

Horoscopes

Horoscopes: July 10-16, 2020

Inez Carvalho - July 7, 2020 6:32 pm0

Aries: You may feel compelled to reignite an old passion, restart an abandoned project, or get back into a subject you had...

Portraits

Briyana Clarel: Rising Star

Suzi Nash - July 7, 2020 6:27 pm0

I recently saw a blurb about a bar owner who, despite the financial setbacks of the current epidemic, has decided to find...

Arts

“The smartphone had literally replaced a face…”

Cameron Kelsall - July 7, 2020 6:18 pm0

“It all started with sexy boys.” So begins the artist’s statement for SENT, a new exhibit at The Clay Studio created by...

Editorial

Data Collection That Actually Matters

Jason Villemez - July 6, 2020 7:10 pm0

Every year, PGN asks its readers to participate in the Community Marketing Insights Survey. It’s the largest survey of LGBTQ media consumers...

Creep of the Week

Creep of the Week: Roger Severino

D'Anne Witkowski - July 6, 2020 6:53 pm0

Even if you know in your heart of rainbow hearts that the president of the United States and the cretins who work...

Mark My Words

We stand with you

Mark Segal - July 6, 2020 4:03 pm0

By the end of this year’s June Gay Pride Month, after doing countless interviews, it finally hit me. For my fellow members...

Mark My Words

A Family-Run Newspaper

Mark Segal - July 2, 2020 3:54 pm0

Words are important, and over time they take on a meaning of their own. Take, for example, "One man, one woman,” or...

Local

Black queer entertainers address discrimination

Michele Zipkin - July 1, 2020 4:31 pm0

On Sunday, June 28, drag performers VinChelle and Icon Ebony-Fierce teamed up with Amber Hikes, former city director of LGBT Affairs, to...

Regional

Pennsylvania’s State Legislature: A House Divided

Victoria Brownworth - July 1, 2020 4:14 pm0

Amid a tumultuous year that has seen an ongoing pandemic and a nationwide fight for racial justice, the Pennsylvania legislature seems, if...

Literature

Free Library and William Way highlight queer authors through ‘Hands-On History’ program

Michele Zipkin - July 1, 2020 3:24 pm0

Black author, playwright, activist and journalist Anita Cornwell has seen and participated in the struggle for LGBTQ rights since it began in...

Op-ed

Congress Must Act for LGBTQ People

Victoria Brownworth - July 1, 2020 3:09 pm0

On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bostock v. Clayton that gay, lesbian and trans people are covered by Title...

Transmissions

Water in the Desert

Gwendolyn Smith - June 30, 2020 10:08 pm0

Netflix has recently released “Disclosure,” a documentary created by Sam Feder, Amy Scholder and Laverne Cox, which features a cast of trans...

Editorial

One Year Later, The Same, Different World

Jason Villemez - June 30, 2020 9:59 pm0

One year ago, at the press conference for World Pride in New York City, “POSE” star Indya Moore spoke about their friend...

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