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Philadanco! dancer killed in alleged hate crime

The fatal stabbing of a 28-year-old gay man, a professional dancer who previously studied at Philadelphia Dance Company, is being investigated by the NYPD...

Trooskin joins Mazzoni Center’s executive medical team

Mazzoni Center recently welcomed Dr. Stacey Trooskin as its new executive medical officer, in which she will lead providers in primary health care, HIV...

Local art alliance seeks funds for crucial building repairs

Da Vinci Art Alliance (DVAA) is raising funds to make essential repairs to its 19th-century building at 7th and Catherine streets in Philadelphia. The...

Local women’s theater festival explores trans, queer stories

The theme of this year’s Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival (PWTF) deviates from the traditional idea of womanhood. “Folkslore: Breaking the Binary” features plays that...

Volunteer nonprofit elects LGBTQ+ board leaders

The board of a local nonprofit organization recently elected two LGBTQ+ board leaders. Michael Ticzon and Nic Knepp will take the helm as president...

Studies: Common drug is effective at lowering STD rates for MSM, trans women

Recent studies indicate that a single dose of an antibiotic can decrease risk of contracting some common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) after potential exposure....

Arts & Culture

Horoscopes: Aug. 4-10, 2023

Aries: This week, you continue to explore your past and reconnect with old music, movies and art that you haven't enjoyed in awhile. You...

Juston Lee Locklear: Country to Café

Last week, I attended the monthly Independence Business Alliance (our local LGBTQ+ business association) networking event. Always a fun event, it was enhanced this...

Horoscopes: July 28-Aug. 3, 2023

Jeff Boob: Just drawn that way 

Horoscopes: July 21-27, 2023

Gabby Maunder: Fighting for Family

Regional

National

Analysis: House Holds Hearing on “The Dangers and Due Process Violations of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Children”

Pennsylvania was front and center in last week’s debacle in the House on gender-affirming care. The July 27 hearing before the House Subcommittee on...

Rainbow Youth Project: Helping Those In Need

To hear Lance Preston tell it, the founding of the Rainbow Youth Project (RYP) was something of a fluke. In the latter stages of the...

Analysis: The Third Party Threat to Democrats

On July 25, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a town hall on Fox News with Sean Hannity. If it seems odd that a Democratic...

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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Television

Jeff Hiller is bringing ‘a touch of fugs’ to queer-inclusive TV

It’s hard to imagine Jeff Hiller making people mad. But in 2004, that was the 46-year-old comedian and actor’s job. It was his responsibility...

Editorial

We can learn a lesson in malicious compliance from Italy

Last year, after Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which prohibited teachers from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in...

FILM

Obituaries

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....

Columns

Parenting

Family Portrait

Jeff Boob: Just drawn that way 

Gabby Maunder: Fighting for Family

Miriam Reid: Telling Tales

Legal

2019: LGBTQ YEAR IN REVIEW

Having an Affair