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Philadelphia Gay News announces 48 Most Influential LGBTQ+ Leaders for 2024

In celebration of our 48th anniversary, Philadelphia Gay News (PGN) is excited to unveil the highly anticipated 48 Most Influential LGBTQ+ Leaders list for...

Lesbian who shot her wife found guilty

On Sept. 3, Alice M. Wilson was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for the shooting death of her wife inside their Northeast Philadelphia home...

Author Rebecca L. Davis discusses sex and sexuality in America during book launch

On Sept. 3, the John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives of the William Way LGBT Community Center hosted a launch of Rebecca L. Davis’s new...

Final episodes of ‘Gaydreams’ to be preserved and made available online

The final host of “Gaydreams” — the first weekly, hour-long radio program on the East Coast to focus on issues and topics relevant to...

From DC to Philly: Little Gay Pub brings history, hospitality and heart to the Gayborhood

The Gayborhood in Philadelphia is about to welcome an exciting new addition. Little Gay Pub, a beloved gay bar from Washington, D.C., is set...

Philadelphia Marathon makes changes for nonbinary inclusion — but activists aren’t celebrating yet

The Philadelphia Marathon will now award winners across three gender categories — men’s, women’s and nonbinary races — in the 2024 open division. This means...

Arts & Culture

Horoscopes: Sept. 13-19, 2024

Aries: How far can compassion take you? The full moon and accompanying lunar eclipse on the 17th is a reminder that understanding and compassion...

Cory David Bortnicker: Stories from the heart

“Jonas David is a young gay songwriter with a crippling addiction to crystal meth. On his first day in rehab, Jonas tries to convince...

Horoscopes: Sept. 6-12, 2024

Quentin Charles Williams: Flying solo

Regional

PA Supreme Court hears arguments on LGBTQ+ parentage case

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Glover v. Junior — a case that could shift how the state approaches parentage matters, the...

National

Harris triumphs over Trump in presidential debate

It was a beautiful September night in the nation's first capital as the stage was set for the presidential debate between Vice President Kamala...

164 members of Congress urge Supreme Court to protect trans rights

By Christopher Kane, Washington Blade Courtesy of the NLGBTQ Media Association A group of 164 members of Congress filed an amicus brief on Tuesday urging...

Project 2025: The Plan to Rewrite America

There were a lot of jokes told about Project 2025 at the Democratic National Convention (DNC). Longtime “Saturday Night Live” cast member, comedian Kenan...

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

‘Kaos’ brings Greek mythology to modern times, with a dose of queerness

“Kaos,” created, written and produced by the nonbinary Charlie Covell, is an apt title for the cheeky, imaginative and queer new series on Netflix...

Is LGBTQ+ TV growing or in stasis?

Editorial

Your regular reminder to register to vote

After the recent presidential debate on Sept. 10, it has never been more clear that if you haven’t done so already, you need to...

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....

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2019: LGBTQ YEAR IN REVIEW

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