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Philadelphia Black Pride celebrates 23 years with live events

Philadelphia Black Pride (PBP) is hosting a weekend of in-person Pride events for the first time since 2019. The series of events, the theme...

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...

Lawsuit claims anti-LGBT bias at youth detention center

A federal lawsuit was filed last month on behalf of a Pennsylvania man who claims he was repeatedly raped while detained at the Delaware...

Community Briefs: Dining Out For Life; Feminist Flea Market; Morris Home; Philadelphia FIGHT

Dining Out For Life returns   Dining Out For Life, the annual fundraising program of Action Wellness that raises funds for people living with HIV, is...

Bebashi collabs with local LGBTQ and health orgs to bring sexual health education to youth

To mark National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, which takes place annually on April 10, Bebashi Transition to Hope collaborated with a handful of other...

Candidates make their case to LGBTQ voters

For the first time since 2020, Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club hosted its two-part candidate forum in person this year at the Pennsylvania Ethical...

Arts & Culture

Horoscopes: April 22 – 28, 2022

Aries: The beginning of this new solar cycle of Taurus means you are trying to optimize the use of your time, make good investments...

Luis Pedrogo: New in Old City

According to www.meaningslike.com, the name Pedrogo represents ambition, independence, strength, reliability, determination and professionalism. That sounds about right for this week’s Portrait, Luis Pedrogo...

Horoscopes: April 15 – 21, 2022

Steven Wall: Bringing Fun Back

The Lost City of P

Regional

Pa. Human Relations Commission seeks to strengthen LGBT protections

The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission recently proposed statewide regulations asserting that anti-LGBT discrimination is a form of sex discrimination. Since 2018, the PHRC has accepted...

National

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...

Analysis: Pennsylvania Senate debate raises questions

A Democratic debate and a Republican forum with candidates for the critical Pennsylvania Senate race were held last weekend, but neither frontrunner was in...

“Don’t Say Gay” signed in Florida; more anti-LGBTQ bills progressing in other states

It was a bad week to be LGBTQ in the U.S. as Republican governors and state legislatures continued their legislative assault on the very...

LIFE DURING COVID-19

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...

Spring Awakening: Gayborhood businesses a year into the new normal

Last year, PGN spoke with Gayborhood businesses to see how they were managing through pandemic regulations. Locally-owned businesses the world over have felt the...

LGBTQ seniors at JCAA get Covid-19 vaccinations

Residents of the John C. Anderson LGBT-friendly Senior Apartments received their first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine last week, with second doses scheduled...

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Deep Inside Hollywood: Jamie Lee Curtis high fives a gay baseball legend

Queer sports history lesson time: the late Glenn Burke was a Black professional baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and then the Oakland...

Kate Scott: The Voice of the Sixers

Long COVID: The Other Pandemic

Mark My Words

Television

Grindr enters the webseries world with “Bridesman”

“Bridesman,” which debuted April 1, is the first original webseries for Grindr. (All six 7–10-minute episodes are now available on the Grindr YouTube channel)....

Power, Putin, and the Tiger King

Editorial

Your equal rights might be gone soon, in Pa. and elsewhere

While the hope was always that the fight for equality would be a path forward, with each new victory — Lawrence, Don’t Ask Don’t...

FILM

Obituaries

James D. “Jimmy” Calnan

James D. “Jimmy” Calnan died peacefully at home on January 9, 2022 after a brief battle with Glioblastoma. Jimmy lived for more than 35...

Columns

Parenting

Family Portrait

Luis Pedrogo: New in Old City

Steven Wall: Bringing Fun Back

Ray Daly: Helping the Environment

Frank Chille: Movies and More

Legal

2019: LGBTQ YEAR IN REVIEW

Having an Affair