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Trump at Temple: Misrepresentation, disinformation and a call to vote GOP in November

It was over 100 heat index for Donald Trump’s rally on June 22 at the Liacouras Center at Temple University, but Trump was cool...

Former prosecutor sues Tabu for alleged assault

Steven R. Bryson, a former city prosecutor, is suing Tabu Lounge & Sports Bar after allegedly being “brutally attacked” by a bouncer at the...

PGN receives $60K grant from Every Voice, Every Vote to expand access to civic news and information

Philadelphia Gay News (PGN) has received a $60,000 grant from Every Voice, Every Vote — a citywide coalition to launch journalism and civic engagement...

VIDEO: Kareem Mims speaks on services provided by Prevention Point Philadelphia

Philadelphia Gay News sat down with Kareem Mims, who works as the Prevention Health Care Coordinator for Prevention Point Philadelphia. Mims, an openly gay...

Michael Hinson honored on Juneteenth in street dedication

The 1200 block of Chestnut Street was officially declared Michael S. Hinson, Jr. Way during a ceremony on June 19. The new street sign honors...

Free Library remembers Philadelphia’s Black queer history in conversation series

“The main difference between then and now is visibility,” says activist James Charles Roberts, talking about Black presence in the early days of the...

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Horoscopes: June 28-July 4, 2024

Aries: You’ll have an opportunity to reassess and take responsibility when Saturn turns retrograde through Nov. 15. Doesn’t sound fun? Well, it’s not! But...

Rowan Mucci: Trials, triumphs and tacos

Rowan Mucci’s Facebook page states: “Prepare for my life over share. I make art, tortillas, and talk about my life — unapologetically.” We decided...

Horoscopes: June 21-27, 2024

Leona Thomas: Kids, career and tech

Ben Platt’s Queer Folk Reverie

Horoscopes: June 14-20, 2024

Julia Birnbaum: Say Cheese!

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HHS visits Pennsylvania to learn about LGBTQ+ youth

“The leadership team here at HHS has been traveling to various parts ot the country during Pride Month to say very clearly that when...

National

Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center opens in NYC

Diana Rodriguez, who grew up in Jersey City, often met her uncle, Tony, in New York for lunch. They typically ate near 23rd St....

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Tennessee Law Banning Transition Care for Minors

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a legal challenge brought by the United States Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, Tennessee families and a...

Club Q shooter pleads guilty to 50 hate crimes

It was an all-too-familiar American scene. Minutes before midnight on Nov. 19, 2022, Anderson Lee Aldrich, then 22, entered Colorado Springs’ only LGBTQ+ nightclub,...

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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Out ‘Bridgerton’ actor James Phoon speaks on LGBTQ+ representation

In 2022, a young gay actor living in London got some very good news. He learned that he had been cast in one of...

Editorial

We need more sober spaces in the LGBTQ+ community

I’ll admit that I like to party and shut down bars just as much as any other queer but it’s also not something I...

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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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