Philly’s LGBTQ health orgs endure amid pandemic
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control, at least 105-thousand healthcare personnel have been infected with COVID-19 and over 500...
Attorneys renew efforts for Morris documents
Last month, a Center City law firm sent a demand letter to the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office on behalf of PGN, seeking...
Record number of LGBTQ candidates in 2020
More than 880 LGBTQ people across the country are running for elected office this year, according to a report released last week...
Trans woman shot in Northeast Philadelphia
Philadelphia police are searching for the shooter of a 31-year-old trans woman of color early this morning. The woman, who was shot...
Attic Youth Center seeks new executive director
The Attic Youth Center has begun a search for a new executive director, the organization announced via email Wednesday. Carrie Jacobs, the...
Paycheck Protection Program money given to anti-LGBT organizations
The Small Business Administration (SBA) has released a list of 650,000 recipients of loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Organizations listed...
Trump’s new asylum rules could end access for LGBT+ asylum seekers
While the country and world is focused on the surging coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Justice and the U.S. State Department are...
Anti-PrEP ads still on social media, despite efforts for removal
Damon L. Jacobs started using Truvada for PrEP in 2011 and continues to take it daily. Personal-injury lawyers have been targeting the...
Groundbreaking trans surgery program welcomes first fellow
The Delaware County Memorial Hospital’s Transgender Surgery Fellowship, headed by Dr. Sherman Leis, recently welcomed its first fellow, Dr. Jude Opoku-Agyeman. This...
City cancels large public events through Feb. 2021
The city of Philadelphia announced on Tuesday a moratorium on all large city-permitted public events through February of next year. Mayor Jim...
15 state senators back Catholic agency in foster dispute
Fifteen Pennsylvania state senators have submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court urging the justices to compel the City of...
Gayborhood coffee shop to close permanently
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
The first Pride parades took place in America in 1970, and the concept quickly went international. But one LGBTQ export is uniquely...
What’s next for LGBT nonprofits?
For our community’s nonprofit organizations, the past few months have been challenging financially, from the inability to host in-person gatherings and fundraisers...
Gay murder convict maintains his innocence
William F. Smithson, a gay man convicted of strangling to death coworker Jason K. Shephard in 2006, continues to proclaim his innocence...
LGBTQ World News
Russian voters back referendum banning same-sex marriage
Two-thirds of Russian voters have backed a national referendum to ban same-sex...
Black queer entertainers address discrimination
On Sunday, June 28, drag performers VinChelle and Icon Ebony-Fierce teamed up with Amber Hikes, former city director of LGBT Affairs, to...
Pennsylvania’s State Legislature: A House Divided
Amid a tumultuous year that has seen an ongoing pandemic and a nationwide fight for racial justice, the Pennsylvania legislature seems, if...
Pa. borough councilman blasted for transphobic Facebook post
LGBT advocates are blasting a borough councilmember in Trafford, Pa. for posting a transphobic Facebook comment about Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel...
Gay inmate’s death questioned
Kenneth J. Houck Jr., an openly-gay inmate, died in May while in federal custody. Houck, 44, was being held at the Metropolitan...
“Queer During Quarantine” showcases local artist
A wistful yearning for the past pervades “Queer During Quarantine,” an online exhibit of erotic monoprints by Will Hübscher.
