South Florida Pride orgs avoid backlash over inclusivity plaguing other cities
In a few major American cities this summer, Pride Month devolved into anything but.
Philadelphia’s Philly Pride Presents (PPP) shut down in late June amid...
ACT UP protest ends in police violence
As members of ACT UP Philadelphia were about to hold their regular housing protest on July 27 outside of Mayor Kenney’s Old City home,...
Pa. health officials decline new mask mandate, discuss vaccine initiatives
In light of climbing rates of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania, state health officials have urged Pennsylvanians to get vaccinated.
Pennsylvania exceeded 1,000 daily COVID-19 cases for...
Designer who won’t make same-sex wedding websites loses case
A U.S. appeals court has ruled against a web designer who didn’t want to create wedding websites for same-sex couples and sued to challenge...
CDC says vaccinated should wear masks indoors in areas with high...
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...
Largest ever Trans Wellness Conference continues to evolve, with room to...
The Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference (PTWC) took place virtually from July 22-24, 2021, after having been postponed in 2020 due to pandemic safety measures....
Washington killer sentenced; new evidence in Fells case
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO) announced updates on the murders of trans women Michelle “Tameka” Washington and Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells at a July...
All Philly public schools to have gender neutral bathrooms
Starting in the 2021-2022 school year, which begins August 31, every building in the Philadelphia School District will have at least one single-stall gender-neutral...
Senate unanimously confirms two LGBTQ women to top military positions
In an historic action, the Senate confirmed Gina Ortiz Jones and Shawn Skelly to top military positions with unanimous consent.
Gina Ortiz Jones will serve...
Judge sides with city on Morris records
In a one-page ruling this week, a Philadelphia judge denied PGN’s request for additional records in the Nizah Morris case, despite a prior court...
Report shows more women and racial LGBTQ diversity in films
A new report from the media advocacy group GLAAD reveals that queer women and racial LGBTQ+ diversity were prominent in 2020 films from major...
Community orgs continue Covid-19 vaccine push
Nearly 900,000 Philadelphians have been vaccinated for Covid-19 according to data gathered by city health officials, but local organizations are continuing to go into...
Trans and nonbinary icons to be honored in new murals
Two murals celebrating transgender and nonbinary Philadelphians will soon be installed in the city — one on the facade of Philly AIDS Thrift in...
Top U.S. Catholic Church official resigns after being outed
Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, General Secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), announced his resignation July 20. The sudden resignation came after The...
International News: US calls for prosecutions over anti-LGBT violence in country...
On July 13, the U.S. State Department called for calm in Georgia after the death of a cameraman who was beaten up during violence...
Black and Brown LGBTQ organizers start to formulate a new Philly...
In the weeks following the abrupt dissolution of Philly Pride Presents, a group of Black and Brown LGBTQ+ community leaders have begun formulating plans...
FDA warns against using poppers
"Poppers" have been a fixture for LGBTQ people on the club and sex party circuit for years.
Poppers are a liquid drug used for recreation...
‘The Big lie is just that, a big lie’: In Philly,...
By Nick Field, Stephen Caruso, and Marley Parish
Returning to the state that handed him the White House, President Joe Biden made a passionate plea Tuesday...
DA Krasner challenges subpoena in Morris case
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is challenging PGN’s subpoena to appear at an upcoming court hearing regarding the paper’s request for additional records in...
Judge blocks Tennessee restroom-sign law
On July 9, a federal judge blocked a Tennessee law that would require businesses and other public venues to post a warning sign if...
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