PGMC to perform at annual Pride Shabbat Dinner
This year’s Pride Shabbat Dinner has added an inaugural guest: the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus. The 15-year annual traditional dinner is...
Obituary: The Rev. Christine Paules, 53
The Rev. Christine Paules, an openly lesbian pastor who served several congregations in Philadelphia, died March 31 at Bryn Mawr Hospital after a battle with...
New Hope-Solebury adopts policy to protect transgender students
A Pennsylvania school district voted 6-1 to protect transgender students. The New Hope-Solebury School District officially adopted Policy 255, entitled “Gender Expansive and Transgender...
Philly trans vets speak out on military inclusion
When the Department of Defense lifted its ban on open transgender service in the military just before Independence Day, local transgender veterans cheered the...
Dawn Segal gets favorable ruling from high court
Philadelphia voters in the May primary won't be able to select a replacement for disqualified Municipal Court Judge Dawn A. Segal, the Pennsylvania Supreme...
Top stories: In Memoriam
In Memoriam Kenneth Andrew, 61 The freelance photographer died Feb. 6 of natural causes. Ralph Everline, 64 The former Metropolitan Community...
Trans program changes name, logo to reflect evolving efforts
A local peer-based support group for trans individuals will go by a different name to reflect its more recent efforts. The...
Penn celebrates LGBT culture with weeklong event
University of Pennsylvania’s weeklong celebration of LGBT culture is coming up, and this year’s theme, Queer Factor, will have students face their fears head-on...
LGBT team to walk ‘Out of the Darkness’ for suicide prevention
The local chapter of a suicide-prevention organization is organizing the first-ever LGBT team for its annual walk. Pride & Prevention, an...
Candidate interview: Mary Ellen Balchunis
Office sought: U.S. Representative for the Seventh District Party: Democrat A native of the Seventh District, Balchunis taught political science at La Salle...
OutFest draws younger, more diverse crowd
The 28th annual OutFest block party attracted some 50,000 visitors and participants — more than it had in the previous two years, said the...
Traveling exhibit to raise LGBT awareness
LGBT advocates are preparing to unveil a new traveling exhibit intended to galvanize support for a statewide LGBT-inclusive antibias law. Pennsylvania...
Day in the life of: a pin-up model, Jessica DiLullo
When Jessica DiLullo is hiking through Fairmount Park in high heels, people take notice. The stares come from any number...
Local lawyer launching traveling legal program
“If we’re scared here in Philadelphia, I can’t imagine what it’s like in Laramie, in Chatanooga, in small towns in Arkansas.” ...
LGBT bowling tournament marks milestone
LGBT individuals from around the country will converge on the Philadelphia area this weekend to take part in a 21st-birthday party that will be...
William Way to host discussion on using donor sperm
National LGBTQ nonprofit Family Equality has partnered with Philadelphia Family Pride to host “Using Donor Sperm To Start Your Family,” a panel discussion exploring...
GALAEI will celebrate queer Latinx resistance with DARLA honorees
A local queer Latinx social-justice organization announced two individuals and one organization as the honorees for its annual leadership awards ceremony. GALAEI will honor...
Gay man accused of assaulting prosecutor
Kamile Ladson, a member of the LGBT community who is accused of assaulting a local prosecutor, is scheduled to go on trial next week....
ACT UP Philadelphia to transport LGBTQ folks to rally at Supreme...
ACT UP Philadelphia, a non-partisan group devoted to combatting HIV and AIDS, is sponsoring free buses to the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 8,...
Wedding: Don Pignolet and Mike Petty
Philadelphia Gay News office manager Don Pignolet and his partner, Mike Petty, have a serendipitously spilled beer to thank for the start of their...
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