Local couple battles back against adversity
“I’ll never let her give up. Because I’m not a person to give up. And neither is she.” Brittany Haniebnik and Stephanie Hotchkiss credit...
Gay man seeks to make criminal-justice system ‘user-friendly’
Richard Gliniak’s priority as one of the members of the new Crime Victims’ Advisory Committee is to help make Philadelphia’s criminal-justice system more user-friendly,...
SEPTA worker speaks out
A longtime SEPTA employee says she’s determined to have her same-sex marriage recognized by the transit agency, no matter how long she must fight....
Finding ‘The One’
Charise Brown and her partner Rosa Torres started planning their wedding two weeks after their first date. Brown never imagined that...
NJ nonprofit to assist the elder LGBTQ community
As the youngest of the baby boomers crests 55 this year, the long-forewarned care gap for the largest generation of Americans is no longer...
Out North Philly advocate focus of new Clinton ad
Walking home from dinner earlier this week, Malcolm Kenyatta noticed his phone start to ping with alerts. He had more than 600 notifications. ...
1983 Reprint: Meet a local AIDS patient
*Editor’s Note: In reviewing the PGN archives in preparation for our 40th anniversary, we were struck by this account of what life was like...
Action Wellness gives, receives awards for World AIDS Day
Action Wellness, a nonprofit that helps those in the Greater Philadelphia area living with chronic diseases, held its 28th-annual Friends for Life Awards event...
World AIDS Day: A reporter looks back
Living with AIDS. When I became the first female journalist writing about HIV/AIDS 35 years ago, that phrase was unimaginable. Now, on World AIDS...
Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus welcomes new director
David Bielenberg will be the first-ever executive director in the organization’s 37-year history In his teen years, David Bielenberg sang in school musicals and...
Historic Philly church celebrates historic wedding
Old Pine Presbyterian Church is steeped in history. Sitting at the corner of Fourth and Pine streets for nearly 250 years, it has witnessed...
Out candidates receive Liberty City endorsement
On Thursday the Liberty City Democratic Club announced its endorsements for the 2015 primary election. Among the most notable candidates it...
LGBT Elder Initiative partners with Jefferson Health for new program series
A local organization for LGBT elders and a local hospital will partner for a new series of programs. The LGBT...
Black Queer-itute
It is officially the holiday season. If black LGBTQ folks do not have it hard enough, we are about to embark on the exhausting,...
Casey backs Equality Act
As Pride month begins, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. decided to sign on as a cosponsor of the Equality Act, which would include LGBT...
‘Shut Up & Dance’ turns 25
After taking the reins as producing director of “Shut Up & Dance” in 2011, Ian Hussey said he always planned to be a part...
Victory Fund finds favor in Philadelphia
While anticipation mounts for the 2020 presidential election, there are candidates for offices across the country who could start making an impact this year....
New Year, New You 2018
Now that we are at the beginning of the New Year, it's time to keeping our minds and bodies healthy. In our second-annual "New Year,...
Five years later, justice elusive in Blahnik case
It’s been five years since Stacey Blahnik was killed, but the pain is still palpable for her loved ones. “The...
Sex takes center stage at yearlong Penn forum
Desiree Akhavan, who played Chandra on season four of Lena Dunham’s HBO series “Girls,” will help to kick off the Penn Humanities Forum’s yearlong...
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