City shows support for trans students, despite Trump
Community members and the Philadelphia School District showed support after President Donald Trump rescinded protections for transgender students Wednesday. The Trump administration, in conjunction...
Keystone State Gay Rodeo will horse around in Harrisburg
After a few failed relationships, Adam Romanik tried to find a way to “connect with someone that had a similar love of horses, riding...
OITNB stars encourage LGBT voter outreach in Philadelphia
A star from "Orange is the New Black" helped launch an LGBT voter outreach initiative Saturday night in the Gayborhood. Uzo...
Distillery ‘comes out’ for AIDS Walk
A local distillery is “coming out” on OutFest weekend. Midnight Madness Distilling, based in Quakertown, the maker of Fortis craft...
Learn about local LGBTQ history at new exhibition
A new exhibition, set to debut next week in Bensalem, will explore five decades of LGBTQ history in Pennsylvania as a tribute to the...
PCHR is target of federal bias lawsuit
A city agency that enforces civil-rights laws is the target of a federal lawsuit by five African-American males who say they’ve been victimized by...
Visit Bucks 2017
From New Hope to Doylestown and everywhere in between, our annual Visit Bucks edition takes you through the highlights of springtime in Bucks County!
Queer library set to open in Montgomery County
The opening of a new queer library in Hatboro, Pa. on May 4 will mark another step in the increasing LGBTQ visibility in this...
Attic gears up for new school year with bookbag event
A local community organizer donated more than 100 backpacks to LGBTQ youth at a back-to-school event to motivate schoolchildren “to overcome discrimination through education.”...
Trans-wellness conference scores big funding
The Department of Public Health, Thomas Jefferson University and pharmaceutical giant Gilead are among some of the biggest contributors to the 19th annual Philadelphia...
Spring 2018 LGBTQ Youth Supplement
From trans happiness to activism, local youth sound off on the state of the LGBT community in our Spring 2018 LGBTQ Youth Supplement.
Rooting for all the black queers!
It is great to celebrate how far black LGBTQ people have come, but to see us on screen, we must recognize that not all...
John C. Anderson Apartments wins national architecture award
The John C. Anderson Apartments have just received a national award for outstanding architecture from the American Institute of Architects. The...
Fifty years pass since seminal Dewey’s sit-ins
History HighlightAs the 50th anniversary of the Annual Reminder Days approaches, PGN will explore events, ideas and people who had an impact on local...
Buttigieg targeted by right-wing operatives in antigay sex-assault smear
Two notorious right-wing operatives, Fox News pundit Jacob Wohl and lobbyist Jack Burkman, have been revealed as the masterminds behind a plot targeting Democratic...
NJ gov. signs bill banning LGBT-panic defense
On Jan. 21, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation banning the use of an LGBT-panic defense to get a reduced penalty for committing...
New LGBTQ residence targets young adults facing homelessness
A local nonprofit housing organization is accepting applications for the first LGBTQ-friendly permanent housing residence for young homeless adults. Project HOME...
Chelsea Manning addresses power, identity and freedom at Penn
Chelsea Manning fits in on a college campus. Youthful and smiling, with Taylor Swift-blonde hair and black combat boots, she looks...
Enactment of federal ruling restricting LGBTQ medical access pushed back
A Trump administration rule that would allow medical professionals to refuse care based on religious or moral objections will no longer go into effect...
Pete Buttigieg’s historic candidacy rounds out 2019
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