City unveils new rainbow flag symbolizing racial diversity
More than 200 people were in attendance Thursday to celebrate the unveiling and raising of a new rainbow flag at the north apron of...
Pulse: One Year Later
On June 12, 2016, 49 people were killed at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Fla., marking the deadliest mass shooting in American history. The tragedy...
West community keeps Akyra Murray’s memory alive, on and off the...
Beulah Osueke was sleeping in the early-morning hours of June 12, 2016, when her phone pinged with a text message. “It...
Office of LGBT Affairs launches new website
The Office of LGBT Affairs launched a new website Thursday. Jason Evans, treasurer for the Commission on LGBT Affairs, is spearheading...
Accuser takes the stand in Cosby case
The sexual-assault case against comedian Bill Cosby opened this week, with prosecutors presenting several women who contend Cosby assaulted them, including...
Out journalist launches book tour in native city
Clay Cane is quick to admit what he learned from 1980s and 1990s Philadelphia. “It taught me about poverty,” the 40-year-old...
Homecoming will ‘Rise’ to kick off Pride weekend
Members of the LGBT community and allies will kick off Pride weekend with brunch festivities to raise funds for the William Way LGBT Community...
Philly Dyke March returns with new initiatives
Last month, police arrested a man in Brooklyn, N.Y., for allegedly knocking a lesbian woman unconscious in a subway. Officials said the suspect purposely...
Pro-trans ruling could help birth-certificate case
Attorneys for a New Jersey trans woman seeking a gender-accurate birth certificate hope a recent pro-trans ruling in a Pennsylvania case will give a...
Security remains priority at local LGBT clubs
The mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando happened just hours before Philadelphia Pride, a celebration that brings thousands of LGBTs to Penn’s Landing,...
Active-shooter expert seeks Pulse accountability
Chris Grollnek, an active-shooter expert based in McKinney, Texas, says he’s on a mission to hold Orlando police accountable for their response to the...
The Attic receives $100K grant
An LGBT youth organization this week received a $100,000 grant to support its work. Impact100 Philadelphia, a women’s philanthropy and grantmaking...
PGN Exclusive: City’s new rainbow flag to include black and brown...
Amber Hikes, the city's director of LGBT Affairs, said she teared up the first time she saw the new rainbow flag, which will be...
Gay man seeks court order for Social Security to recognize his...
John D. Roberts wants a federal judge to order the Social Security Administration to recognize his same-sex common-law marriage so he’ll receive spousal-survivor benefits. ...
Activists rally to demand resignation of Congreso CEO
Dozens of community leaders and protesters gathered June 1 outside the Kensington office of Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc., to demand the resignation...
LGBT-friendly youth residence hits potential roadblock
The clock is ticking for a project that would create 30 units of LGBT-friendly housing for young adults. A judge is...
City Council bill would enhance benefits for city workers
City Council member Helen Gym last week introduced a bill that she says would make available to all city workers in-vitro fertilization coverage, egg-freezing...
Libraries launch LGBT Pride programming
Libraries across the city will stage dedicated LGBT Pride events throughout the month of June. The first-time “Free Library of Pride”...
Plaintiffs seek to bar trans student’s intervention in Boyertown case
Plaintiffs in a case involving public-accommodations access for transgender students in a Pennsylvania school district are seeking to block the involvement...
SEPTA urges high court to uphold antibias ruling
SEPTA came out swinging last week, urging the state Supreme Court to uphold its ruling that SEPTA isn’t bound by the city’s LGBT-inclusive antibias...
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