12th Air changes hands
Longtime Gayborhood locale 12th Air Command came under the direction of a new owner last month, and he plans to update the club’s look,...
DHS reinstates MANNA funding
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance, which provides meals to those struggling with life-threatening illnesses, had itself been struggling to cope with the loss of...
Marriage equality in the legislatures in 2013
Marriage equality is slowly sweeping the states with victories — with Illinois inching closer to becoming the 10th state to make same-sex marriage legal....
Schaefer’s reinstatement upheld
The United Methodist Church’s highest judicial body this week upheld the reinstatement of the Rev. Frank Schaefer. Schaefer was stripped of his credentials last...
Protest against professor’s speech ends with fire alarm, evacuation
A protester allegedly set off a fire alarm and evacuated a college hall as a prominent speaker was addressing the public. University of the...
Wave of aging LGBTQ population set to crash
There’s a critical emergency facing Pennsylvania’s LGBTQ community, yet it is barely discussed and remains mostly hidden. It is the crisis of how to...
Marriage push heats up in Garden State
The “lame-duck” legislative session in New Jersey began Monday and legislators now have just about seven weeks to pass a marriage-equality bill. ...
New Jersey expands adoption access for LGBTQ families
On Wednesday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation streamlining the adoption process for LGBTQ families.
The new law allows LGBTQ couples wherein one person...
Hearing set for Office of LGBT Affairs bill
Last month, City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown proposed a bill to make permanent the Office of LGBT Affairs. Now PGN has...
ON THE MARCH
About 500 dykes and allies marched through the Gayborhood June 8 for the annual Philadelphia Dyke March, which this year wended around City Hall...
Lower Merion bans LGBT discrimination
Lower Merion last week became the 18th municipality in the state to ban LGBT discrimination. The township commission of the Main...
News Briefing
William Way endorses Morris probe The William Way LGBT Community Center supports a state probe of the Nizah Morris case. ...
New details emerge in school play controversy
New documents were released last week that call into question the reason behind the canceling of a play at a Pennsylvania high school. ...
Supreme victories on Day of Decision
Marriage equality saw its greatest victory to date Wednesday with the defeat of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act. ...
Spring 2015 Wedding Issue
Same-sex marriage is now legal in Pennsylvania, and more than a dozen couples shared their engagement and wedding stories with us for our Spring...
The Pets of PGN
Zola “Zola brings us so much joy every day. She loves laughter and smiles more than anything in the world, except for food....
Gayborhood Crime Watch
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Feb. 28...
MANNA launches 15th annual pie sale
Even though fall just began, the holiday giving season is already in full swing at one local organization. More than 50...
Locals react to SCOTUS ruling
Reaction to Friday's landmark marriage-equality ruling is pouring in from all corners of the country. Here's a sampling of what some of our local...
Beloved community activist Ted Faigle dies
Ted Faigle, artist and LGBT and AIDS activist, died suddenly on Aug. 21 at his home in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. He was 66. Faigle...
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