Grassroots campaign finds a home in the ’burbs
On a recent Friday afternoon, Elayne Aion arranged stacks of brightly colored lawn signs in a corner of her Glenside gift shop. ...
Protesters hold 24-hour vigil outside Sen. Toomey’s office
“Rain or shine, day or night. Health care is a human right.” Protesters chanted in front of Sen. Pat Toomey’s Philadelphia...
Krasner supports transparency in Morris case
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner met with trans attorney Julie Chovanes for an hour last week and expressed support for transparency in the Nizah...
PGN’s top 5 stories of the year
1. “Pete speaks on LGBTQ history, historic campaign”
Democratic presidential candidate and out gay man Pete Buttigieg spoke exclusively with PGN in October about his...
First LGBTQ Community Conversation addresses controversies, new initiatives
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Peer recovery program reaches into local gay community
Three local LGBT and HIV/AIDS organizations are seeking to support LGBT individuals battling substance abuse and other issues through an innovative new program....
Philadelphia FIGHT to host 11th-annual World AIDS Day Prayer Breakfast
Health services organization Philadelphia FIGHT will hold its 11th-annual World AIDS Day Prayer Breakfast on Nov. 30.
About 300 people from the city’s various faith...
Media Trail: April 19-25, 2019
Morehouse College to take transgender students CNN reports the country’s only all-male historically black college will begin admitting transgender men next year. The move...
Philly lawyer named ‘Best under 40’
An out local lawyer is receiving an award from a national LGBT legal group. Brian Seaman and other distinguished lawyers from...
PA couple at top of wedding contest
The American Civil Liberties Union is staging a contest to give same-sex couples across the country a chance to tie the knot and demonstrate...
MACT Philadelphia celebrates 28 years
Building a more cohesive LGBT community was the theme as over 50 individuals celebrated Men of All Colors Together Philadelphia’s 28th anniversary May 1-3...
Wedding: Scott Edwards and Mark Gratman
Scott Edwards and Mark Gratman’s romance started with a pair of rollerblades. Edwards, 49, and Gratman, 50, met at 12th Air...
Wedding: Art and Stevie Martin-Chester
After 21 years together, two LGBT activists tied the knot for a second time Aug. 10 at the Metropolitan Community Church...
Media Trail – Nov. 15, 2019
LGBTQ characters on U.S. TV are at an all-time high
NBC News reported for the fourth consecutive year, broadcast television has featured a record percentage...
Philadelphia residents turn out for Hillary Clinton
Tarriem Burroughs was unable to make it to the other rallies supporting Hillary Clinton but on Monday night, he left work early to attend...
Death benefits dispute settled
A highly contentious dispute involving the death benefits of a deceased gay man was settled last week. Joseph A. Hallman...
Arrest made in hit-and-run of lesbian
One month after Tiffany Reed, who was preparing to get married in February to her girlfriend Indiana Johnson, lost her life in a hit-and-run...
Primary-care providers among audience at PCOM’s first trans medicine symposium
Dr. Christine McGinn, a noted transgender surgeon in Bucks County, shared the story of a patient who had issues with two surgeries and underwent...
Local choreographer brings retro workouts to Way Gay
Professional dance and fitness instructor Craig Scull is gearing up for another offering of Homorobics, his six-week workout class as part of Way Gay...
Civil rights leaders pen article supporting federal LGBTQ nondiscrimination
Two civil rights leaders of national stature took to SCOTUSblog, a law blog written by lawyers and law professors and students about the U.S....
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