Havana-themed casino night turns up the heat
Escape to the warm Latin vibes of Havana for a night of high-stakes dice rolling and card playing — right here in Philly. ...
Shut Up & Dance looks to be a knockout
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutritional Alliance is taking the gloves off in its fight against illness. The agency, which provides nutritional meals...
Voices of Pride celebrates milestone with new music, venue
Kirsten Schaney grew up in a tiny town in Western Pennsylvania where she felt it wasn’t OK to be gay. About a decade ago,...
Community mourns loss of Jaci Adams
“Somebody like Jaci, they come along once in a lifetime. To me, she is a part of everything.” — Franny Price ...
Lib City piggybacks fall fundraiser with final presidential debate
The Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club scheduled its fall fundraiser to double as a debate-watching party. It’s slated for Oct. 19, the last of...
Judge halts trans-military ban
President Donald Trump’s Twitter-originated ban on transgender military members suffered a major setback this week. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled...
Hearing in attack on trans woman delayed
The preliminary hearing for a Philadelphia man accused of attacking and robbing three individuals, including a transgender woman, has been delayed until October. ...
40 Years Ago in PGN: March 4-10
Dyketactics protest stops movie showing Adapted from reporting by Denise Keiller, Mark Segal, Keith Clark and Bill Haught After a two-day...
40 Years Ago: Sept. 2-8, 2016
New Hope council president charged in harassment incident Adapted from reporting by PGN staff After a two-week investigation, New Hope Borough...
Philly AIDS Thrift donates $180K to local organizations
Philly AIDS Thrift recently announced its donation of $180,000 in grant funding to 20 local organizations for the 2017-18 grant cycle. ...
Obituary: Bill DiDamio, 81, staple at LGBT establishments
Bill DiDamio walked into the former Roscoe’s bar on Spruce Street in 1975 dressed as Carmen Miranda. At 6-foot-2 and wearing a banana headdress,...
Community still facing same issues, says COLOURS founder on 25th anniversary
Michael Hinson called the 25th-anniversary celebration of The COLOURS Organization bittersweet. “It’s exciting the organization has survived,” said Hinson, who founded...
Study: Philly LGBT smoking rates lower than other areas of state
Tobacco usage emerged as an unexpected health disparity for LGBT people in Pennsylvania, according to results from a study led by the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT...
Goldfein selected for OutProud Friend award
Ronda B. Goldfein, a longtime ally of the LGBT community, has been chosen as the first recipient of the Outproud Friend award,...
Local, national LGBT leaders mark Stonewall at White House
President Obama welcomed about 200 LGBT leaders from around the country, including three local activists, to the White House June 29 for a reception...
LGBTEI ramping up programming with three April events
Almost two years have passed since the last time the LGBT Elder Initiative invited the community to take part in a discussion about women’s...
Pride returns to Philly with larger parade
The 28th-annual Philadelphia Pride will have its largest parade yet. There will be 75 groups marching, up from 61 last...
Site teaches support, acceptance for nonconforming kids
One local small-business owner is working to create a community for families with gender-nonconforming children. Mia Rincon of Phoenixville recently launched Pink...
Wedding: Larry Benjamin and Stanley Willauer Jr.
For many reasons, June 28 is an unforgettable date for Larry Benjamin and Stanley Willauer Jr. It was the 45th anniversary...
Trial scheduled for defendant in Keisha Jenkins murder
Just after the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of transgender woman Keisha Jenkins in Logan, a trial date was set for the man...
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