PHL Diversity panel offers tips for corporations starting employee-resource groups
Since the 1920s, PPL Electric Utilities has flown four flags: for the United States, Pennsylvania, Allentown and the company. But after the June 12...
Emails raise questions about Morris records
Prior to issuing their 2013 report on the Nizah Morris incident, members of the city’s Police Advisory Commission were assured they had access...
Candidate interview: Katie McGinty
Office sought: U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania Party: Democrat McGinty is a Northeast Philadelphia native who earned a law degree from Columbia Law School and...
Candidate interview: Mary Ellen Balchunis
Office sought: U.S. Representative for the Seventh District Party: Democrat A native of the Seventh District, Balchunis taught political science at La Salle...
Candidate interview: Josh Shapiro
Office sought: Pennsylvania Attorney General Party: Democrat Shapiro is the chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, on which he has sat since...
Candidate interview: Joe Torsella
Office sought: Pennsylvania Treasurer Party: Democrat Torsella, a Montgomery County resident, said he would bring his local, state and international experience as a fiscal...
Candidate interview: Eugene DePasquale
Office sought: Pennsylvania Auditor General Party: Democrat Auditor General DePasquale is pursuing a second term as the state’s top fiscal watchdog, a position he...
Filing a complaint with Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations
The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations investigates complaints of discrimination in employment, public accommodations and housing. The agency is charged with enforcing the city’s...
PGN Exclusive: VP nominee Sen. Tim Kaine says Equality Act a...
In an exclusive interview with PGN, U.S. Sen. Tim Kane, the Democratic nominee for vice president, recently shared his views on LGBT issues and...
Community comes together for historic hearing on racism
The emotion was palpable from every one of the 28 speakers who took the microphone at a historic hearing on racism in the LGBT...
Entrance changed for PCHR hearing
Due to construction, the entrance location for tonight's Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations hearing on racism in the LGBT community has been changed. ...
State invests $3 million in LGBT-inclusive affordable housing
The sun shone bright on a parking lot in North Philadelphia Oct. 21 as Gov. Tom Wolf announced a $3-million investment from the state...
Allentown organizations receive grant for LGBT youth empowerment program
Valley Youth House and the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center received a $250,000 grant today to start a professionally staffed LGBT youth-empowerment program in Allentown....
Community, city leaders meet to address racism
Two weeks before a historic city hearing on racism in the LGBT community, several-dozen community members gathered for an open exchange on the issue....
Self-defense among claims by gay-bashing defendant
One of three people implicated in a 2014 gay-bashing incident in Philadelphia is claiming self-defense. In an Oct. 4 filing, Phillip...
Obituary: Gloria Prusakowski, 62
Longtime Mazzoni Center employee Gloria Prusakowski died suddenly Oct. 9 at age 62. Prusakowski, who studied accounting at Community College of...
Lincoln redevelopment near completion
A Gayborhood building that was vacant for more than a decade will soon be open for business. Luxury-apartment complex Twelve22 is...
Anti-bullying claims at risk of dismissal
Attorneys for the Pennsauken School District are requesting the dismissal of anti-bullying claims filed on behalf of a former student and his grandmother. ...
Government wants gay inmate’s federal suit tossed
The U.S. Department of Justice last month urged the dismissal of Kenneth J. Houck Jr.’s lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Prisons. ...
Day in the Life of: an educator and entrepreneur, Lee Carson
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