Johns Committee: A 1950s ‘witch hunt’ for LGBTs
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‘The Wizard of Oz’ in the LGBT community
Nobody seems to know quite how or why “The Wizard of Oz” became such an enduring part of LGBT community and culture. ...
Commission on LGBT Affairs forming
The application process for the city's new Commission on LGBT Affairs opened Monday. The volunteer members will be appointed following an application...
Chelsea Clinton speaks with PGN
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Philly gets top HRC score, five years running
Philadelphia has again achieved a perfect score in the Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index. The national LGBT-rights organization releases the...
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...
Out performance artist, single mom to keynote Philly Family Pride conference
Artist, author and activist Staceyann Chin is giving voice to her unique path to parenthood in “MotherStruck!” The one-woman show traces Chin’s efforts to...
Temple prof breaks the ‘Code of Omerta’
Who or what is Omerta? Specifically, what is the code of Omerta? And why is a Temple University professor trying to break it? ...
Rain not much of a damper on Trans* March, OutFest
A steady drizzle Saturday afternoon and wind gusts reaching 30 miles per hour Sunday morning in Philadelphia didn’t deter people from participating in a...
Philly AIDS Thrift renews lease for PAT @ Giovanni’s Room
Philly AIDS Thrift recently renewed its lease to continue operating PAT @ Giovanni’s Room at 12th and Pine streets. The new...
D.A.’s affidavit offers hope in Morris case
Last month, advocates for Nizah Morris received a glimmer of hope when the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office submitted an affidavit to the state Office...
Anti-racism protest interrupts flag-raising ceremony
Mayor Jim Kenney and Director of LGBT Affairs Nellie Fitzpatrick came under fire this past weekend for their handling of racism in the...
Five students named Jonathan Lax scholars
Matthew Armstead wants to “stay grassroots in the work” he’s doing as a performance artist. He said receiving the Jonathan Lax Scholarship for Gay...
Who you gonna call? New web series “Queer Ghost Hunters” blends...
Last December, seven LGBT people approached the cells that first housed inmates in 1889 at the Licking County Historic Jail in Newark, Ohio, about...
Before Stonewall, there was Cooper Donuts
It was a torrent of doughnuts and coffee that kicked off the LGBT-rights movement. Sure, the Stonewall Riots of 1969 in...
Latinx-owned company launches T-shirts promoting social consciousness
After attending a photography exhibit in 2013 on the 21st anniversary of SEXO, a sex-positive campaign that featured Latino men, Elicia Gonzales and...
Library Co. event explores history of trans expression
“The T in LGBT,” a public lecture and discussion by Jen Manion, will take place at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at William Way...
GLSEN bullying report follows up on research done a decade ago
Students are more aware of their LGBT peers than in the past decade, but biased language persists, according to a report released last month...
40 Years Ago in PGN: Oct. 14-20, 2016
Episcopal Church backs some LGBT rights at convention Adapted from reporting by Harry Langhorne There were six pro-LGBT resolutions approved at the...
Same-sex marriage dating to 1990 recognized by court
John D. Roberts will receive the Social Security benefits of his late husband Bernard O. Wilkerson, after a ruling last month by a Philadelphia...
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