Feminist author to speak in Bucks County
Letty Cottin Pogrebin, one of the founding editors of the feminist Ms. Magazine, has a new novel out that deals with learning to love...
Trans activist Deja Lynn Alvarez to join Public Health
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has created new positions to help LGBT people link up with health services. Trans activist Deja Lynn Alvarez...
Nearly 700 LGBTQ elected officials in U.S.
The Victory Institute celebrated Pride month with its 2019 Out for America report and news that the most LGBTQ elected officials in history...
Clinton says she’d review State Dept.’s policies
During Sen. Hillary Clinton’s confirming hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week, the Secretary of State-designate pledged that if she...
Nutter signs bathroom bill into law
Transgender activist Dawn Munro pointed out her regular seat at Fergie’s Pub; it was two from the end that’s closest to the bathrooms. ...
Downingtown becomes 34th in PA to ban LGBT discrimination
With efforts to ban LGBT discrimination still stalled in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania last week welcomed its 34th municipality to do so at the local...
Sterling Goode, Attic board member, 55
Sterling Goode, a longtime board member of The Attic Youth Center, died Dec. 21 of pancreatic cancer. He was 55. Goode served...
Penn athletics headed on right path
An LGBT and ally group on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania will stage a series of events next week that seek to...
William Way to celebrate 40th at Indigo Ball
The folks at the William Way LGBT Community Center are expecting a big turn out for the annual Indigo Ball next month. ...
William Way makes Homecoming a brunch
The William Way LGBT Community Center is making its annual Pride weekend Homecoming a brunch for the first time instead of an afternoon garden...
ACLU celebrates LGBT legal victories
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania will honor exemplary libertarians and volunteers throughout the state, including a number of LGBT community members, at...
Saving Winston: A tail of rescue and recovery
A year ago this month, a local couple took a chance and rescued a dog who was on the brink of death. From rags...
Media Trail: June 7-13
R.I. bishop’s tweet outrages LGBTQ community A weekend tweet by Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin warning his congregants not to support or attend LGBTQ...
Wedding bells ring for local couples
They came in cars, buses, planes, limos and ferries wearing dresses and tuxes, or jeans and khakis. Crowds of supporters threw confetti...
Mazzoni names new medical director
Mazzoni Center announced the new director of its medical practice last week. Dr. Nancy Brisbon has assumed the role of medical...
Sun, surf, gays at Sand Blast 10th anniversary
A decade ago, a handful of LGBT residents in Asbury Park, N. J., opened their homes to friends throughout the region for a...
Police group looks at crimes, unsolved murders
The first Philadelphia Police LGBT Liaison Committee meeting of the year came with a word of caution to the community: Be aware of your...
‘It’s hard to say goodbye,’ says departing DVLF director
After five years as executive director of LGBT grantmaking organization DVLF, Samantha Giusti will step down from her role. The 31-year-old...
Democrat looks to bring change to 177th District
A Republican has represented Philadelphia’s 177th District for more than 30 years — a fact Joe Hohenstein is looking to change. ...
Fired teacher speaks out amid growing controversy
The Catholic school teacher who was recently fired for her same-sex marriage spoke with PGN this week about the ongoing controversy. ...
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