LGBTQ-affirming healthcare in the Delaware Valley
The need for LGBTQ-affirming healthcare has always existed, but lately patients and providers have been working to make it more accessible. LGBTQ people have...
After prison, one-half of ‘gay-porn twins’ speaks out
This is the first of a two-part series. “Your self-respect is priceless. I know, I’m fighting like hell to get...
Media Trail
Gay travel group opposes Hawaii boycott The Associated Press reports the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association is opposing talk of a boycott...
International News
Lawyers discuss LGBT rights Gay-rights activists and lawyers from 11 countries recently met in South Africa for a four-day workshop on legal strategies...
International News: June 7-13
Italy elects its first transgender mayor General allegiances may lie with Matteo Salvini’s right-wing League party, but voters in a small town south...
Out & About OutFest Weekend
Philly Trans* March 3 p.m. Oct. 8 Thomas Paine Plaza The trans community and allies gather to march for visibility and...
LGBTQ athletes win record medal haul at Tokyo Olympics
It was an historic Olympics. And despite the ongoing threat of the coronavirus, the Tokyo games — postponed from 2020 — were an overwhelming...
Philly Archdiocese only one in nation to sponsor antigay D.C. event
Local Catholics are heading to Washington, D. C., later this month to mobilize against marriage equality. The National Organization for Marriage is...
D.A.’s Office files brief in Morris case
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office filed a legal brief this week in response to PGN’s request for an unredacted dispatch record relating to the...
Fifth TOY brings holiday cheer
The LGBT community is gearing up to celebrate a growing holiday tradition this weekend with Delaware Valley Legacy Fund’s TOY. The...
LGBT chamber of commerce celebrates 10th anniversary
“It started as a few people coming together to better the business interests of LGBT business owners,” Zach Wilcha, executive director of the Independence...
Obituary: Christopher Collins, LGBT activist, 37
Christopher Collins, an activist for HIV/AIDS and the LGBT community, died Jan. 3 at 37. Through his life, Collins was involved with The Colours...
International News
Gay pol won’t back gay marriage The first openly gay cabinet minister in Australia has claimed that she has suffered discrimination but refuses...
Local advocates back Minnesota trans athlete
Local trans advocates are speaking out for JayCee Cooper, a transgender powerlifter from Minnesota who recently filed suit against USA Powerlifting for allegedly refusing...
Queer, BIPOC-inclusive craft market comes back with in-person events
In the midst of a summer semi-derailed by a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, it’s important to make space for communal events that might provide...
Accurately reporting Philadelphia’s homeless youth requires community effort
Valley Youth House organized the annual Philadelphia Youth Count in conjunction with the Office of Homeless Services. On Thursday, Jan. 23, Valley Youth House...
Women’s choir strives for social justice through music, art
This month’s Anna Crusis Women’s Choir concert will fuse artistry and advocacy to relay the group’s commitment to promoting justice, peace and equality. ...
Allentown mayor, state politicians among hundreds at Bradbury-Sullivan ribbon cutting
Andy Dalpe and his partner Wally Barnette were the first to get “legally hitched” in Glen Gardner, N.J., just over the Pennsylvania border from...
Gay emergency medicine doctor joins U.S. Senate race
Dr. Kevin Baumlin, chief of emergency and urgent care services at Pennsylvania Hospital, recently joined the Democratic primary race for the U.S. Senate. If...
Legal director change-up at Mazzoni
Mazzoni Center next week will welcome a new head of its legal department who has extensive LGBT-rights experience on both sides of the Delaware....
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