#LGBTDNC: Equality Forum to coincide with Dem Convention
This year’s Equality Forum will feature discussions with national LGBT leaders, social events and the dedication of two new LGBT historic markers — all...
#LGBTDNC: Two Gayborhood locations in PoliticalFest
The Gayborhood boasts two of the seven locations the public can visit as part of PoliticalFest, which opens today and runs through July 27....
RNC Recap: Day Two
Here's a look at the highlights of Tuesday's Republican National Convention. PA Delegation breakfast speakers:Donald Trump, Jr.Sen. Joni ErnstSen. Jeff SessionsPA Delegation Presidential...
RNC Recap: Day One
The RNC began in Cleveland on Monday with the themes of party unity and Make America Great Again. The Pennsylvania GOP...
Lesbian couple commits suicide in NE Philly hotel
A lesbian couple from West Virginia reportedly committed suicide at a motel in Northeast Philadelphia this weekend. The two women, 33 and...
Groundbreaking HIV study to launch in Philly
A five-year study aimed at developing a cure for HIV is about to get underway in Philadelphia. The National Institutes of...
DA increasing outreach to LGBT community
Kathryn Knott became something of a tipping point for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and the city’s LGBT residents. The community...
For more transparency, Gayborhood Pulse fundraiser changing donation plans
The donations from next week’s Philly4Pulse fundraiser will go toward Equality Florida, instead of the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida, organizers announced this...
IBA expanding reach with first Bucks event
LGBT businesspeople are invited to spend an evening during the Democratic National Convention on the back porch of the Bucks County Playhouse on the...
New name, award for North Philly LGBT shelter
It’s been a busy first year for the LGBT shelter on North Hutchinson Street in North Philadelphia. The home has a new name, earned...
Trans woman cited for harassment, disorderly conduct
Kate Lynn Blatt, a trans woman who allegedly caused a disturbance at a Walmart store in Saint Clair, Schuylkill County, has been cited for...
Gay couple renews donation campaign
Donations are trickling in once again for a gay couple struggling to maintain their home in New Garden, Chester County, despite alleged harassment from...
Philly teen earns prestigious poetry title
Otter Jung-Allen just embarked on a one-year term as the Youth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia. Jung-Allen, 16, is a resident of...
Government opposes funds for inmate’s medical review
Kenneth J. Houck Jr., an openly gay federal inmate who was brutally assaulted five years ago, recently requested that a court-appointed medical expert participate...
Out president of Temple Law Alumni Association focused on diversity
As the first openly gay president of the Temple Law Alumni Association begins his second term this summer, he has diversity on the brain...
News Briefing: July 15-21, 2016
Trial date postponed in Farnese case The upcoming corruption trial for state Sen. Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. (D) has been postponed for at least...
40 Years Ago in PGN: July 15-21, 2016
‘Sodomy’ repeal bill gets stalled Adapted from reporting by PGN staff A bill to repeal Pennsylvania’s law prohibiting “deviate sexual intercourse,”...
Evidence suppression to be considered in Redding case
The defense would like to suppress some evidence against the man accused in the October killing of transgender woman Keisha Jenkins. ...
Westboro plans to protest at Mazzoni
Virulently anti-LGBT protest group Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket outside Mazzoni Center later this month — and the community is mobilizing to counter-protest. ...
Kathryn Knott released from prison
After five months and four days in Riverside Correctional Facility, Kathryn Knott is a free woman. At a hearing Tuesday, Common Pleas...
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