40 years ago in PGN: July 1-7, 2016
Philadelphia hosts gay Catholic conference Adapted from reporting by Michael Clark Four workshops exploring justice within the interactions of gay people and the Catholic...
HIV-positive woman allegedly denied access to pool
An HIV-positive woman who allegedly was denied access to a swimming pool in Pennsylvania has filed an antibias complaint in federal court. ...
Women’s Commission includes LGBT appointees
The membership of Philadelphia’s inaugural Commission for Women was unveiled last week, and the list includes at least two LGBT community members. ...
SEPTA: We’re pro-LGBT civil rights
A SEPTA spokesperson this week said the agency supports LGBT civil rights, even though it doesn’t want to fall under the jurisdiction of the...
Killer of gay man persists in quest for new trial
Attorneys for Richard R. Laird came out swinging last week, reiterating their request that Laird’s first-degree murder conviction and death sentence be vacated. ...
Attic youth played key role in crafting Philly schools’ trans policy
Four months shy of graduation last year, Hazel Edwards walked into a meeting with her principal and guidance counselor at Boys Latin of Philadelphia...
Local gay vet, campaigning for peace, featured in PBS series
Disbelief was clear on Mike Felker’s face as he heard the news about the mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub last month. ...
Philly Public Health gets thousands of condoms for new MSM program
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health was among three winners that will receive a shared total of 500,000 condoms. It plans to distribute them in a new...
Kathryn Knott, father ask for dismissal of federal lawsuit
Kathryn Knott and her father, Karl, filed a joint motion last week to dismiss one count of a federal lawsuit in which they are...
Chain with local eateries to fundraise for Orlando
Miller’s Ale House is one of about 1,000 restaurants participating in the Dine Out for Orlando United fundraiser on June 30. ...
New IBA award goes to health-consulting firm with LGBT foundation
When Martin D. Sellers co-founded a health-care consulting firm 15 years ago in Philadelphia, he didn’t give much thought to being a gay-owned business....
Local AIDS worker: CDC numbers ‘do not represent a certainty’
One in two black men who have sex with men and one in four Latino men who have sex with men will develop AIDS...
Obama designates Stonewall as National Monument
President Barack Obama today designated Stonewall as a national monument, the first to honor LGBT rights. The monument’s boundary encompasses more...
Plans forming for Gayborhood Orlando fundraiser
Politicians, Philadelphia police and a business leader are among the nine confirmed guest bartenders for a multi-bar Philly4Pulse fundraiser slated for July 21 in...
Legislative action urged in wake of Orlando
In the wake of this month’s mass shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, U.S. Senators from Pennsylvania and one hopeful for the post...
Orlando benefit ‘pops up’ in Philly
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Pop-Up Garden at 15th and South streets is a popular post-work hangout, with locals gathering for brews and bites — and...
Global LGBT leaders visit Philly
LGBT leaders from Asia, Africa, South America and beyond filed into the emerald sala on the second floor of the North Philadelphia office of...
George Washington High School on the mend after mass bullying
Around the same time every day last year, a transgender student at George Washington High School would pass a boy in the hallway who...
FBI might count Pulse massacre as one hate crime
If authorities decide that Omar Mateen acted with anti-LGBT animus when he opened fire at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the FBI will count his...
Creating Change offers budget options for conference
The Creating Change Host Committee heard about various ways to attend the winter conference at an affordable rate at a June 21 meeting. ...
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