Attorney: Gay-bashing civil trial could be 1-2 years away
The victims of a 2014 gay-bashing case in Philadelphia have filed a civil suit against their attackers. Zachary Hesse and Andrew...
Lesbian’s case against Cosby to proceed to trial
Comedian Bill Cosby will stand trial on all charges against him related to allegations of sexual assault from a lesbian former employee of Temple...
Unrest over GOAL in Pride parade leads to community meetings
A month after the Greater Philadelphia Gay Officer Action League was announced as a grand marshal in June’s Pride parade, more than 200 people have signed...
Tentative settlement reached in Medicaid lawsuit
A tentative settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit challenging the state's policy of excluding Medicaid coverage for gender-dysphoria treatments. ...
Philly Creating Change co-chairs announced
Creating Change, the annual conference hosted by the National LGBTQ Task Force, today announced the four co-chairs of the 2017 event in Philadelphia. ...
Philly in the running for NLGJA convention
A national organization for LGBT journalists may be bringing its members back to Philadelphia next year. Leaders of the National Lesbian &...
LGBT float to debut in Fourth of July parade
For the first time, an LGBT float will form part of the Wawa Welcome America Fourth of July parade that runs through Old City....
Ambler adopts LGBT antibias law
A Montgomery County borough passed an ordinance May 17 establishing a human relations commission that recognizes 13 protected classes, including sexual orientation and gender...
Friends of indicted state senator rally in his support
Colleagues of state Sen. Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. (D-First Dist.) are rallying to his side after the lawmaker was accused of bribery and other...
Philly AIDS Thrift wins $10K at luncheon celebrating LGBT business leaders
At the sixth-annual Business Leaders Luncheon last week, Philly AIDS Thrift received $10,000 from PNC Bank and the Independence Business Alliance, the region’s LGBT...
Emergency dispatch-records bill amended
The state Senate has amended a controversial bill that seeks to protect the privacy rights of 911 callers in Pennsylvania. Critics say an earlier...
Center City synagogue welcomes LGBT community
Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel is celebrating Pride season with its first-ever Pride Shabbat, a capstone of its building outreach to the LGBT community. ...
Day in the life of: Feminist circus performers, Tangle Movement Arts
A troupe of circus performers lumbered for a half-hour to raise four airplane-grade aluminum rods into the air, 20 feet above the lawn of...
40 Years Ago in PGN: May 20-26, 2016
Rural Caucus releases report on Gay Lobby Day Adapted from reporting by PGN Staff Thirty percent of state legislators contacted on the March 23...
Allentown Republican tries to strike anti-LGBT provision from defense spending
U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, an Allentown Republican, sponsored a bipartisan amendment to remove an anti-LGBT provision from next year’s proposed $583 billion defense-spending plan,...
Lower Merion schools unanimously pass transgender policy
The Lower Merion School Board unanimously passed a policy May 16 that outlines how officials will respond to the needs of transgender students. It...
Suit challenges state’s birth-certificate policy
A federal lawsuit was filed May 13 that seeks to end a state policy requiring trans people to undergo gender-confirmation surgery before the gender...
Volunteer spots still open for DNC
The Philadelphia 2016 Host Committee for the Democratic National Convention has recruited more than 16,000 volunteers for the July event, surpassing its initial goal...
Lesbian who wore suit to prom asked to appear on ‘Always...
The lesbian who got kicked out of her prom near Harrisburg for wearing a suit may well appear on an episode of “It’s Always...
Education and Justice say schools must support trans students
The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice released a joint letter today confirming that discriminating against transgender students is illegal under Title IX. ...
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