Pride is not canceled
Pride is not canceled. After hearing the devastating news of over 400 canceled or postponed Pride celebrations due to the pandemic, Interpride and the...
Philly to celebrate Transgender Day of Remembrance
In recognition of Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), which takes place annually on Nov. 20, community organizers are holding events around Philadelphia. Trans activist...
The U.S. Supreme Court v. LGBT Americans
June 30, 1986 was a broiling hot day in Washington, D.C. when the U.S. Supreme Court released the decision in Bowers v. Hardwick, a...
45 years of goodness
Five years ago, in honor of PGN’s 40th anniversary, we did a feature on the top LGBT news stories of the last four decades....
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission: Gender dysphoria is a protected disability
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission recently issued a ruling stating that gender dysphoria is a protected disability under the state’s Human Relations Act. It’s...
Postal service seeks dismissal of gay man’s antibias case
Attorneys for U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy recently asked a federal judge to dismiss the antibias case of a Lehigh County gay man who...
LGBTQ-friendly mutual aid project expands to Philly
Kayla Wilson founded Metamorphosis Mobile Boutique, a mutual aid project geared toward LGBTQ+ youth, families and allies. The project facilitates the giving and receiving...
Community orgs continue Covid-19 vaccine push
Nearly 900,000 Philadelphians have been vaccinated for Covid-19 according to data gathered by city health officials, but local organizations are continuing to go into...
Remembering Barbara Harris
The Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris broke ground throughout her life. A native Philadelphian, she spent her first 59 years living and working in...
City announcement raises hopes for in-person Pride festival
The city of Philadelphia announced this week that they have resumed taking applications for special event permits, including concerts and festivals. Applications for large...
Pa. health officials decline new mask mandate, discuss vaccine initiatives
In light of climbing rates of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania, state health officials have urged Pennsylvanians to get vaccinated.
Pennsylvania exceeded 1,000 daily COVID-19 cases for...
Over 200 LGBTQ+ people receive COVID-19 vaccine at WWCC
William Way LGBT Community Center, in partnership with Philadelphia FIGHT, held a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on April 6 for Philadelphia LGBTQ+ community members in...
Lesbian helps get life sentence for rapist
Last month, when an Idaho judge imposed a life sentence on Jeffrey J. Marsalis for raping a young lesbian, many Philadelphians reacted...
Gay man sues Guess clothing company for workplace bias
A Philadelphia gay man has filed a federal antibias lawsuit against Guess Inc. alleging he was wrongfully accused of sexually assaulting another man while...
TransWork holds panel for trans people of color in business
TransWork, a program of the Independence Business Alliance (IBA), hosted a Zoom discussion panel this week to address the experiences of and provide advice...
Levine becomes PA’s first trans cabinet member
The Pennsylvania Senate this week confirmed Dr. Rachel Levine, along with three other women, to cabinet-level positions, making Levine the commonwealth’s first-ever transgender individual...
Gay Penn. Senate candidate receives death threat
Brett Burman, an openly-gay candidate for the Pennsylvania Senate representing the 9th senatorial district, recently received what appears to be a death threat from...
Philly and beyond celebrate Pride Month in person this year
With Covid cases steadily falling in the Philadelphia area, many Pride events are happening in person this month. While there won’t be a Pride...
City sees widespread support in Supreme Court adoption case
On Thursday, August 20th, 26 LGBTQ organizations, including the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, The Pennsylvania Youth Congress, Mazzoni Center, and William Way LGBT Community...
LGB Republicans Have More Internalized Homophobia than LGB Democrats
When the Log Cabin Republicans, the nation’s oldest and largest organization of conservative LGBTQ Republicans and their allies, endorsed outgoing President Trump for re-election,...
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