Dinner, dancing and drag queens at Black-Tie BINGO
The Bingo Verifying Divas will don their finest next month for the 11th annual Black-Tie GayBINGO. This year’s fundraising gala will...
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UK-hosted equality conference cancelled over conversion therapy row
The conservative Tory-led U.K. government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson has created a human rights and public...
State reps host Fairness Act Forum
Showing up to work late, regularly taking hour-long lunches or not completing your daily tasks could get you fired. So could...
Coming out resource for Black LGBTQ people released by HRC
On Feb. 13, during Black History Month, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation released “Coming Out: Living Authentically as Black LGBTQ People.”
The HRC is...
Michael Eiswerth, comedian and data analyst, 46
Michael Eiswerth, stand-up comedian and data analyst, died May 31 of a heart attack. He was 46. Eiswerth was a native of...
Mayoral candidate interview: Milton Street (D)
What’s the best resolution to the ongoing Boy Scouts litigation: the current settlement; appeal of the verdict; evict the Scouts and put the building...
Judge refuses to dismiss Prop. 8 suit
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge challenged the backers of California’s voter-enacted ban on same-sex marriage last Wednesday to explain how allowing gay couples...
Small-biz workshops start at Bradbury-Sullivan
Adrian Shanker met representatives from the U.S. Small Business Administration at the 2015 CenterLink conference for LGBT community centers. He was in the homestretch...
News Briefing
Matthew Izzo returns to G’hood Local business owner Matthew Izzo is moving back to the Gayborhood with the launch of his latest retail...
Activist, musician brings QTPOC Art Funds Art Tour to Philly
*The original version of the story said the Philadelphia stop on Philadelphia Art Funds Art Tour would take place at 7 p.m. It has...
PGN picks up two national awards
The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association announced its 2015 Excellence in Journalism Awards Tuesday, and PGN picked up two awards. ...
News Briefing
Haverford sees LGBT bill The Haverford Township Commissioners will undertake a first reading and vote of a proposed LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance next week....
The Word: A breast-cancer blog
Part two of a series In March, Gloria Casarez, director of LGBT affairs for the Mayor’s Office, was diagnosed with breast cancer. ...
Queer community loses hero, activist Phyllis Lyon
For decades starting in the 1950s, Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin maintained a listing in the San Francisco telephone directory. The founders of Daughters...
Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference to go virtual
Mazzoni Center’s 2021 Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference (PTWC) will be held virtually due to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. The Pennsylvania Convention Center has been...
Wins and losses in the 2021 election
Incumbent New Jersey governor Phil Murphy's bid for re-election was supposed to be a walk in the reliably blue state — but the Democrat...
David Hellmann, 60, church volunteer
David Hellmann, a longtime supporter of St. Luke and The Epiphany Church, died June 15. He was 60. Hellman attended Upper Moreland...
Former area newsman murdered after Internet tryst
A radio broadcaster who grew up in the Philadelphia area was murdered last weekend in his New York City apartment. Police...
Camac Baths building makes Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
In a reversal of its decision, the Philadelphia Historical Commission voted to list a former bathhouse on the city’s Register of Historic Places. This...
Suicide-prevention workshop stresses need for LGBT data
Mazzoni Center hosted a “More Than Sad” workshop to address the increasingly urgent need for LGBTQ-specific data to be collected and included in suicide-prevention...
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