Kenney among mayors backing Fairness Act
Mayor Jim Kenney signed a pledge this month with 21 other Pennsylvania mayors to call on legislators to pass the Pennsylvania Fairness Act, which...
GayBINGO to honor three at ‘Great Gatsby’ Black Tie event
Robert Murray lives up to his Volunteer of the Year title from AIDS Fund. He plans to spend the majority of next Saturday setting...
PGN files brief in Morris open-records case
PGN has filed a legal brief urging a Philadelphia judge to uphold an order by the state Office of Open Records pertaining to the...
40 Years Ago in PGN: March 11-17, 2016
Bisexual man fighting Navy discharge speaks in Philly Adapted from reporting PGN staff Vernon E. Berg III, fighting a Navy discharge due to his...
U.S. Senate Candidate John Fetterman
PGN: Do you support the Equality Act? JF: Yes, very much. I would consider myself a champion of all LGBT rights and policies. As...
U.S. Senate Candidate Katie McGinty
PGN: Do you support the Equality Act, and what would you do to advance it? KM: Yes. The approach being taken now is, “Listen,...
U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak
PGN: Do you support the Equality Act, and how would you advance it? JS: Yes. I fought for the previous ENDA . Let me...
DNC increases outreach to LGBT-owned businesses
The first contract awarded by the Democratic National Committee for its July convention in Philadelphia went to an LGBT-owned hospitality company. Todd Lambert owns...
ICandy lawsuit settled
The ICandy slip-and-fall case was settled this week, shortly before jury selection was to begin. Terms of the settlement were unavailable. ...
Obituary: Ronald Sy, 54, former ASIAC executive director
Ronald Sy, who helmed AIDS Services in Asian Communities for a dozen years, died of complications of an infection earlier this month. He was...
Three charged in ‘No-Gay Thursdays’ hazing at ChesCo school
No hate crime charges are expected against three students charged in relation to weekly hazing among football players at Conestoga High School as part...
Equality PA joins call for Sen. Toomey to consider SCOTUS nominee
In a rally of about 40 people to call on Sen. Pat Toomey to support a timely hearing for any U.S. Supreme Court nominee...
Two in custody for Maya Young murder
Philadelphia police have so far arrested two people in connection with the fatal stabbing of Maya Young, a transgender woman of color, in Frankford...
First EEOC LGBT suit has Philly connection
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this week filed its first-ever lawsuits regarding sexual orientation-discrimination, one of which is being handled by the agency’s...
GALAEI board member to serve as interim director
The vice president of the board for GALAEI: A Queer [email protected] Social Justice Organization will take over as interim executive director, the organization announced...
Hearing delayed again for defendant in murder of trans woman
It’s been more than four months since Pedro Redding was arrested in connection with last year’s murder of Keisha Jenkins, a transgender woman of...
Stars come out for equality at HRC Philly Gala
Katherine Moennig, who rose to fame on “The L Word,” listed all the reasons she was proud to return home to Philadelphia Feb. 27...
40 Years Ago in PGN: March 4-10
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Day in the Life of: PA Horticultural Society president, Matt Rader
Matt Rader bounded into the main exhibition area for the Philadelphia Flower Show the Monday before it opened. He marveled at the Big Timber...
Valley Youth House honors three at annual fundraiser
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