Trans women asking LGB community to step up
They united in grief, anger, fear and frustration to remember a deadly year in the transgender community — and to demand an end to...
30 years ago in PGN
Candidates attend LGBT forum Four of the leading Democratic mayoral candidates attended a political forum sponsored by PGN to discuss their positions on...
WALKING BACK IN TIME
Passersby in Center City got a dose of HIV/AIDS education Sept. 30 as AIDS Fund kicked off the lead-up to its 25th...
Historic LGBT-rights exhibit opens at NCC
A first-of-its-kind exhibition centered on LGBT rights and the Constitution debuts this week at the National Constitution Center. Just in time...
Gay man’s antibias case moves forward
A South Philadelphia gay man’s anti-bias lawsuit against the Pennsauken School District is moving forward, after being held in abeyance for more than a...
Local vet speaks out about trans military ban
Joanne Carroll thought the president, to whom Carroll does not refer by name, was “ridiculous” after he tweeted a plan to ban transgender people...
William Way recommits to community outreach at annual meeting
The William Way LGBT Community Center will continue to focus on growth and community outreach through new programs, officials said at the annual...
Wolf signs intimate-partner violence bill at Allentown LGBT center
Gov. Tom Wolf signed a bill today at the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown that makes it easier for victims of intimate-partner violence...
Amicus briefs in foster-care dispute
Forty-three Republican members of Congress and officials representing eight states have filed amicus briefs in support of a local Catholic agency’s legal quest to...
Blue Ball fetes 20 years of fundraising
In the past two decades, an annual LGBT event has succeeded in raising more than $2 million for LGBT causes in the area. ...
Advocates, officials gather to support transgender students
*Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify that Sharron Cooks organized this event. The original story stated that Equality Pennsylvania organized the...
Scores of LGBT sites eyed for landmark status
A National Park Service project has identified hundreds of potential LGBT sites across America that could someday win federal landmark status. ...
Gay rabbi speaks to Conservative Jews
A local synagogue will host a weekend of events later this month that seek to open a discussion about welcoming the LGBT community into...
NJ judge orders bar owner to pay legal fees for gay...
A New Jersey judge has ordered the owner of a bar to pay more than $9,000 in legal fees for a gay couple...
Trial date set in Williams case
A trial date has been set in the homicide case of Diamond Williams, a local transgender woman who was stabbed to death two years...
Employer pushes for dismissal of antibias complaint
A local employer continues to seek the dismissal of a gay man’s federal antibias lawsuit, arguing that antigay discrimination isn’t equivalent to sex discrimination....
PGN survey reveals reader demographics, satisfaction levels
Throughout the month of March, PGN conducted a readership survey in the interest of allowing the paper to meet the needs of its diverse...
LGBT issues to be addressed at eating-disorder conference
While every patient with an eating disorder is different, LGBT people may have added stresses related to coming out, anti-LGBT violence and bullying. More...
N.M. considers domestic-partner bill
SANTA FE — A proposal giving same-sex couples the same legal protections and benefits as married couples cleared a difficult legislative hurdle and is...
Drug conviction in Delco murder
A State College man was found guilty this week of delivering illegal drugs to the Thornbury home where a young man was strangled to...
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