Lesbian-owned company uses off-color acronyms to bolster LGBTQ youth
Fame Neal’s favorite shirt says “COOCH.” The Cs and H are scrawled in curvy, marker-thick font and the Os have been replaced by pink-frosted...
Advocates march on D.C., divided on Obama
Thousands of gay and lesbian activists marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding that President Obama keep his promises to allow...
LGBT progress flourishes in Woodbury
“Education and visibility are the keys to equity in any environment,” said Tony Doran, president of Woodbury Community Pride. Both are...
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Litigant continues marriage-equality challenge Antigay activist James D. Schneller still wants to intervene in a federal marriage-equality lawsuit filed by the...
Three years pass since Blahnik murder
It has been three years since Stacey Blahnik was murdered in her home and justice remains elusive for the local trans leader. ...
Cosby prosecutors want 13 other accusers to testify at trial
On the same day that a Montgomery County judge was considering whether to admit a recorded phone call in Bill Cosby’s trial for the alleged...
Hearings set for Sims challenges
Hearings have been set in two challenges to our state Rep. Brian Sims' nominating petitions. On Tuesday, the Commonwealth Court set...
Freedom Week offers LGBT activism, legislation
Activists and advocates around Pennsylvania will come together early next month for a week of events culminating in the introduction of two statewide LGBT-rights...
Lost trans memoir discovered
Author Earl Lind, whose works shed light on the transgender experience in early 20th-century America, kept his true identity so deeply concealed that his...
Allegheny police to implement training after misgendering trans woman
The Allegheny County Police Department last week said it will implement LGBT-sensitivity training in response to concerns about the department’s misgendering of a trans...
LGBT groups make final push to the polls
The walls and desks inside 212 S. 12th St. bear signs reading “Stronger Together” and “LGBT for Hillary Clinton and Katie McGinty,” while a...
Venture Inn to close next week
The curtain will officially close on Venture Inn Jan. 17. The longtime Gayborhood watering hole and restaurant is shuttering after more...
Out PECO VP to receive national law award
The National LGBT Bar Association, the largest organization of LGBT and allied legal professionals in the country, has announced that Romulo L. Diaz Jr.,...
Health-care help comes to Philly
With the Affordable Care Act now underway, many Americans still have questions about the new health-care reform law. And one national initiative...
Out EEOC commissioner awarded at Mazzoni Center
Mazzoni Center will honor the first openly LGBT person to serve on the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission at its fifth annual...
LGBT legal organization celebrates milestone
LGBT and ally individuals will gather this week to pay tribute to an organization and its supporters that have been dedicated to working for...
LGBT elders find community at the John C. Anderson Apartments
One is a renowned gay male activist who protested in front of Independence Hall in 1965, another is a trans woman actress who starred...
Upcoming Philadelphia-based app connects LGBTQ folks with informed, affordable health care
A new app aimed at connecting LGBTQ Philadelphians with queer-competent, affordable health care providers is launching early next month, just in time for OutFest,...
DA Krasner challenges subpoena in Morris case
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is challenging PGN’s subpoena to appear at an upcoming court hearing regarding the paper’s request for additional records in...
Marriage-equality bill introduced in PA Senate
State Sen. Daylin Leach (D-17th Dist.) introduced a bill last week to legalize same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania.Senate Bill 935 was introduced June...
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