Media Trail, March 8-14, 2019
Alaska mayor vetoes LGBTQ anti-discrimination protections The mayor of Alaska’s second-largest city vetoed a local law that gave sweeping equal rights protections to the...
GALAEI leader pops the question at Pride
Last year, Philadelphia Pride brought one local couple together — and this year’s Pride helped take their relationship to the next level. ...
LGBTQ issues at Dem. debates
Pete Buttigieg made history at the first round of Democratic debates. On the eve of Pride, Buttigieg’s presence was the first out gay...
Gay man tapped for White House
President-elect Barack Obama made several more staff appointments this week, including the selection of an openly gay member of his transition team for a...
Media Trail
Church protests marriage ban Ohio. com reports clergy at a church in Cleveland are protesting the state’s ban on gay marriage by...
City urges appeals court to reject CSS foster referrals
City attorneys this week urged the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to reject a request from Catholic Social Services to resume referring foster children...
Minor-league baseball team celebrates LGBT game night
The Reading Fightin Phils — described by a team representative as “the most LGBTQ-friendly baseball team in the minor leagues” — are gearing up...
Will local Scouts permit antigay exclusion?
The Boy Scouts of America is poised to accept gay adults into the organization, but it also plans to allow religiously based units to...
International News
Sydney celebrates Mardi Gras Revelers decked out in sequins, feathers, wigs and leather danced through the streets of Sydney last weekend to the...
40 Years Ago in PGN: May 20-26, 2016
Rural Caucus releases report on Gay Lobby Day Adapted from reporting by PGN Staff Thirty percent of state legislators contacted on the March 23...
Equal-benefits bill passes Council committee
A City Council committee this week unanimously approved a measure that would require some city contractors to offer domestic-partner benefits for the same-sex partners...
S. Philly park to host LGBT jazz night
A South Philadelphia neighborhood association is hoping to reach out to the LGBT community with a new musical event this month. ...
House Dems unite in opposition of Stephen Bannon
Five Pennsylvania Congressmen united with other House Democrats to sign a letter requesting president-elect Donald Trump rescind his appointment of Stephen Bannon as White...
Person of the Year 2009: ‘Dolph Ward Goldenburg
As the new decade begins, the local LGBT population is continuing the goals of a leader who spent the better part of the last...
Goldenburg to leave William Way
The executive director of the William Way LGBT Community Center announced this week that he will step down next month. ’Dolph...
Men rally to end family violence
Men play a vital and complex role in domestic-violence prevention — including men in LGBT relationships. The Lutheran Settlement House’s bilingual...
LGBT-friendly senior apartments receive AED donation
An LGBT-friendly senior apartment complex received a heartfelt donation Wednesday from a local city club. John C. Anderson Apartments, a...
Office of LGBT Affairs launches new website
The Office of LGBT Affairs launched a new website Thursday. Jason Evans, treasurer for the Commission on LGBT Affairs, is spearheading...
30 years of Pride
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Philadelphia Pride. Over the last three decades, Pride Day has evolved from a small, impromptu march to...
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