March ushers in month of bi health awareness
Bisexual Health Awareness Month (BHAM) got off to a lively start March 2. The month-long social-media campaign is organized by the...
ACLU: Educating public on trans issues a priority
Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives with a 32-seat majority during the general election last week — a victory that will...
2016 Person of the Year Honor Roll
Sharron Cooks There was a record number of LGBT delegates at this summer’s Democratic National Convention, including Sharron Cooks. The Philadelphia...
Man connected to Shephard murder gets probation
F. Bruce Covington, who’s accused of bringing illegal drugs to the home where a young man was killed in 2006, was sentenced...
Racial Justice Institute opens Creating Change Conference
Sue Hyde, the director of the National LGBTQ Task Force's Creating Change Conference, began a chant for thousands of conference attendees during the opening...
Regional Pride conference to be held in New Hope
A Bucks County LGBT Pride organization this month announced that it will coordinate the Northeast Regional Pride (NERP) Conference in 2019. New Hope Celebrates...
Candidates court votes
On May 19, Philadelphians will go to the polls to nominate candidates for district attorney, city controller and numerous judicial benches. PGN...
PA judge allows retroactive common-law marriage
In what is thought to be the first decision of its kind, a judge in Bucks County issued a ruling Wednesday, allowing retroactive recognition of a...
Racial justice becomes queer at Task Force’s institute
More than 150 activists gathered at the African American Museum last weekend for the Queering Racial Justice Institute, a daylong training on ending racial...
‘Ellen DeGeneres Show’ to broadcast live shots from Philly
Out TV personality Ellen DeGeneres is reportedly going to be filming a live segment in Philadelphia this week. DeGeneres tweeted Monday night that...
Toomey votes against pro-LGBT vets bill
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R) of Pennsylvania voted against an amendment last week that would grant same-sex spouses of veterans equal access to health...
Scheduling conflict postpones trans murder trial
A scheduling conflict has postponed the murder trial of Charles N. Sargent, who’s accused of the grisly slashing death of trans woman Diamond Williams....
Gun control bill re-intro’d in light of Pulse anniversary
A Pennsylvania senator last week re-introduced a bill that would prevent individuals convicted of misdemeanor hate-crimes from purchasing and possessing firearms. Sen. Bob Casey...
Trans woman urges judge to keep lawsuit intact
A trans woman who’s suing the University of Pennsylvania and its hospital for job discrimination recently urged a federal judge to deny the defendants’...
PCHR still contemplating Archdiocese jurisdiction
Fifteen months after a gay man filed an anti-bias complaint against St. John’s Hospice in Center City, the Philadelphia Commission on Human...
Breaking News: Pa. grants domestic-partner benefits
Pennsylvania state employees in same-sex relationships will now be able to obtain the same medical benefits for their partners as heterosexual married employees. ...
News Briefing
Local youth to gather for LGBT promThe Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative and The Attic Youth Center will stage the 14th annual...
Judge denies new murder trial
William F. Smithson’s quest for a new murder trial has received a preliminary setback. Delaware County Common Pleas Judge Barry C....
N.J.-based TD Bank to “gross up” bens
TD Bank, based in Cherry Hill, N. J., announced this week that it will begin offsetting the tax burden that its LGBT employees...
Subcommittees forming for Philly Creating Change
Local co-chairs for Creating Change in Philadelphia said at a meeting May 23 that they would like 75 people to join 16 subcommittees. About...
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