Gayborhood Crime Watch
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between July 31-Aug. ...
The tale of the purple vending box
PGN’s vending boxes originally were my idea. I saw an alternative paper called the Drummer using them and thought that if...
Glassman resigns as PHRC head
Stephen Glassman, chair of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, handed in his resignation letter Monday. Glassman has accepted a position as...
Equality PA gets new lobbying power, funding
A Pennsylvania statewide LGBT organization is starting 2011 with strong footing, including the launch of its advocacy program and new funding boosts. ...
Scouts will vacate Parkway building
A local Boy Scouts of America council has lost its five-year legal fight to occupy a city-owned facility near the Ben Franklin Parkway, but...
The Attic celebrates two decades
The Attic Youth Center started out as a non-funded school project geared towards helping a sector of the LGBT community that was often ignored....
Philly Pride Presents dissolves organization; September Pride event cancelled
The organization behind Philadelphia’s Pride Parade and Festival, Philly Pride Presents, has decided to disband, according to two independent sources close to the organization....
Catholic agency seeks ongoing foster referrals during appeal
Catholic Social Services this week asked the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to issue an emergency order for the city to resume referring foster-care...
D.C. Blade returns
The Washington Blade will return to newsstands in D. C. April 30 after a several-month hiatus under a new title. D.C. Agenda...
Equality PA to organize around issues, not regions
Equality Pennsylvania, the state’s top LGBT advocacy organization, is hiring to fill two new positions: youth organizer and racial-justice organizer. “We’re...
Local LGBT student group launches newsletter
This month a GALAEI-sponsored LGBT student group at a local alternative high school has launched a great new quarterly newsletter featuring work by queer...
Cops who allegedly abused gay man didn’t have LGBT training
Philadelphia police officers Michael Gentile and Robert Tavarez, who allegedly mistreated a gay man, never received any LGBT-sensitivity training prior to the incident, according...
News Briefing
Conshy challenge dismissed Commonwealth Court has declined to reconsider its dismissal of James D. Schneller’s legal challenge to Conshohocken’s LGBT-inclusive antibias...
Convicted killer of gay man pushes for freedom
Frank R. Chester, convicted of the grisly slashing death of gay artist Anthony Milano, says his trial attorney was so dysfunctional, he...
Inside the Prison Walls
This is part two of a series on LGBTQ people in prison. Unless otherwise noted, names have been altered to protect the privacy of...
PGN Exclusive: Hillary Clinton addresses LGBT equality
PGN reached out to the Democratic and Republican candidates for president, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, to discuss LGBT issues in advance of next...
Scouts trial set to begin June 14
Two years after the city filed eviction papers against a local Boy Scouts council, the long-awaited jury trial on the matter is set to...
Philly Youth Pride to provide resources, safe party for LGBT youth
Sovandarid Prom said he took on his co-student advisor position within his high school’s Queer Student Alliance because he wanted to make the “QSA...
Local attorney gets diversity award at PA Society
Angela Giampolo credits two people with her becoming a lawyer: her fourth-grade detention monitor, who joked that she should pursue law because she was...
Gay couple, dog stars at Mutt strut
Days before Halloween, Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society’s Mutt Strut allowed canine companions their own chance to dress up — and one local gay couple’s...
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