Final weekend for LGBT-history exhibit
This weekend is your last chance to see the groundbreaking LGBT-history exhibit at the National Constitution Center that more than 23,000 people have toured...
Mummers debut diversity division
The Miss Fancy Brigade, an LGBT group led by local drag performers, helped pave the way for a full diversity division in the 2016...
Woody’s sued for vehicular accident
Woody’s Bar is the target of a lawsuit stemming from a vehicular accident on Interstate 95. On Dec. 7, 2014,...
People of the Year: Runners-up
National marriage equality was by far the biggest LGBT newsmaker of 2015 but, locally, a number of folks made tremendous strides toward advancing LGBT...
40 years ago in PGN
Editor’s note: In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Philadelphia Gay News, the paper will run weekly highlights from the first year of its...
Kenney appoints two LGBTs to new posts
Mayor-elect Jim Kenney this week appointed a lesbian and a gay man to two new top posts. Anne Fadullon will serve...
Water Dept. work, not vandalism, in the Gayborhood
What was initially thought to be a case of antigay vandalism turns out to have been activity by the Philadelphia Water Department. ...
Top Stories 2015
This was a banner year for LGBT rights. Nationally, marriage equality was finally won and trans visibility reached new heights. Locally, Philly celebrated its...
Courthouse observations from the Knott trial
In my eight-plus years working for PGN, never have I seen a story capture our readers’ attention as the September 2014 Center City gay...
Knott prosecutor says victims satisfied with verdict
Kathryn Knott, dressed in a light-blue sweater and black pants, wept silently last Friday as the “guilty” verdicts started coming. After...
Sisterhood and brotherhood in Gay Officer Action League
As a 21-year-old in the Deputy Sheriff Basic Training Academy, Dante Austin listened while his instructors “breezed over this idea that there are LGBT...
Woman with HIV receives $8,500 to settle bias complaint
A Philadelphia woman with HIV recently received $8,500 from a Montgomery County rehabilitation center after being told she couldn’t continue receiving paraffin-wax treatments for...
City commission mulls antigay bias complaint
For Mark M. Seaman, a two-minute “hurtful” encounter with a homophobic taxicab driver has turned into a six-year quest for justice. But after last...
’Tis the season for holiday hours
As the holiday stretch into the end of the year approaches, many organizations are shifting their hours to accommodate time off for staff and...
N. Philly gay man leads call for Au Bon Pain airport...
For more than a year, a gay man from North Philadelphia has led the charge for a fair process to organize workers at Au Bon...
N.J. Senate unable to overturn Christie’s veto of trans birth-certificate bill
Missing one vote, the New Jersey Senate failed last week to overturn the governor’s veto of a bill that would have allowed transgender residents to...
Person of interest sought in psychiatrist murder
Philadelphia police are seeking a light-skinned man in his mid-20s wearing a red quilted vest as a person of interest in relation to a...
2015 In Memoriam
Join PGN in paying tribute to the many people our community lost this year: Robert John “Bob” Burrowes Jr., 52...
Officer caught in homophobic interaction OKd for street patrol
Matthew Zagursky, a Philadelphia police officer who was caught on tape uttering anti-LGBT slurs, has been cleared for active street-patrol duties. Earlier this month,...
Four convictions for Kathryn Knott
After 14 hours of deliberations, a jury convicted Kathryn Knott of four misdemeanor charges Friday morning. Knott kept her hands folded and...
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