40 Years Ago in PGN: Nov. 4-10, 2016
Police not guilty of alleged DYKETACTICS abuse Adapted from reporting by Betti Watts Officers of the Philadelphia Civil Disobedience Squad accused...
International
Paramedic arrested for killing gay men in Pakistan A 28-year-old paramedic, who wanted to eliminate the “evil” of homosexuality from the Pakistani society,...
PGN staffer receives national advertising award
Philadelphia Gay News’ advertising and marketing director was last week named advertising director of the year by the Local Media Association, a national journalism...
Day in the Life of: a disc jockey, DJ Jovi
Jovon Eldridge, aka DJ Jovi, is one of Philadelphia’s most in-demand DJs and is quickly becoming known throughout the industry following appearances on cable-television...
MEMORIALIZING WAYS
At an unveiling ceremony Oct. 1, Philadelphia City Councilman Mark Squilla (right) points to the new Barbara Gittings Way designation at Locust...
Action Wellness gets $325,000 for re-entry programs
Action Wellness this month received $325,000 in federal funding for its Philadelphia Linkage Program, which helps formerly incarcerated people connect with resources. ...
HONK FOR HIV TESTING
Planned Parenthood volunteers Nina Orris (from left), Jessa Goldstein and Michael Form encouraged passersby at Broad and Walnut streets to get themselves tested for...
Media Trail
DOMA repeal hearing held Advocate. com reports that the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing July 20 to evaluate the effects of...
Hershey seeks protective order in court case
Attorneys for Milton Hershey School asked a federal judge to protect from public disclosure legal documents in an antibias case filed by a gay...
Scouts recruitment assemblies blasted
The Center for Inquiry, a New York-based nonprofit that promotes the separation of church and state, is urging a local school district to stop...
Sisters prepares for year-long anniversary party
After lesbian bar Hepburn’s closed its doors in late 1995, local women were left with a dearth of nighttime activities. They could...
Mazzoni pays tribute to women at Elixir
Mazzoni Center will celebrate the “leading ladies” in the LGBT health community at next week’s annual Elixir fundraiser. Elixir, which will take...
Church space dropped for LGBT events
Equally Blessed, a national coalition of LGBT Catholic groups gathering in Philadelphia next month in conjunction with the World Meeting of Families, was told...
Media Trail
Mich. candidate seeks fewer transgender rights 365gay.com reports a Michigan secretary-of-state candidate has included rolling back transgender rights on his agenda....
Casey introduces anti-bullying measure
U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania Robert Casey Jr. (D) introduced a bill last week that seeks to mandate federal regulations for school bullying,...
Government opposes funds for inmate’s medical review
Kenneth J. Houck Jr., an openly gay federal inmate who was brutally assaulted five years ago, recently requested that a court-appointed medical expert participate...
COLOURS youth get visit, donation from GOAL officers
Members of the Gay Officers Action League made a return trip this week to The COLOURS Organization to share stories and build bridges —...
Candidate interview: Joe Torsella
Office sought: Pennsylvania Treasurer Party: Democrat Torsella, a Montgomery County resident, said he would bring his local, state and international experience as a fiscal...
Police program raises questions about Scouts’ eviction case
Some activists want the Philadelphia Police Department to stop sponsoring a youth program with ties to the Boy Scouts of America. ...
Advocacy groups support trans litigant
Six LGBT-advocacy groups have submitted an amicus brief in support of trans woman Kate L. Blatt’s attempt to assert workplace anti-bias claims under the...
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