State finalizes new trans-friendly Medicaid provisions
The state Department of Health and Human Services is finalizing new regulations to ensure trans Medicaid recipients are provided medically necessary transition services. ...
Philly minister arrested for sex abuse
Police in Delaware arrested the pastor of a Philadelphia congregation last week for allegedly raping and sexually assaulting a teenage male over the course...
Dignity elects new board leaders
LGBT Roman Catholic organization Dignity Philadelphia recently elected a new set of leaders. The organization, which is celebrating its 40th year,...
Neighbors to appeal judge’s OK for church’s demolition
A local neighborhood association will appeal last week’s court order permitting an HIV/AIDS agency to demolish an old Catholic church. On...
Paint Day scheduled for Casarez mural
The life and legacy of Gloria Casarez will be memorialized in the Gayborhood, starting next weekend. The LGBT and ally community...
Animal programs cater to unique crowds
Three years ago, Buzz Miller fulfilled a life-long dream when he founded PACT For Animals, a nonprofit organization that helps place animals of hospital...
Out community member seeks New Hope mayorship
Geri Delevich has lived in New Hope for 40 years, 18 of which she served in Borough Council. However, the out community member does...
HRC releases comprehensive candidate questionnaire
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, released its 2020 Presidential Questionnaire on...
Local support varies for Equality Act
More than 200 federal lawmakers have signed on to the first-ever federal Equality Act — which would prohibit anti-LGBT discrimination in a number of...
Killer of gay man to be released from death row
Frank R. Chester, convicted of the grisly slaying of gay artist Anthony Milano, is scheduled to be released from death row later this month....
How PGN Covered AIDS In The First Year
For the first year of the AIDS crisis, 1981, nobody knew what to call the disease. ‘Gay cancer’ was a commonly used term, but...
World AIDS Day 2016 Events
13th Annual Red Ribbon Awards 5 p.m. Dec. 1 Philadelphia City Hall, Conversation Hall The Penn Center for AIDS Research will sponsor its annual...
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,...
Day in the Life Of: a senior account executive, Jennifer Lydon
It is a pretty big day for Jennifer Lydon. Lydon, 48, is a senior account executive at Metro US — a free daily newspaper...
Local group launches for ‘lesbians who tech’
The Philly chapter of Lesbians who Tech — an international association of tech-minded queer women — officially got off the ground last month. ...
Hate-crimes bill to be re-intro’d in PA House
A state representative this week will reintroduce an LGBT-inclusive bill protecting Pennsylvanians from hate crimes. State Rep. Kevin Boyle said he will...
Former Mazzoni legal director honored by national org
The National LGBT Bar Association will honor a late local community leader at its annual conference later this month. David Rosenblum,...
New gay allegations leveled at fallen church leader
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A young man who formerly attended New Life Church says that then-pastor Ted Haggard performed a sex act...
Malcolm Kenyatta secures grant to help community kitchen
State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta announced on Oct. 31 that Philabundance Community Kitchen in North Philadelphia will receive a $76,101 grant to fight hunger. ...
‘The world needs people to be happier’
Proposed legislation that would allow trans people born in New Jersey to obtain an amended birth certificate consistent with their gender identity is expected...
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