Mazzoni to target MSM with CDC funding
Last week the Centers for Disease Control awarded community-based organizations around the country, including three Philadelphia-based health-services providers, a total of $216 million in...
Donna Mae Stemmer, 82, retired U.S. Army Lt. Col.
Longtime City of Brotherly Love Softball League member and cheerleader extraordinaire Donna Mae Stemmer died last week of a heart attack. She was 82....
Location set for Casarez mural
New details have been released about the recently announced plan to create a mural in honor of the late Gloria Casarez, the city’s first...
Lesbian teacher fired from local Catholic school
A local teacher has been fired from a Catholic grade school after a parent reportedly complained about her sexual orientation. Margie...
Marriage equality comes to America
Marriage equality is now a nationwide reality. In a landmark vote June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the U.S....
Philly reacts to SCOTUS ruling
From all corners of the country, LGBTs and allies spent Decision Day celebrating marriage equality in America, including here in Philadelphia. ...
When the past and the future met
By a fortunate coincidence, my boyfriend Micheal and I were already planning to be in Washington, D.C., the night of June 26 for an...
Philly health orgs receive HIV-prevention funding
The Centers for Disease Control announced this week that three Philadelphia community-based organizations were awarded new funding to deliver HIV-prevention initiatives to underserved populations....
Attorneys for Milano’s killer paid $200K
Two court-appointed attorneys who represented Anthony Milano’s killer received a combined total of more than $200,000 in taxpayer-funded compensation, according to documents released this...
Day in the Life of: an archivist, Bob Skiba
Few people in Philadelphia know more about LGBT history in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection than William Way LGBT Community Center...
Annual Reminder Anniversary
PGN is marking the 50th anniversary of the Annual Reminder Days with this special anniversary section. The 40 men and women who marched outside of Independence Hall...
Special Section on LGBTQ Older Adults
July is a remarkable month in history for LGBT older adults — and we're marking it with the second Special Section on LGBTQ Older Adults. ...
Wiliam Way celebrates 40th anniversary
This year the William Way Community Center — one of the primary forces behind the 50th-anniversary celebration of the Annual Reminder Days — is...
Locals react to SCOTUS ruling
Reaction to Friday's landmark marriage-equality ruling is pouring in from all corners of the country. Here's a sampling of what some of our local...
VICTORY! Marriage equality comes to America
Marriage equality is now a nationwide reality. In a landmark vote June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the U.S....
City shuts down ‘Gay Pizza’
A popular pizza shop in the Gayborhood was shut down this week for operating without a license. Licenses & Inspection posted a cease-operations...
LGBT film fest raising money for Ugandan filmmaker
qFLIX, a Philadelphia-based LGBT film festival, needs your help in bringing a Ugandan filmmaker across the Atlantic for the world premier of his movie,...
N.J. jury rules against conversion-therapy group
A jury in New Jersey on Thursday found that a Jewish therapy group committed fraud by pledging that its conversion-therapy practices could turn clients straight. ...
LGBT art project hits billboards throughout city
A cross-generational LGBT art project is gaining unprecedented exposure, as local billboards and bus shelters are now carrying images from the groundbreaking effort. ...
PAT launches HIV testing center
Phillly AIDS Thrift’s already-expansive offerings got even broader this week with the opening of the store’s new HIV testing center. The...
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