Local Dems make historic endorsements
For the first time ever, the local Democratic party has endorsed an openly LGBT candidate for Philadelphia City Council. At its...
Hearing set for Office of LGBT Affairs bill
Last month, City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown proposed a bill to make permanent the Office of LGBT Affairs. Now PGN has...
City seeks to exclude anti-LGBT evidence in police brutality trial
City attorneys want a federal judge to exclude LGBT-related evidence in an upcoming police-brutality case, claiming the evidence is irrelevant and inflammatory. ...
Quince to revive fundraising show
A local LGBT-focused theater group is this month bringing back a popular collection of marriage-equality themed plays, to again raise funds for local LGBT...
Big changes abound for Black Pride
Philadelphia Black Pride is back and better than ever with a host of changes and new events. Besides dropping the “Gay”...
DARLA honors Latino community leaders
GALAEI: A [email protected] Social Justice Organization will next week honor outstanding Latino leaders and organizations at its annual awards ceremony named for its founder:...
Court upholds N.J. conversion-therapy law
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit this week upheld a New Jersey law that bans so-called conversion therapy for youth. ...
Day in the Life of: a restaurant senior server, Henry Watkins
“My life is an open book.” That mantra shines through all of Harry Watkins’ interactions, including with his customers at The...
Creep of the Week: Pat Robertson
Extra, extra! Read all about it: Pat Robertson will come to your Big Gay Wedding! There’s one condition: You’re gonna have...
Spring LGBTQ Youth Supplement
PGN is thrilled to present our Spring LGBT Youth Supplement! The quarterly supplement is written by and for local LGBTQ youth, giving our young readers a...
Mayor, City Council: Forget ‘Hoosier hospitality,’ move to Philly
Feeling unwelcome in another state because of a "religious-freedom" law? Philadelphia's mayor and all 15 City Council members — who penned an open letter...
Community mourns loss of Charlene Arcila
Charlene Arcila, credited with a number of pioneering LGBT and HIV/AIDS efforts, died Tuesday afternoon at age 52. Arcila was known...
Forum could mark shift in transparency in Morris case
When Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams agreed to attend next week’s Nizah Morris forum, he sent a ripple of hope for transparency in the...
Alleged murderer of Kim Jones back in court
Last week a pre-trial conference was held for Randolph Sanders, the man accused of shooting his lesbian coworker this past winter. ...
New exhibit asks trans community to help make history
William Way LGBT Community Center is gearing up to help create a transgender history exhibit this summer and is hosting two “collective curation” events...
Drexel student wins IBA/DVLF scholarship
Robert Reid’s already-impressive résumé just got even fuller, as he was named the winner of the 2015 Independence Business Alliance/Delaware Valley Legacy Fund scholarship....
Wedding: June Martinez-Bailey and Harry Winston Martinez-Bailey
June Martinez-Bailey and Harry Winston Martinez-Bailey are renewing their vows on April 24 — the couple’s two-year wedding anniversary — in New York City....
Fundraiser benefits Bucks LGBT youth safe space
Planned Parenthood Keystone is amping up its annual fundraiser for the Rainbow Room, one of the three LGBT youth programs the organization operates, with...
Gayborhood bar’s staff undergoes trans training
A Gayborhood establishment recently made efforts to raise the bar in terms of its efforts to provide a better customer-service experience to the transgender...
Nutter condemns discriminatory state-level RFRA laws
On Wednesday, Mayor Michael Nutter officially denounced the passage of discriminatory “Religious Freedom and Restoration Act (RFRA)” laws in states like Indiana and others...
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