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Shawn Leavitt, president of the board of directors of The Attic Youth Center, died suddenly of a heart attack at age 55. Leavitt was a...

Les Harrison, Philly’s longest-performing drag queen of color, passed away on August 14, 2020. He would have been 78 this year. He left behind...

Reconstructing Judaism, the leading organization of the Reconstructionist movement, will soon welcome Rabbi Sandra Lawson, their inaugural director of racial diversity, equity and inclusion....

Former Philadelphia Councilman-at-Large Francis "Fran" Rafferty has died of complications from COVID-19, according to former congressman Bob Brady, who notified PGN of Rafferty’s passing....

Jim Donovan, wracked with anxiety, vomited in the news-station bathroom just minutes before going on air to do a consumer-affairs report. He brushed his...

A transgender woman of color has filed an antibias lawsuit against Lincoln University, alleging that pervasive transphobia prevented her from getting a proper education...

  The historically black sorority Zeta Phi Beta Incorporated issued a “diversity statement” in January that stated, “an individual must be a cis-gender woman”...

When it comes to inclusivity on campus, Bryn Mawr College is the new number one. According to The Princeton Review’s annual ranking of college...

It all began when Pennsylvania State Representative Brian Sims sent his friend, Deja Lynn Alvarez, a $35 box of groceries from Giordano’s. Alvarez, a...

A young trans woman, ReeAnna Segin, 18, was arrested at Philadelphia's 2018 Pride march for attempting to burn a Blue Lives Matter flag. She...

For residents of the South Jersey suburbs, finding LGBTQ-specific doctors meant heading into Center City, driving nearly two hours to Asbury Park, or heading...

On June 19, 2020, Philadelphia lost a dear member of the LGBTQ+ community, Fr. Ron Hoskins. Hoskins devoted his life’s work to helping LGBTQ...

When Presidential candidate Donald Trump chose religious extremist and avowed homophobe Mike Pence as his running mate instead of moderate former New Jersey Gov....

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control, at least 105-thousand healthcare personnel have been infected with COVID-19 and over 500 have died,...

As the House of Representatives was impeaching President Trump for the second time, Trump’s Health and Human Services Department (HHS) finalized its last attack...

The scenes out of Kabul are brutal and harrowing. They of course evoke the fall of Saigon. But also the fall of Srebrenica.  The Taliban...

When Stormé DeLarverie died at age 93 on May 24, 2014, it was a mere month before the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion....

A revamped LGBTQ Pride Festival is moving to September at Penn’s Landing, organizers told PGN.  “We’re going to do a pride event because we know...

Legendary American vaudeville entertainer-turned-comedian Jackie “Moms” Mabley became famous for her persona as a frumpy, middle-aged woman in a housedress and floppy hat delivering...

“White folks,” begins each post, “if you’re able, please send or resources to folks who need it.” In a Facebook group called Queer...