Business owners ponder Gayborhood’s future
The Gayborhood has seen many changes and evolutions over the years, which begs the questions: Where is the Gayborhood right now and where is...
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...
Abuse-of-corpse charge filed in death of Philly woman
The Centre County man charged in relation to disposing the body of a Philadelphia woman along a rural roadside near Penn State on Valentine’s...
PRIDE Institute paved way for LGBT substance-abuse treatment
When the PRIDE Institute in Minnesota opened in 1986, it was a novel idea — a substance-abuse treatment center catering to the gay and...
Defendant will proceed to trial in Keisha Jenkins murder
The man charged in the fatal shooting of transgender woman Keisha Jenkins will proceed to trial, a Philadelphia judge ruled today. Pedro...
Trans woman claims bias at Walmart
Kate Lynn Blatt, a Pottsville trans woman, says anti-trans bias by a Walmart employee prevented her from accessing a female fitting room at the...
Judge grants leniency to gay basher
A man who evaded justice for more than a decade in connection with a local gay bashing finally had his day in court this...
Man in stable condition after Overbrook shooting
Philadelphia police are investigating the shooting of a man in Overbrook Sunday night. In a statement, Philadelphia police said two men...
Attic launches video series to countdown to 20th anniversary
The Attic Youth Center is gearing up to celebrate two decades of outreach and advocacy for LGBT youth in November. To prepare...
Crowds fill Reading Terminal Market streets for Pete Buttigieg rally
Pete Buttigieg has high hopes for 2020. Along with taking control of the Oval Office, the Democratic presidential candidate wants to make it the...
Casey talks strategy on Equality Act
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey said lawmakers could find new ways to push the Equality Act with lessons they learned in recent weeks — through...
Philly gears up for Pride weekend
The 29th-annual Philadelphia Pride Parade and Festival return to Philly this weekend, a week later than normal. Philly Pride Presents originally...
PA Senate considers nondiscrimination bill
State Sen. Larry Farnese (D-1st Dist.) last week introduced a bill that would ban LGBT discrimination at the state level. Farnese’s...
Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus welcomes new director
David Bielenberg will be the first-ever executive director in the organization’s 37-year history In his teen years, David Bielenberg sang in school musicals and...
Michael Lyons, 66, social worker
Michael Lyons, a longtime city worker and former civil-rights activist, died June 24 after a long battle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was 66. ...
How LGBTQ Philadelphians are casting their votes this year
With Election Day less than three weeks away and COVID-19 infections rising again, Philadelphians are faced with not only with choosing which candidates to...
Musician in Craigslist sting slated for release
Charles L. Cohen, a prominent Center City musician ensnared in a Craigslist sting, is scheduled to be released from a Montgomery County jail later...
Local board game services team up
Board games have always played an important role in fostering connection across communities. While we can’t safely bond over board games in group settings...
Media Trail
Charges dismissed in anti-gay attack The Lexington Herald-Leader reports a judge has dismissed charges against two eastern Kentucky teens accused of attacking a...
LGBTQ athletes win record medal haul at Tokyo Olympics
It was an historic Olympics. And despite the ongoing threat of the coronavirus, the Tokyo games — postponed from 2020 — were an overwhelming...




























