LGBT History Month 2017
PGN celebrates LGBT History Month 2017 with new weekly features exploring the people, places and events that have helped shape American LGBT history.
News Briefing
Couples’ tax session The Bottom Line Financial Services will host a free educational session to explain how same-sex couples can reduce their tax...
Locals pitch in with Supreme Court briefs
Before the U. S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week on two landmark same-sex marriage cases, it had the opportunity to review...
Kutztown protest ruling appealed
A district court judge last month dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Kutztown University police officer who alleged his rights were violated when he...
Poll: NJ voters support marriage
According to a poll released last week, public support for same-sex marriage in New Jersey is continuing to grow. The Quinnipiac...
Religion, art on display at center
The William Way LGBT Community Center is opening its doors this week for two separate exhibits — one that celebrates the vibrancy of LGBT...
International News: January 31, 2020
South Korean military decides to discharge transgender soldier
South Korea's military decided Jan. 22 to discharge a soldier who recently undertook gender- affirmation surgery, a...
ACT UP member arrested after act of civil disobedience in D.C.
Jose DeMarco told a group of protesters outside Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey’s office in Washington, D.C., about living with HIV since 1987. After telling...
Doctor’s lawsuit against AIDS agency settled
A federal lawsuit filed by Dr. Emmanuella Cherisme against AIDS Care Group recently was settled, according to court papers. Terms of...
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...
OutFest draws younger, more diverse crowd
The 28th annual OutFest block party attracted some 50,000 visitors and participants — more than it had in the previous two years, said the...
Miss’d America back with some big changes
If you’re looking for an escape from Popefest later this month, high-tail it to Atlantic City for the annual Miss’d America Pageant, which this...
Judge bans antigay demonstrators from private property
A popular retail complex in Center City filed a lawsuit last week against a group of demonstrators that it says uses antigay language on...
Gay-porn twin sentenced to prison
One-half of the infamous gay porn twins who were arrested in Philadelphia last year on burglary charges will spend the next three to eight...
Local gay bar closed its doors
Updated Feb. 6, 2020. 4:10 p.m.
Philadelphia’s beloved LGBTQ sports bar Boxers PHL has closed its doors, at least for now, due to a liquor...
Out journalist launches book tour in native city
Clay Cane is quick to admit what he learned from 1980s and 1990s Philadelphia. “It taught me about poverty,” the 40-year-old...
A musical memorial for local singer
The William Way LGBT Community Center will host a memorial for Ghosha D’Aguanno, local pop singer and songwriter, Sept. 16. She died in April...
Prison violence punishes LBT women, and it can kill
This is part three of a series on LGBTQ people in prison. Unless otherwise noted, names have been altered to protect the privacy of...
Scouts file for dismissal
The local Boy Scouts council this week asked a federal judge to dissolve the temporary injunction preventing the group’s eviction from a city-owned building,...
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