Inauguration blues? Give back to the LGBT community
Drag Brunch to support national group With a $5 donation, locals can support a national nonprofit organization while enjoying brunch with drag queens. ...
Lesbians attacked in DelCo
A lesbian couple was ejected from a Delaware County fast-food eatery last week for allegedly having sex in the bathroom, and was then attacked...
International
Bulgarians march for rights Several-hundred people walked peacefully through Central Sofia in Bulgaria Sept. 21 to protest Russia’s antigay policies. ...
International News
Toronto to host World Pride 2014 The city of Toronto has been chosen to host World Pride in 2014. Announced...
Local colleges celebrate National Coming Out Day
OutFest isn’t the only way for people in the Philadelphia area to celebrate National Coming Out Day: Universities across the region have planned events...
Four years later, mother of slain trans woman still looking for...
A lot has changed for Dawn Maher in the last four years. She cannot sleep with the windows open. She struggles...
Philly LGBT tourism efforts spotlighted at conference
A contingent of local tourism officials traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico last week to bring Philly’s vast experiences with the LGBT tourism market...
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...
PGN 2010 Top Stories
In the last 12 months, the LGBT community has been on a collective rollercoaster, with setbacks and progress, crime and redemption, and a few...
Gay Philly native murdered in Midwest
An openly gay college professor and author with ties to the Philadelphia area was found dead in the kitchen of his Indiana home, the...
FBI might count Pulse massacre as one hate crime
If authorities decide that Omar Mateen acted with anti-LGBT animus when he opened fire at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the FBI will count his...
City Council moves to add LGBT hate-crimes law
City Councilmembers Blondell Reynolds Brown and James Kenney last week introduced legislation that would extend punishment for hate crimes in Philadelphia to LGBT people....
Trans Temple student alleges harassment, discrimination
This article continues the story of Harmony Rodriguez, which PGN began last week. Rodriguez, who is transgender, says she was raped on the campus...
Court rejects challenge to military ban
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed with the Obama administration and upheld Pentagon policy barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military....
Top 16 Stories of 2016
When the ball drops later this month, many of us will not be sorry to bid adieu to 2016. It’s been a tough year...
Giovanni’s Room sale still pending
Plans are still pending on the fate of the nation’s oldest LGBT bookstore, Giovanni’s Room. Various media outlets have reported that...
Accused killer of trans woman continues to seek freedom
Charles N. Sargent, accused of the gruesome slashing death of trans woman Diamond Williams, continues to seek his freedom. Sargent,...
Judge refuses to dismiss Prop. 8 suit
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge challenged the backers of California’s voter-enacted ban on same-sex marriage last Wednesday to explain how allowing gay couples...
Mt. Airy author writes chilling horror novel
Local author Victoria Brownworth’s latest work is her darkest, most compelling horror novel to date. “Ordinary Mayhem” recounts photojournalist Fay Blakemore’s...
Police group looks at gun, knife robberies in Gayborhood
A recent spate of violent robberies was the main topic of conversation at the monthly LGBT Police Liaison Committee. In the...
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