Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce hosts inaugural LGBT Business Summit
A Lehigh Valley organization will host its inaugural networking luncheon for LGBT professionals and allies. The Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce...
Suicide epidemic claims another
A 14-year-old boy from Central Pennsylvania killed himself late last week after facing bullying at school, much of which allegedly targeted his perceived sexual...
Equal. Adv. names new director, board members
Equality Advocates Pennsylvania announced this week that a three-year employee of the agency will guide the group through its transition period, following the resignation...
DVLF announces new ED
A local LGBT foundation and grantmaking agency announced this week it has hired a new executive director. John Moeller Jr. will...
Penn talk explores high-profile teen murder
On Feb. 26, Gayle Salamon, an assistant professor in Princeton University’s Department of English and its program in Gender and Sexuality Studies,...
SCOTUS nominee bad news for LGBT rights
President Trump nominated conservative judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to fill the vacant seat in the U.S. Supreme Court in a move that will likely...
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Man pleads in gay-sex extortion case A Philadelphia man this week pleaded guilty to extorting money from a New Jersey man who responded...
International News
Transgender activists on trial in Turkey International human-rights groups are calling on officials in Turkey to drop charges against five transgender-rights activists on...
Kenney extends travel ban
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has broadened the ban on city-funded travel to locales that discriminate against LGBT people. Kenney announced...
The Word: A breast-cancer blog
Part three in a three-part series In March, Gloria Casarez, director of LGBT affairs for the Mayor’s Office, was diagnosed with breast cancer....
D.A.’s office reiterates its refusal to provide Morris records
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office last week reiterated its refusal to provide certified records pertaining to the Nizah Morris incident. PGN...
National LGBT group holds Philly event
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force will be in town next week to deliver an overview of federal, state and local LGBT progress....
Appeals court issues landmark ruling on workplace discrimination
For the first time, a federal appellate court has found that gays and lesbians are protected from employment discrimination under federal law. The landmark...
FIGHT to honor Rendell at annual gala
Philadelphia FIGHT will host its annual Fight for Life gala from 6-9 p. m. Dec. 4 with a special guest. The organization...
BINGO brings recognition, fundraising
April Fool’s Day will provide plenty of laughs to one HIV/AIDS funding organization this year. AIDS Fund’s annual Black Tie Gay...
Scouts will vacate Parkway building
A local Boy Scouts of America council has lost its five-year legal fight to occupy a city-owned facility near the Ben Franklin Parkway, but...
Gay pair walks cross-country to fight bullying
In 2010, Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi took his own life on the George Washington Bridge after being outed and cyberbullied by his roommate....
Gay man assaulted at detention center
Kenneth J. Houck Jr., an openly gay detainee at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia, was critically injured last month during an...
Pop-up vegan market a hit
Philly Vegan Pop Flea, a pop-up vegan market, hosted its first-ever Queerly Vegan, which gave new and emerging LGBTQ vegan-business owners a platform to...
Guv withdraws Weiss nom from state commission
Michael Weiss, a local openly gay businessowner facing federal indictment for tax fraud, was recently denied reappointment to a state commission. ...
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