Pleas possible in murder of trans woman
The District Attorney’s Office earlier this month offered plea agreements to two people charged with the murder of a local transgender woman. ...
Tourism group elects new board members
The Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus announced the election of several new board members last week. PGTC welcomed Tracy Fauntleroy of TEF Marketing...
LGBT youth pilot program to launch in May
With the onset of the warm weather, LGBT youth advocates are launching a creative collaboration that seeks to offer teens a safe weekend hangout...
International
Germany gets first out lesbian cabinet minister In low-key fashion, Germany’s new Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks came out recently in a newspaper interview,...
Groundbreaking trans study reveals ‘disturbing patterns’
The results of the largest-ever national study on transgender experiences were released this week, revealing systemic discrimination and disparities. Nearly 28,000...
Election Spotlight: State House 182nd District
In our last installment of primary interviews, PGN reached out to candidates in the contested state House race for the 182nd District, which covers...
Get in the gay-gifting spirit
The gift-giving season is now upon us. When making your holiday-shopping lists, make sure to check out several local donation drives for locals in...
Tensions ease over college’s gay-marriage course
SOUTH ORANGE, N. J. — It is the class that wasn’t supposed to happen. In the basement of Jubilee Hall at Seton...
LGBTs, DA build crime-prevention network
Some two-dozen local LGBT leaders attended a roundtable discussion last week meant to forge connections between the community and the city district attorney. ...
City, community groups reevaluate parade costs
Members of Philadelphia City Council met Monday with organizers of several local parades to analyze how to cut costs for the events. ...
Arrest made in NoLibs shooting
Police have arrested a man for this month’s shooting that left a transsexual woman wounded and her mother dead. Police arrested...
School administrator resigns over protest flap
Zachary Ruff, a high-school administrator whose controversial encounter with anti-abortion demonstrators last month drew national attention, resigned on May 11. ...
Morris advocates march through Center City
Holding candles and chanting, “Trans lives matter,” about 60 advocates for Nizah Morris marched through Center City last week. The Dec. 22 event marked...
Quince to revive fundraising show
A local LGBT-focused theater group is this month bringing back a popular collection of marriage-equality themed plays, to again raise funds for local LGBT...
OutFest couple found not guilty
A gay couple arrested during OutFest was found not guilty of all charges this week. Judge Charles Hayden handed down not-guilty verdicts...
Allegheny County OKs nondiscrimination bill
The Allegheny County Council approved a bill last week that would prohibit discrimination against LGBT county residents in employment, housing and public accommodations. ...
News Briefing
Man pleads guilty to murdering gay senior Stephen Robinson, accused of slashing to death an elderly gay man in May 2007, pleaded guilty...
PA school allows trans student, date at prom after dust-up
Central Pennsylvania teen Issak Wolfe’s campaign to become prom king became national last week — after his school attempted to force him to run...
NJ bill to limit travel to anti-LGBT states moves ahead
The New Jersey Senate Government Committee voted 3-2 Thursday to advance a bill that would prohibit publicly funded travel to states that enforce anti-LGBT...
Philly Creating Change co-chairs announced
Creating Change, the annual conference hosted by the National LGBTQ Task Force, today announced the four co-chairs of the 2017 event in Philadelphia. ...
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