GALAEI trains Latina health workers
The Gay and Lesbian AIDS Education Initiative is launching a new plan to educate Latina community members. The initiative, Promotoras, is a...
Local, national students debate marriage equality
Dozens of students from across the country converged — in person and via videoconference — at the National Constitution Center last week for a...
Event to benefit LGBT photographer with cancer
It started with a nagging case of acid reflux. Tara Lessard, a prolific photographer of Philadelphia’s LGBT community who also works in a chiropractor’s...
Project TEACH celebrates 20th anniversary by honoring past graduates
When Asha Molock was diagnosed with HIV in 2001, she did not know anything about Philadelphia FIGHT and its educational program, Project TEACH (Treatment...
Patient HIV-negative after stem-cell transplant
A formerly HIV-positive American living in Germany has continued to test negative for the virus two years after undergoing a stem-cell transplant. ...
International News: Aug. 14-20
Zimbabwe laws could protect gays Gay-rights activists in Zimbabwe believe they have a 50-50 chance of having gay, lesbian and bisexual people...
Ugandan leader to provide update, fundraise in Philly
It’s been five years since Dr. Frank Mugisha has visited the William Way LGBT Community Center to discuss the plight of LGBT Ugandans. ...
Killer seeks new trial in porn case
A man accused of murdering a rival gay-porn producer is seeking a new trial. An attorney for Harlow Cuadra argued Jan....
DOMA suit dismissed
A judge this week dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the federal ban on same-sex marriage. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter...
Sims, Fleck honored for LGBT work
The Keystone Alliance/Gaylife Newsletter, based in Western Pennsylvania, will honor Philadelphia’s out Rep. Brian Sims (182nd Dist.) along with openly gay Rep....
Mazzoni Center mourns sudden loss of legal director
Mazzoni Center's legal director died suddenly this week of a heart attack. David Rosenblum died May 2, after suffering a heart...
Media Trail
Fallen gay trooper’s partner sues for benefits The Kansas City Star reports the gay partner of a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper killed...
First-ever resolution honors trans visibility
Philadelphia City Council chambers were packed last week for the introduction — and swift, unanimous adoption — of a resolution celebrating the transgender community....
Philly activists ask governor to pledge to end AIDS
Dozens of activists from ACT UP Philadelphia boarded a bus Tuesday on World AIDS Day for the two-hour drive to Harrisburg. They were on...
Employer seeks dismissal of gay employee’s sex-bias suit
A Whitemarsh nursing and rehabilitation center is seeking the dismissal of a gay man’s federal civil-rights lawsuit, arguing that antigay bias isn’t always a...
Tentative settlement reached in Medicaid lawsuit
A tentative settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit challenging the state's policy of excluding Medicaid coverage for gender-dysphoria treatments. ...
Favorite Photos 2010
Last year, we weren’t the only ones who liked our favorite photo of 2009: “The Kiss” won two awards and was instrumental in a...
Catholic Church welcomes Anglicans
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has made it easier for Anglicans to join the Catholic Church, responding to the disillusionment of some Anglicans over...
30 Years Ago in PGN
Community divided over D. C. march About 25 men and five women gathered July 18 to discuss plans for the proposed LGBT...
Creating Change update: Philly Black Pride pulls ideas from conference
Evolution is necessary in a sustainable organization, said Le Thomas, president of Philadelphia Black Pride. He met with PGN in Chicago Wednesday evening after...
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