Barbara Hammer, legendary lesbian filmmaker, dies
Some people are so huge in life they deserve all the adjectives in death. Legendary lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer was one of those people....
Police and district attorney handling of Nizah Morris case reveals flaws...
When Naiymah Sanchez remembers the people she looked up to as a young woman in the Philadelphia community, the names that come to mind...
Evidence suppression to be considered in Redding case
The defense would like to suppress some evidence against the man accused in the October killing of transgender woman Keisha Jenkins. ...
Board delays decision in lesbian inmate case
The state Board of Pardons has postponed a decision on the clemency request of Lois J. Farquharson, an 88-year-old lesbian who’s been...
Training to offer resources on racism, discrimination
The LGBT community will learn ways to report discriminatory and racist acts during a training next month at William Way LGBT Community Center. ...
News Briefing
HHS to listen to LGBTs The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services will hold a listening session this weekend in...
PA teens testify in trans-bathroom case
Students at a Berks County school district testified Monday in a federal court case in which students are claiming the school’s transgender-inclusive policies violated...
Panel to discuss Supreme Court future
Earlier this month, U. S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced he would retire, and the departure of the court’s leading liberal...
PA among states pressing SCOTUS for pro-marriage ruling
Top legal officials from more than half of the country’s states — including Pennsylvania — have joined in the chorus calling on the U.S....
Online arts calendar reaches out to disabled
While finding a concert, play or other cultural event that fits into price and time constraints may be a tedious task for most, those...
Obituary: : Douglas Shaps, LGBT activist and financial analyst, 53
Longtime LGBT and political activist Douglas Shaps died of colon cancer Oct. 22. He was 53. While he most recently worked as...
PGN at 40: Out in the Community
PGN has had the privilege of witnessing and reporting on the evolution of the LGBT community in the last 40 years. This special section is...
Life sentence for defendant in trans-related case
More than two years after fatally shooting a man in the face during a home-invasion robbery of a trans woman in West Philadelphia,...
Out & Faithful takes on queer spirituality
Religion and spirituality can be topics loaded higher than a twice-baked potato — discussions best avoided at the dinner table along with politics, exes...
Two groups launch for prospective parents
A group for women and trans couples and individuals, along with a new class for men — cis and trans — are starting next...
New display showcases queer youth art
The voices of local queer Latino youth will be amplified this month through a new art exhibit. “Queer and Latinidad:...
Landmark trans disability case settled
Kate Lynn Blatt, a Pottsville trans woman who filed suit in 2014 claiming her former employer failed to reasonably accommodate her disabling gender dysphoria,...
PA high-school history teacher honored as ‘Hero’
Carlisle High School history teacher Kevin Allen Wagner successfully petitioned to create a Gay-Straight Alliance in 2002, making it the first school-sanctioned GSA in...
New GALAEI campaign gets city recognition
A new HIV-education campaign targeting the Latino community was honored by the city this week. POSITIVO, which launched last month from...
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