Summer Wedding Issue 2016
From love stories of local couples to wedding-planning resources, dive into PGN's annual Summer Wedding Issue!
Revamped Giovanni’s Room space to open next weekend
The new incarnation of Giovanni’s Room is set to open this weekend. Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni’s Room will open its...
City Food Tours ups V-Day ante with Gayborhood dinner
“Basically, we tell people if you can’t get laid after this dinner, you are totally hopeless.” Robert Weinberg, co-owner of City...
Office of LGBT Affairs Bill Clears Council
Today, City Council unanimously passed a bill that would make permanent the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs. This was the final hurdle the bill...
State approves $7M for senior center
The state legislature approved a $7-million allocation this week for a proposed LGBT senior housing project. The state House and Senate...
DVLF announces 2016 HEROES
DVLF on Friday announced the individuals and organizations it will honor at next month's 10th-annual HEROES event. The LGBT grant making...
Ugandan advocate shares experiences at trans conference
Julius Kaggwa, director of Support Initiative for People with Atypical Sex Development, was one of thousands in town last week for the Philadelphia Trans-Health...
Media Trail
Nondiscrimination bill approved The Las Vegas Sun reports a bill barring discrimination based on sexual orientation in Nevada was signed into law May...
Philly LGBT bars step up security after Orlando
LGBT hotspots in Philadelphia have increased security, with bag-checks and police presence, in the wake of the mass shooting at Pulse, a popular LGBT...
Philly Dyke March: For ‘The Dyke in You’
Dyke-identified women of all shapes, sizes, ethnicities, ages and their allies packed Kahn Park, 11th and Pine streets, with one goal in mind last...
Out officer receives promotion within Sheriff’s Office
Dante Austin received a surprise one afternoon last week. The former deputy sheriff officer for the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office took a...
Report: Sexual orientation not a factor in priest sex abuse
Researchers released the preliminary results of a study on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church earlier this month, reporting that homosexuality did not play...
Office of LGBT Affairs bill clears committee
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown’s bill that would make permanent the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs unanimously cleared City Council’s committee on law and government....
IBA names first executive director
The region's LGBT chamber of commerce introduced its inaugural executive director to its members and supporters this week. Independence Business Alliance announced Tuesday...
MontCo Dow employee named emerging LGBT leader
Cory Valente, associate scientist with The Dow Chemical Company in Upper Providence Township, near Collegeville, was named to a list of Top 30 Future...
COLOURS youth get visit, donation from GOAL officers
Members of the Gay Officers Action League made a return trip this week to The COLOURS Organization to share stories and build bridges —...
Trans male lieutenant speaks on experiences in the military
Since coming out as a transgender man in the military, Lt. Shachar Erez started speaking publicly with audiences around the country about his experiences. ...
International
Clashes at French anti-gay marriage protest Paris riot police fought back crowds who pushed their way onto Paris’ landmark Champs-Élysées Avenue as part...
Senate hears hate-crimes testimony
A committee of the U. S. Senate heard testimony last week on a bill that would include sexual orientation and gender identity in...
Another man claims antigay bias at Hershey School
Marcous Marchese, a 2011 graduate of Milton Hershey School, recently spoke publicly about being pressured into viewing a religiously oriented antigay video at the...
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