Attic mixes art, fundraising
In the music industry, the word “remix” typically applies to the audio realm, referring to the updating or reinvention of songs and other sound...
Lib City endorses 10 candidates
When two women, both doctors in their 40s, wanted to get married in Montgomery County in the summer of 2013, they contacted the register...
PA lesbian kicked out of prom
A Pennsylvania high school is coming under fire after administrators ejected a lesbian student from her prom. Aniya Wolf reports...
Sold-out Indigo Ball set for success
Hundreds of supporters of the William Way LGBT Community Center will come together next week for the agency’s largest fundraising event of the year,...
Put a little L.U.S.T. in your Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day almost upon us, many of you are thinking about how to make this day stand out from the other days of...
Calcutta hosts drag-gospel mash-up
Religious services and drag shows are two venues that don’t typically converge, but they will next week when residents at a local HIV/AIDS housing...
Will state agency investigate LGBT antibias complaints?
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Sounding off: Where City Council District candidates stand on LGBT issues
PGN conducted interviews with candidates running in the May 19 municipal election about a wide range of LGBT issues, to inform our community about...
Fast facts on marriage equality in Pennsylvania
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2nd Puerto Rican LGBT killing Puerto Rican police are investigating after a trans woman was found murdered in her home last week. ...
International News
Arrest made in British consul death A 23-year-old Jamaican man has been arrested over the death of a British honorary consul. ...
Student group changes name, focus
A statewide LGBT student organization announced this week that it has a new name and refocused mission. The Pennsylvania Student Equality...
International News
Australia to keep religious ‘freedom’ protections Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has reportedly given her word to religious groups that they will have...
Court orders D.A. to certify Morris records
Commonwealth Court last week ordered the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office to certify transactions that caused dispatch records relating to the Nizah Morris incident to...
International
Whippings held in Nigeria Four young men were convicted of gay sex and whipped publicly as punishment March 6 in an Islamic court...
Dancer brings two premieres, fundraiser, to Philly
Out dancer and world-renowned choreographer Lar Lubovitch is celebrating his 50th year in the dance world — and will do so with a number...
Ceremony winners announced
This summer, Provence Catering enlisted the help of PGN in finding two local committed LGBT couples deserving of free commitment ceremonies. PGN...
76ers, Flyers welcome LGBT fans
Hoops and hockey fans will have the chance to show support for their local teams — and the local LGBT community — with LGBT...
Federal gov’t confronts bullying
President and First Lady Michelle Obama met with scores of youth, parents and educators last week in the first-ever White House Conference on Bullying,...
Judge weighs gay-panic defense
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