Obituary: Kenny Kerr, iconic drag performer, 60
Kenny Kerr was more than just a Las Vegas drag performer — he was a pioneer within the LGBT community, whose roots were grounded...
Engagement: Jen Colletta and Ashlee Turturro
PGN editor Jen Colletta has covered stories on marriage equality since her start at the paper more than five years ago. ...
Delaware passes marriage equality
Delaware will become the 11th state to legalize marriage equality. The state Senate of the Pennsylvania neighbor voted 12-9 Tuesday afternoon...
Nondiscrimination bills reintroduced amid new public support
Legislation to ban LGBT discrimination statewide was reintroduced into the House and Senate this week, and backers are optimistic that the long-stalled effort could...
Scouts will vacate Parkway building
A local Boy Scouts of America council has lost its five-year legal fight to occupy a city-owned facility near the Ben Franklin Parkway, but...
Nutter to sign landmark LGBT bill next week
Philadelphia City Council passed a first-of-its-kind LGBT-equality bill last week that is poised to make the city home to the most LGBT-friendly laws in...
Philly to host 2014 Gay Bowl
Hundreds of gay footballers and their fans, families and friends will converge on Philadelphia next year when the city hosts the Gay Bowl. ...
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...
Philly Pride Presents announces plans, headliner
Only a few weeks away, plans for Philadelphia Pride 2013 are well underway. This year, Philly Pride Presents will celebrate...
City leader honored for community work
Every year, the Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative pays tribute to an individual who has contributed time and dedication to the LGBT...
ENDA back with local support
A long-stalled measure to ban LGBT employment discrimination at the federal level made it back to both chambers of Congress last week, with both...
Longtime activist runs for Traffic Court
Inja Coates, openly bisexual candidate for Traffic Court, plans to bring her extensive experience as a grassroots activist and her diverse background with her...
Garden restoration ‘labor of love’ for gay man
For almost 20 years, Michael J. LoFurno has tended to a community garden adjacent to Keith Haring’s “We The Youth” mural in...
Cuban issues, culture take the stage at Equality Forum
Cinco de Mayo will be extra-festive this year in the LGBT community, as international LGBT event Equality Forum concludes a weekend of panels and...
Center to host music benefit with HIV/AIDS focus
Next week, the William Way LGBT Community Center will present a longstanding, yet evolving, classical-music performance about the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which has a unique...
Out Hatboro activist runs for council
A Hatboro woman who helped lead the fight to get an LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance in her Montgomery County municipality is now gearing up for...
News Briefing
Deadline issued in church dispute The Callowhill Neighborhood Association has been given a final deadline of May 17 to file an opening brief...
Longtime Calcutta House employee named director
Calcutta House, which provides housing and other integral services to people with HIV/AIDS, has been without a permanent executive director for about two years...
City Council passes LGBT equality bill, first in the nation
Philadelphia City Council passed a first-of-its-kind LGBT equality bill April 25. Bill 130224, which passed in a 14-3 vote, would not...
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