Banned players settle with gay softball group
SEATTLE — A gay softball organization has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to three players who were disqualified from its 2008 Gay Softball...
Canadian minister: Let’s do business
Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister of International Trade Diversification, led the “LGBTQ2 business mission” to Philadelphia in partnership with the Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber...
Aviator reaches deal to halt discharge — for now
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho aviator has reached an agreement with the U. S. Air Force to temporarily block his discharge under the...
New court dates set in murder of gay man
Court proceedings are scheduled against two people accused in the murder of a local gay man. At a preliminary hearing Tuesday,...
Defense gets Knott case
Kathryn Knott's defense attorney called four of her friends to the stand on his first day with the case. Knott, 25,...
Gay couple renews donation campaign
Donations are trickling in once again for a gay couple struggling to maintain their home in New Garden, Chester County, despite alleged harassment from...
#LGBTDNC: Equality Forum to coincide with Dem Convention
This year’s Equality Forum will feature discussions with national LGBT leaders, social events and the dedication of two new LGBT historic markers — all...
Knott prosecutor says victims satisfied with verdict
Kathryn Knott, dressed in a light-blue sweater and black pants, wept silently last Friday as the “guilty” verdicts started coming. After...
Anti-bullying claims at risk of dismissal
Attorneys for the Pennsauken School District are requesting the dismissal of anti-bullying claims filed on behalf of a former student and his grandmother. ...
House hearing held on ENDA
A Congressional committee heard formal testimony this week on the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, which seeks to prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and...
Police LGBT liaison stepping down
After 29 years on the force, Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel is leaving the department, Philadelphia Police announced Wednesday. He plans to take a new...
PROP. 8 CHALLENGE CONTINUES
Attorney Theodore Olson (center) shakes hands with Proposition 8 opponents July 2 after a news conference at the Federal Building in San Francisco. ...
Gay ‘agenda’ halts domestic-violence motion
A member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives drew criticism from fellow lawmakers and anger from the LGBT and ally communities last week after...
Local advocates named to POZ 100
Three HIV/AIDS activists working in Pennsylvania made the sixth-annual POZ 100, a list of people who have lived with HIV since 1995 or earlier...
Norristown man seeks pro-LGBT appellate ruling
A Norristown gay man hopes his lawsuit against a Whitemarsh nursing home will result in federal antibias protections for LGBT workers in the region....
International News
Moscow police guard gays Bucking trends, Moscow police protected gay protesters who showed up at the offices of Swissair on Oct. ...
Out at the polls: Mayor
Philadelphians will head to the polls Nov. 3 to elect the city’s next mayor. PGN spoke with both candidates about what type of LGBT...
Inmate cites alleged anti-LGBT censorship
An openly gay federal inmate says prison authorities have denied more than 50 requests he’s made for LGBT-themed reading materials. In...
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