Rainbow House: Stockholm’s ‘safe haven’ for LGBTQ older adults
Special assignment: PGN went to Stockholm for Pride and to learn about LGBTQ issues in Sweden. The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and...
New poll shows Americans oppose anti-trans laws
At a televised town hall at the Philadelphia Constitution Center on October 15, 2020, then-presidential nominee Joe Biden had a riveting exchange with the...
Community mourns loss of Charlene Arcila
Charlene Arcila, credited with a number of pioneering LGBT and HIV/AIDS efforts, died Tuesday afternoon at age 52. Arcila was known...
ACT UP Philadelphia calls for revamp of city’s housing services
To mark the end of Pride month and the ongoing fight for adequate housing, members of the Philadelphia chapter of the HIV/AIDS activism organization...
Local health org holds panel discussion on LGBTQ access to care
Bebashi Transition to Hope, a nonprofit that provides sexual health resources and hunger relief to communities of color and other minorities, hosted a May...
HRC announces expanded voting resources for Pennsylvania
Earlier this week the Human Rights Campaign announced it will be adding five new staff members to their team in Pennsylvania, bringing the total...
Road to Stonewall: Barbara Gittings
Barbara Gittings is one of the single most important figures in American LGBTQ history. Before Stonewall, Gittings was performing groundbreaking work for lesbian...
A brief history of PGN
PGN’s first issue was published on January 3, 1976. The paper was 36 pages and included articles on the fight to get a gay...
Deborah Batts, the first openly lesbian federal judge, dies at 72
Deborah Batts, the first lesbian to serve as a federal judge, passed away in her sleep on Sunday, Feb. 2 at the age of...
Lesbian master som talks champagne, making it in the wine world
We have a lot of monks to thank for “some really righteous booze,” master sommelier Emily Wines told a roomful of champagne enthusiasts gathered...
Gay postal worker speaks out about his dismissal
A Lehigh County gay man is speaking out about his firing as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service. He claims he was...
AIDS Memorial Quilt honors Black lives lost to HIV/AIDS
In honor of Black History Month, the National AIDS Memorial Project and the AIDS Memorial Quilt is displaying 56 panels commemorating Black lives lost...
Conservative justices angered by SCOTUS refusal to hear religious accommodation cases
On April 5, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal that could have further expanded religious freedom accommodations in the workplace. Two...
International News – April 9 – 16, 2021
Calls for LGBT equality in Japan
Activists submitted a petition with over 106,000 signatures to Japan’s ruling party April 1, calling for an LGBT equality...
West Philly’s Mariposa Food Co-op sets the table for inclusiveness
Founded on antidiscrimination ideals, cooperatives have a storied history as LGBTQ havens. “It’s pretty ingrained in the culture. have been known as safe...
Largest ever Trans Wellness Conference continues to evolve, with room to...
The Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference (PTWC) took place virtually from July 22-24, 2021, after having been postponed in 2020 due to pandemic safety measures....
Day in the Life of: digital agency executives CJ and Jolin...
Wife-and-wife duo CJ and Jolin Bachmann are quick to note the benefits of the 1SEO office in Bristol. The spacious employee common area includes...
Telling Our Stories: Gay Newspapers and Gay Liberation
In the decade before the Stonewall, queer underground newsletters and small ’zine-style publications began to proliferate across the country, especially in cities with large...
Black queer voices of the past speak to the present
Black History Month 2021 is like no other, including the many historic firsts in President Biden’s administration.
The first woman and first Black person to...
Advisory panel opposes Dawn Segal’s reinstatement to Pa. bar
Suspended attorney Dawn A. Segal remains undaunted in her pursuit to become a practicing attorney once again, despite a blistering report from an advisory...
TRENDING
RECENT ARTICLES
Allen Ginsberg was a political poet
Allen Ginsberg, the celebrated poet, counterculture icon, and out gay man, died 25 years ago, on April 5, 1997.
In a recent interview, the musician...
