Game Plan: Philly’s Queer Sports Teams Look Forward To Summer
Last year, PGN spoke with our local LGBTQ sports teams to see what their seasons would look like during the COVID shutdown. The answer...
Online extortion: Police search for Craigslist user posing as detective
Philadelphia police are searching for a man who used Craigslist to meet at least three gay men, then later posed as a detective and...
DVLF awards grants to emerging programs
The Delaware Valley Legacy Fund will grant $30,000 to six LGBT organizations and initiatives in the Philadelphia area. DVLF announced Oct. 7...
Mediation ordered in lesbian financial dispute
A federal judge in Philadelphia recently ordered two lesbians involved in a financial dispute to participate in 10 hours of mediation. ...
News Briefing
SEPTA to hold hearings on transpasses Next month, SEPTA will host public hearings on its proposed 2014 budget, which includes a plan to eliminate...
Local lawyer attends Irish senator’s wedding
Jim Pavlock, a lawyer based in Center City, told PGN about the wedding he attended last weekend. The civil ceremony was between Fine Gael...
Rain not much of a damper on Trans* March, OutFest
A steady drizzle Saturday afternoon and wind gusts reaching 30 miles per hour Sunday morning in Philadelphia didn’t deter people from participating in a...
Who gets the dog?
Pets may be family in your household, but Pennsylvania law says otherwise You have a pet — your beloved dog. You think of your...
Trans man struck by hit-and-run driver
A trans man last week was struck by a hit-and-run driver in West Philadelphia. A minivan struck the 25-year-old victim...
Scouts: Learning for Life down to 500 youth
A youth program that a local Boy Scouts of America council touted in court filings to avoid eviction from a city-owned building has severely...
Gay Penn. Senate candidate receives death threat
Brett Burman, an openly-gay candidate for the Pennsylvania Senate representing the 9th senatorial district, recently received what appears to be a death threat from...
Lesbian gunned down in North Philly
A North Philadelphia lesbian was shot in broad daylight Tuesday morning while on her way to work. Kim Jones, 56, was...
Eight men in Delaware sting operation get probation
Eight of the 12 men arrested during a recent sting operation near Rehoboth Beach were given brief periods of probation, in return for an...
DVLF names new director
Delaware Valley Legacy Fund announced its new executive director at its annual holiday fundraiser last weekend. Samantha Giusti, 27, took the...
News Briefing
Center calls for artists The William Way LGBT Community Center has issued a call for local LGBT artists to submit original works for...
Democrat looks to bring change to 177th District
A Republican has represented Philadelphia’s 177th District for more than 30 years — a fact Joe Hohenstein is looking to change. ...
Three charged in ‘No-Gay Thursdays’ hazing at ChesCo school
No hate crime charges are expected against three students charged in relation to weekly hazing among football players at Conestoga High School as part...
New Latin party comes to ‘Hood
A new monthly LGBT party will come to the Gayborhood to bring new flavor and diversity starting later this month. Candela Sabados,...
Supreme Court upholds D.C. marriage
Marriage equality will remain the law of the land in the nation’s capital, following a U. S. Supreme Court ruling this week. ...
Tourism group gets new leader
The Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus held its annual meeting last week, at which members elected new leaders, celebrated current membees and looked to the...
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