Reading Pride to feature new partnerships, weddings
LGBTs and allies will be partying in the park this weekend in Reading. The eighth-annual Reading Pride will run noon-6...
Spring 2016 Wedding Issue
From wedding and engagement announcements, to an upcoming LGBT wedding expo and last weekend's celebrity-hosted wedding expo, catch all the latest LGBT wedding news in...
PA House sees first marriage bill
PA House sees first marriage bill Pennsylvania Rep. Babette Josephs (D-182nd Dist.) submitted a marriage-equality bill, HB 1835, to the House...
Justice Department: Farnese broke the law
In a recent legal filing, government attorneys reiterated their contention that state Sen. Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. (D) violated state and federal laws when...
Gay man seeks day in court
Sebastian A. Cummings, an African-American gay man who resigned from a dishwasher job due to alleged anti-LGBT working conditions, wants his day in court....
Equality Pennsylvania hosts tele-town hall with Sen. Bob Casey
An LGBT-equality organization hosted a tele-town hall with a Pennsylvania senator Monday to discuss issues facing the LGBT community. U.S. Sen....
Giovanni’s Room to be sold
After 37 years at the helm of Giovanni’s Room, owner Ed Hermance is retiring, leaving both the nation’s oldest LGBT bookstore and its building...
U Penn pioneers HIV gene-therapy trial
Earlier this month, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania unveiled a research study in which they’re attempting to create HIV-resistant blood cells — and...
Nutter, other mayors, back national marriage equality
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is among a coalition of mayors urging the U.S. Supreme Court to mandate marriage equality across the nation. ...
International
Archbishop of Mumbai says being gay ‘not a sin’ In a recent letter to LGBT activist groups in India, the Archbishop of Mumbai...
EEOC makes historic ruling
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found this week that federal law protects gay and lesbian workers from discrimination. In a...
Equality PA names new ED
After a three-month search for a permanent executive director, Equality Pennsylvania has selected former board member Ted Martin to take the reins of the...
Jury selection begins in Knott case
Jury selection got underway this week for the lone defendant who remains in last year's gay-bashing case. Kathryn Knott and her attorney, Louis...
Trial for minister who performed gay weddings
SAN FRANCISCO — A retired Presby-terian minister and active critic of her faith’s position on same-sex marriage will be tried by a church court...
Appeal denied for officer who sided with antigay protestors
The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit last week affirmed a lower court ruling that found the constitutional rights of...
LGBT nondiscrimination makes midstate progress
Susquehanna Township joined Pennsylvania’s 25 other municipalities last week to ban LGBT discrimination. The township, in Dauphin County in Central Pennsylvania,...
Election Spotlight: U.S. Senate race 2016
In the next several weeks, PGN will be spotlighting candidates who will be on the April 26 ballot. This week, we kick off our...
News Briefing
Transwoman continues quest for trial Attorneys for transwoman Janis Stacy filed a 31-page brief this week, refuting assertions by her former employer that...
Holiday roundup
The streets of Philadelphia are sure to be bustling in the coming weeks with holiday shopping, sightseeing and soirees. Check out some of the...
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