Elicia Gonzales leaving GALAEI
After six years at the helm of GALAEI: A Queer [email protected] Social Jusice Organization, Elicia Gonzales is leaving the organization to pursue other career...
Equality Forum director makes bid for Council
With planning well underway for the annual international LGBT event Equality Forum later this month, the agency’s executive director is also gearing up for...
NE church reaches out to LGBT youth
LGBT youth have increasingly come into the spotlight in recent years with stories of intense pressure at school, as well as from their peers,...
Out candidate runs for Traffic Court
An out Philadelphia attorney plans to pave the road for fairness and equality in his campaign for a Traffic Court judgeship. ...
Drexel launches LGBT health prog.
A local university has launched a program that fuses research, education and advocacy to address the health disparities faced by the LGBT community. ...
Spring and summer destinations offer hot upcoming events
Whew! We are almost out of the woods as far as winter is concerned, so now a lot of people are getting focused on...
LGBT provisions in question for healthcare bill
Early Christmas Eve morning, the U. S. Senate approved the much-anticipated healthcare-reform bill — but it’s still unclear whether the LGBT community will...
Attorneys for trans litigant say they’ve proven case
Attorneys for transgender litigant Bobbie E. Burnett say they’ve proven their case against the city, and they’re asking a judge to let...
Rush to judgment in Jenkins case?
Concerns of under-reporting of hate crimes by Philadelphia police resurfaced last week after authorities said the homicide of Kiesha Jenkins isn’t a hate crime....
CBLSL to host tournament with Boston beneficiary
Memorial Day weekend is here and that means the City of Brotherly Love Softball League is gearing up for its annual Liberty Bell Classic....
Wash. judge weighs release of names on petition for domestic-partner referendum
TACOMA, Wash. — Signed petitions seeking a statewide vote on expanded gay partnerships will remain shielded from public view for at least...
Women’s softball World Series here in ’11
Next summer, more than 1,000 LGBTs and allies will “Bring the Love” to Philadelphia for the largest LGBT sporting event the city has ever...
PGN photographer receives national award
PGN has once again earned a prestigious award from the Society of Professional Journalists in recognition of art director and photographer Scott A. Drake’s...
Bethlehem mayoral candidate pledges LGBT advocacy
Bethlehem mayoral candidate William Reynolds has announced that, as mayor, he would not officiate any weddings until same-sex couples could legally marry. ...
Longtime Rittenhouse event to benefit LGBT youth org
For the first time since its inception 100 years ago, The Rittenhouse Flower Market will include an LGBT organization as one of its 2014...
Media Trail
Center gets $13. 3M to help gay kids The San Jose Mercury News reports the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center on Oct....
Creating Change seeks four co-chairs for Philly conference
Creating Change, the nation’s largest LGBT conference, is looking for four people from the Philadelphia region to serve as co-chairs of the event that’s...
Out and about for National Coming-Out Day
Atlantic City, N. J. Last year, LGBTs and allies in Atlantic City celebrated the city’s first NCOD observance, which this year promises...
Bucks drag show success, despite negative media
Bucks County Community College hosted its first drag show on Nov. 16 — but the event was met with some negative...
PA Republican signs on to UAFA
A Republican Lehigh Valley Congressman signed on last week to a bill that will help binational LGBT couples stay together. U.S....
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