Weather holds up, crowds turn out for OutFest
After last year’s rainy OutFest, and despite calls for rain this year, the sun shone brightly for the 27th annual event. ...
Investigation continues in N. Philly killing
No arrests had been made as of Wednesday in connection with the death of a local woman outside an LGBT party earlier this month....
International
Gay-rights office in Haiti attacked Amnesty International says the office of a gay-rights group in Haiti has been ransacked and two of its...
Lawmakers joyous after DADT repeal
President Obama this week put one of the final nails in the coffin of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. ” Surrounded by lawmakers,...
World AIDS Day 2016
To commemorate World AIDS Day, PGN partnered with a series of HIV/AIDS and LGBT organizations in the area for this first-ever community-produced World AIDS...
Nutter officiates dignitary’s same-sex wedding
Mayor Michael Nutter last week officiated the high-profile wedding of a foreign diplomat and his partner at City Hall. Elad Strohmayer,...
PA among states pressing SCOTUS for pro-marriage ruling
Top legal officials from more than half of the country’s states — including Pennsylvania — have joined in the chorus calling on the U.S....
Gov. Wolf ‘exploring’ response to Indiana law
A spokesperson for Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf told PGN Wednesday that the governor is looking into a response to Indiana's controversial new "religious-freedom" law,...
ACLU warns suburban district on LGBT filtering
The Downingtown Area School District was put on notice last week about its policy of preventing students from accessing LGBT web content. ...
Gay man denied new murder trial
In an 11-page ruling, Delaware County Common Pleas Judge Barry C. Dozor denied convicted killer William F. Smithson’s request for a new...
IBA gears up to announce business awardee
The Independence Business Alliance will next week host its fourth annual Business Leader Luncheon to honor the city’s LGBT business community. ...
Committee passes landmark LGBT-equality bill
A committee of the Philadelphia City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a sweeping LGBT-reform bill that would include a number of firsts for both...
York candidate looks to make history
If elected to the state House — a goal he’s eagerly pursuing — Bryan Tate would bring Pennsylvania’s total number of out state lawmakers...
International
Senegal sentences gay men to prison A judge in Senegal sentenced two men to six months in jail in a rare conviction of...
Philly wins bid for repeat media convention
LGBT journalists and bloggers from around the country will converge in Philadelphia this winter — their second trip in as many years. ...
Lutherans split over gay pastors, Bible beliefs
GROVE CITY, Ohio — Critics of the country’s largest Lutheran denomination and its more-open stance toward gay clergy formed a new Lutheran church last...
PA wedding venue refuses to serve gay couple
A Pennsylvania wedding venue is under fire for refusing to host a same-sex wedding last week. The Inne at the Abingtons,...
Casey re-intros anti-bullying bill
Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D) last week re-introduced anti-bullying legislation that includes protections for LGBT students. Casey, along with co-prime...
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