New Philly police get LGBT training
A group of about 40 new Philadelphia police officers attended a training session at the Police Academy last week to learn the ins and...
40 Years Ago in PGN: March 18-24, 2016
Dr. Frank Kameny, who was fired as a government astronomer in 1957 for unspecified “immoral conduct,” addressed an audience of about 70 people at...
D.A. won’t provide certified Morris records
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has declined to provide certified records pertaining to the Nizah Morris incident. PGN requested the records...
Media Trail
Lesbian wins stay of deportation 365gay. com reports Canada’s Federal Court said the country’s refugee board must reconsider the case of a...
Healthcare debate continues in Philly LGBT community
A coalition of more than 40 local and national LGBT, HIV/AIDS and mainstream organizations will come together next week for a town-hall meeting to...
Philanthropist Wilcox dies
Jack Wilcox, a longtime supporter and contributor to the LGBT community in Philadelphia, died Jan. 19 after a long battle with mesothelioma,...
END OF AN ERA
About 50 supporters, volunteers and staff of ASIAC, including most recent executive director Kevin Huang (third from right), gathered for a bittersweet celebration of...
Equality PA elects new board president
Adanjesús Marin, the most recent president of the board of Equality Pennsylvania’s political-advocacy branch, last week took over the reigns of the agency’s Education...
Congressman Dent talks marriage-equality support
U. S. Rep. Charlie Dent (R-15th Dist.) became Pennsylvania’s first Republican Congressman to come out in support of same-sex marriage this week, and...
Plea deals possible in murder of trans woman
The District Attorney’s Office is weighing whether it will offer plea agreements for two people charged with the February murder of a local transgender...
Justice pending in Scouts eviction trial
The long-awaited Boy Scouts trial is finally underway, with the fate of the local Cradle of Liberty Council ultimately in the hands of eight...
Media Trail
Archdiocese amends school policy The Boston Herald reports the Roman Catholic Boston Archdiocese, which came under fire last year when a priest said...
Five more states get marriage equality
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review any of the pending marriage-equality cases before it — bringing same-sex marriage to five, and likely many...
News Briefing
Trans death ruled accidental The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday that the death of a transgender woman this summer following a voodoo...
New initiative to push for antibias law
A coalition of local and national agencies launched this week to organize business support for legislation to ban LGBT discrimination in Pennsylvania. ...
Options for victims explored at police meeting
A representative of a local victim’s services agency briefed the Police Liaison Committee last week on the routes people can take when they find...
Colours marks 20 years
The Colours Organization was created in 1991 to fill a void in services for LGBT people of color and, 20 years later, provides needed...
Judge to consider resentencing Knott
The Court of Common Pleas judge who last month sentenced Kathryn Knott to prison time has agreed to hear arguments from her attorney on...
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