Sounding off: Where city commissioner candidates stand on LGBT issues
PGN conducted interviews with candidates running in the May 19 municipal election about a wide range of LGBT issues, to inform our community about...
Barney Frank and life post-Congress
Former Congressman Barney Frank paid a visit to Philadelphia May 4 to receive the International Role Model Award at the International Equality Dinner during...
MontCo student wins award for antibullying work
News of marriage equality in Montgomery County has been making headlines across the nation, but last weekend the county gained another LGBT-equality victory in...
Fins celebrate 25 with nod to departed member
The Philadelphia Fins Aquatic Club celebrated its silver anniversary this past weekend with a special tribute to a late longtime member. ...
Pittston makes history with nondiscrimination ordinance
On May 28, Pittston became the 32nd municipality in Pennsylvania and the first in Luzerne County to pass a nondiscrimination ordinance to protect its...
Federal judge halts Scouts eviction
A federal judge has prevented the eviction of a Scouts chapter from a city-owned building until it can be determined whether the Scouts’ constitutional...
Scouts file for dismissal
The local Boy Scouts council this week asked a federal judge to dissolve the temporary injunction preventing the group’s eviction from a city-owned building,...
CBLSL head to step down one year early
The City of Brotherly Love Softball League season wrapped up last weekend with the announcement that the head of the league would also be...
Labor Dept. to protect trans
The U. S. Department of Labor last week announced that it was revisiting its anti-harassment and equal-employment-opportunity policies, which included extending them to...
GALAEI director steps down
The executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative resigned earlier this summer after less than a year in the position....
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Lawsuit dismissed after HI passes civil unions Hawaii’s KPUA reports six gay couples are withdrawing a lawsuit against Hawaii’s government now that same-sex...
NJ Supreme Court refuses gay-marriage case
Marriage-equality supporters suffered a blow in the Garden State this week when the New Jersey Supreme Court declined to hear a case filed by...
CHANGE-MAKERS
About 200 people packed the Franklin Institute Sept. 28 to pay tribute to local community activists selected by Bread & Roses Community...
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Suspended cop sues N. J. on bias claim Advocate.com reports a lesbian police officer is suing the state of New Jersey, claiming...
Court upholds N.J. conversion-therapy law
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit this week upheld a New Jersey law that bans so-called conversion therapy for youth. ...
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Wisconsin court upholds marriage ban MSNBC. com reports the Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld the state’s constitutional ban on gay marriage and...
Trial date set in trans disability case
A December trial date has been set in the case of Kate Lynn Blatt, a Pottsville trans woman who claims her former employer discriminated...
City: No jury trial for gay cop
City officials say a gay police officer who alleges antigay workplace bias isn’t entitled to a jury trial. N. Melville Jones...
Input sought from LGBT seniors
Throughout the summer, local seniors will have the chance to complete a survey that will assist both LGBT and mainstream agencies in becoming better...
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