Marriage-equality milestones in 2012
The national landscape for marriage equality shifted by leaps and bounds in 2012. The year saw major milestones in the fight for...
Why are so many lesbian, bi and trans women in prison?
Unless otherwise noted, names have been altered to protect the privacy of formerly incarcerated persons.
Throughout the summer of 2020, Nadia Martinez watched the social...
World AIDS Day Supplement 2015
Each year, PGN teams with ActionAIDS to produce a World AIDS Day Supplement. This year, the section focuses on the importance of linking prison...
Report: LGBT seniors see health-care, housing challenges
The Public Health Management Corporation last week released a wide-ranging, first-of-its-kind report on the needs of local LGBT seniors. “Health and Service...
DVLF to honor community members
Seven years ago, the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund decided to recognize and honor hard-working individuals and organizations that bring recognition and pride to the...
Police: ‘Not discounting’ hate crime as motive for Center City explosion
At a press conference Tuesday afternoon, a collection of local and federal officials pledged to track down whoever was responsible for the explosive device that...
Arrest made in N. Philly slaying
Police this weekend made an arrest in the recent murder of a lesbian in North Philadelphia. Investigators say Randolph Sanders shot...
GayBINGO to honor three at ‘Great Gatsby’ Black Tie event
Robert Murray lives up to his Volunteer of the Year title from AIDS Fund. He plans to spend the majority of next Saturday setting...
In advance of Philly conference, Out & Equal founder talks workplace...
High above Center City, on the 43rd floor of the Comcast Center, workplace professionals congregated over cocktails and conversation while attending the Comcast/ Out...
National Association of Women Judges will no longer hold conferences in...
In a move that was not without controversy, the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ) passed a resolution barring future NAWJ conferences from being...
Civil Affairs to meet with Pride organizers
At a meeting with the Police Liaison Committee last week, the head of the Philadelphia Civil Affairs Unit agreed to have the department meet...
Joel Weiner, 59, former PGN ad director
Joel Weiner, former PGN advertising manager, died April 9. He was 59. Weiner, a native of Northeast Philadelphia, spent 12 years with...
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Rainbow Eye to host breast-cancer benefit Rainbow Eye, 1449 N. Fifth St., will host a beef-and-beer event from 2-8:30 p.m. Aug....
Milano killer says abusive childhood a factor in his crime
Richard R. Laird, the twice-convicted killer of gay artist Anthony V. Milano, says jurors weren’t fully informed of his abusive childhood before resentencing him...
MANNA to honor local, national leaders
About 500 people are expected to attend the first-annual Nourish Awards of the Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutritional Alliance, which will honor the contributions of...
News Briefing
No oral arguments in trans-bias case An appellate court last month declined to hear oral arguments in the employment-discrimination case involving transwoman Janis...
GAMMA provides 20 years of support
The men involved with the Gay and Married Men’s Association run the gamut — gay, bi, married, divorced, separated, partnered — but despite their...
New court date for murder defendant
A man charged in connection with the murder of a transgender woman in Logan had his preliminary hearing continued. Pedro Redding,...
Upscale Cancun resort rejects same-sex wedding
When Giulia Umile and her fiancée, Jess, got engaged earlier this fall, Umile knew just the place to hold the wedding. A world traveler,...
Second person arrested in Omni murder
Police arrested a second person this week in connection with the murder of a man in a Center City hotel for which a transgender...
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