Attic Youth Center appoints new executive director
After a 14-month search, The Attic Youth Center has appointed John Fisher-Klein as their new executive director. Fisher-Klein, who grew up in southern Delaware...
LGBTQ-focused radio station Channel Q comes to Philadelphia
Philadelphia is one of nine new cities across the nation that, last month, started offering the radio broadcast of Channel Q, an LGBTQ-oriented station...
Exponent reverses gay-union ban
In a unanimous vote this week, the governing board of the Jewish Exponent moved to overturn its longstanding policy that prevented the full inclusion...
LGBTQ candidates in Pa. and Del. hope to win seats this...
According to LGBTQ Victory Institute's Out for America 2020 digital report, there are 843 openly LGBTQ elected officials in the U.S. However, in order...
Utah gov supports civil unions
SALT LAKE CITY — Republican Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who governs one of the country’s most conservative states, said last week he...
Six local orgs. get LGBT grants
The Delaware Valley Legacy Fund distributed a total of $30,000 at a party Oct. 5 to six regional organizations addressing emerging needs for the...
Trans woman files suit against Pittsburgh jail
Trans woman Jules M. Williams, a former inmate of the Allegheny County Jail, filed suit this week against various jail officials, alleging abuse due...
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AIDS Fund executive director Robb Reichard (right) and Carlota Ttendant kick off the “Diva-licious!” GayBINGO May 16. Ttendant (ActionAIDS director of business...
LGBTQ athletes win record medal haul at Tokyo Olympics
It was an historic Olympics. And despite the ongoing threat of the coronavirus, the Tokyo games — postponed from 2020 — were an overwhelming...
HIV-positive vet settles with State Dept.
A discrimination lawsuit filed by a man who was denied a job with a U. S. State Department contractor because he has HIV...
Pioneering out UArts prez to depart post
One of the country’s first out college presidents is stepping down from his long-held position at a Philadelphia university. Sean Buffington,...
Officer testimony renews hope in Morris case
For the past 12 years, an outstanding question in the Nizah Morris case has been whether Officer Elizabeth Skala was authorized to give a...
Sold-out Indigo Ball set for success
Hundreds of supporters of the William Way LGBT Community Center will come together next week for the agency’s largest fundraising event of the year,...
30 years ago in PGN
Candidates attend LGBT forum Four of the leading Democratic mayoral candidates attended a political forum sponsored by PGN to discuss their positions on...
Salvation Army honors gay Latinx community leader
The Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia held its annual Celebrate Hope luncheon on Tuesday to honor two local civic leaders of color – Romulo...
Gay man tapped for White House
President-elect Barack Obama made several more staff appointments this week, including the selection of an openly gay member of his transition team for a...
Neighbors oppose demolition
The city’s Department of License and Inspection Review Board ruled this week that a neighborhood group has legal standing to challenge the pending demolition...
International
Costa Rica leader raises gay Pride flag Costa Rica’s new president on May 16 raised a gay pride flag next to the...
News Briefing
City unveils mob plan Following last month’s youth melee that spilled into the Gayborhood, Mayor Nutter this week unveiled the city’s new plan...
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