Out PA House candidate blames LGBTs, in part, for her loss
Pennsylvania House candidate Fern Kaufman aspired to be the state’s first openly LGBT lawmaker, but instead she became one of countless Democratic casualties throughout...
Soledad O’Brien on career, new book
Veteran journalist Soledad O’Brien will be in town next week to discuss her new memoir and her storied career at the kickoff of the...
Media Trail
Activists push for antidiscrimination ban The Miami Herald reports that Jacksonville, Fla. , gay-rights activists are urging business leaders to support a...
Gayborhood Crime Watch
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Oct. ...
PURPLE SPIRIT
Freedom Pages and Tabu organized a “Wear Purple Party” to memorialize at least six LGBT teen suicides from the past month and raise money...
PENN PUSHED TO THE POLLS
The University of Pennsylvania played host to the first-ever direct-outreach program for LGBT youth voters in the city Oct. 27. The event,...
Endorsements
U. S. Senate: Joe Sestak U.S. House: 2nd District: Chaka Fattah 6th District: Manan Trivedi 7th District: ...
Election interviews
For the mid-term elections, PGN reached out to candidates for U. S. Senate and House, governor, lieutenant governor and state Senate and House....
ASIAC appoints interim ED
The board of directors of ASIAC, an HIV/AIDS service organization that focuses on the Asian and Pacific-Islander community, last week announced the appointment of...
News Briefing
Craigslist trial delayed A judge last week approved a continuance in the trial of a man accused of posing as a police officer...
Assault victim sues Woody’s Bar
A Philadelphia man says he’s permanently disfigured after being assaulted inside Woody’s Bar by an underage patron, and he’s suing for $50,000 in damages....
Ed. Dept. issues bullying guidelines
The U. S. Department of Education this week issued a letter to school superintendents around the nation to ensure that school leaders are...
Media Trail
NH paper won’t print gay-marriage notices The Boston Herald reports New Hampshire’s largest newspaper is defending its decision to refuse to publish marriage...
Obama appoints record number of gay officials
Less than halfway through his first term, President Obama has appointed more openly gay officials than any other president in history. ...
Wedding: Ray Murphy & Joel Nichols
More than 100 family members and friends will gather in Vermont this weekend to celebrate the wedding of two active Philadelphia LGBT community members....
International News
Ugandan gays outed, attacked Several gays and lesbians in Uganda say they have been attacked after a newspaper published their names, photographs and...
SUNDAY STROLL
Participants in the 24th annual Philadelphia AIDS Walk traveled over the Falls Bridge Oct. 17 for the second leg of the course,...
Arrests made in Breakfast Club murder
Two women were arrested this week in connection with the killing of a woman outside an LGBT party last month. Police...
Investigation continues in Blahnik murder
No arrests have been made yet in the murder last week of a transgender woman in South Philadelphia. Police are continuing...
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