A look at the LGBTQ+ elected officials in the Philadelphia region
In recent years, more and more members of the LGBTQ+ community have been running for public office, and many have been elected. In 2022,...
Member names released for DA’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee
On Jan. 21, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office released the names and brief biographies of the members of its new LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee.
The committee...
Restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men persist despite...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has yet to lift its three-month celibacy requirement for donations from men who have sex with men (MSM),...
New poll shows LGBTQ youth mental health negatively impacted by anti-trans...
A poll released January 10 by the Trevor Project shows that over two-thirds of LGBTQ+ youth say their mental health has been negatively impacted...
AIDS Activities Coordinating Office seeks proposals for TelePrEP program
Philadelphia’s Activities Coordinating Office (AACO), a department of the Department of Public Health, recently put out a request for proposals (RFP) to establish a...
Community Briefs: January 12, 2022
Stephen Kulp elected to Philadelphia Bar Association Board of Governors
Stephen Kulp, a gay, Asian American lawyer who practices insurance defense, was elected to the...
Bebashi offering new support group to trans people of color
The team at Bebashi Transition to Hope continues to provide a safe spaces for transgender and gender nonbinary people of color through the support...
Philly’s unique and successful Way Home program is helping LGBTQ people...
This story first appeared in Billy Penn.
Asyod Boyd’s personality spilled out all over his second-floor Southwest Philly apartment. There’s a set of weights in...
Veteran Pgh. blogger Sue Kerr launches new LGBTQ nonprofit
By Frank Pizzoli
Sometimes chaos creates its own order.
And now award-winning Pittsburgh-based blogger Sue Kerr has connected all the dots. The result is Pittsburgh LGBTQ...
Person Of The Year: Elizabeth Coffey Williams
“I always say that what I do is, in my eyes, relatively small,” said LGBTQ+ advocate, quilter and former actress Elizabeth Coffey Williams. “But...
Jeff Guaracino, who brought gay tourism to television, dies at 48
Jeff Guaracino, President and CEO of Visit Philadelphia, passed away from cancer the afternoon of December 28. He was 48 years old. Known as...
2021 People Of The Year: Honorable Mention
Darius McLean
Darius McLean works as director of the Arcila-Adams Trans Resource Center at William Way LGBT Community Center, and runs the center’s Empowerment Programs...
The stories of 2021
Amidst a second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2021 saw a mix of good, bad, and in-between news for the LGBTQ community. PGN took...
Prison violence punishes LBT women, and it can kill
This is part three of a series on LGBTQ people in prison. Unless otherwise noted, names have been altered to protect the privacy of...
Inside the Prison Walls
This is part two of a series on LGBTQ people in prison. Unless otherwise noted, names have been altered to protect the privacy of...
Activists who have experienced homelessness negotiate with Office of Homeless Services
Homelessness has long been a persistent issue in the city of Philadelphia, and multiple activism and advocacy groups have been fighting to effectuate substantial...
District Attorney’s LGBTQ+ advisory committee holds first meeting; members still not...
The newly-created LGBTQ+ advisory committee for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office held its first meeting earlier this month. However, the names of committee members...
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...
Mazzoni Center hires new President and Executive Officer
The Mazzoni Center has appointed Sultan Shakir as its new President and Executive Officer, following a 12-month search. Shakir, a Philadelphia native, is currently...
Philly’s new Pride set for first weekend in June
Philadelphia’s new organization PHL Pride Collective (PPC) has set June 3-5 for its first Pride weekend, which will include a march in place of...
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