‘Come out’ this weekend for trans arts festival
Later this year, Philadelphia will host a pioneering multimedia festival focusing on the transgender and gender nonconforming communities, the first of its kind on...
News Briefing
Marriage debate at Constitution Center The National Constitution Center will host “A Right to Marry? Same-sex Marriage and the Constitution,” a panel discussion...
HHS to create LGBT senior organization
The Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that it would spearhead an effort by the federal government to provide support for...
Witness tell City Council of continued HIV scourge
With HIV incidence rates in Philadelphia nearly five times the national average, a committee of the Philadelphia City Council last week convened a public...
News Briefing
AIDS agency blocked from razing church In a unanimous vote, the city’s License and Inspection Review Board this week blocked Siloam Ministries from...
30 Years Ago in PGN
Kennedy comes out for gay rights In an interview with PGN, then-presidential nominee Sen. Ted Kennedy made several pledges to advance...
FIGHT to benefit from stimulus funds, more computers
Last week, President Obama unveiled a new public-computing project in Philadelphia that’s set to enhance computer access among disadvantaged communities, and a local HIV/AIDS...
Philly comes together for Orlando
It was a heart-wrenching scene Monday night at Philadelphia City Hall, as local LGBT choruses led more than 2,000 in “True Colors,” “We Shall...
Judge: Defense must get ID of man in Clementi case
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. — A New Jersey judge ruled last Friday that prosecutors must give defense lawyers the name of the man...
Senior center officially open
Rainbow confetti flew through the air Monday morning, marking the official opening of the John C. Anderson Apartments, an LGBT-friendly senior-living facility...
Media Trail
Antigay group buys Super Bowl ad Advocate. com reports the antigay group Focus on the Family will air a TV ad during...
Philly wins big in Germany
Members of Team Philadelphia flexed their muscles last week at the Gay Games in Germany, bringing home a sizable collection of medals. ...
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. ...
ENDA back with local support
A long-stalled measure to ban LGBT employment discrimination at the federal level made it back to both chambers of Congress last week, with both...
First broadcast drag pageant to air in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh audiences next week will be able to tune into a first-of-its-kind televised drag pageant. Keystone Alliance/Gaylife Newsletter president John DeBartola, along...
Out therapist talks evolution of male relationships
A noted out author and therapist will this week lead a discussion on the evolution of relationship-building among gay men this week. ...
Report: Anti-LGBT violence up 13 percent
A new report out this week found that violence against LGBT individuals is on the rise nationally, with certain segments of the population disproportionately...
GALAEI prez honored by city
The board president of the Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative will be among the honorees at a ceremony next month for the...
UDel seeks lesbian couples with children for study
A Ph. D. candidate at the University of Delaware is looking to recruit lesbians with children for a new study examining the impact...
Blahnik case stalled, four years later
Four years have passed since the murder of local transwoman Stacey Blahnik, and an investigator working the case said an eyewitness is needed to...
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