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...
Community health leaders talk coronavirus prevention for those living with HIV
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Johns Committee: A 1950s ‘witch hunt’ for LGBTs
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U.S. signs anti-abortion, anti-LGBT declaration
The Trump Administration has signed an anti-abortion, anti-LGBT declaration with 32 member states in the United Nations, many of which are authoritarian regimes or...
The Attic’s Queer Thanksgiving serves up food, fun, ‘framily’
Micah Rodriguez said she was looking forward to seeing many people she hadn’t seen in a while at The Attic Youth Center’s Queer Thanksgiving....
Judges consider fate of church
Three judges pondering the fate of an old Catholic church once owned by AIDS agency Siloam appeared reluctant last week to order its demolition....
Honorees announced for Annual Reminder anniversary
It was announced Monday that Edie Windsor and Judy Shepard will be among the guests of honor at this summer's 50th-anniversary celebration of the...
Equality PA’s faith initiative building bridges
Statewide LGBT advocacy organization Equality Pennsylvania is in the midst of an education and outreach initiative targeted at faith communities, which is bringing together...
Gayborhood Crime Watch
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News Briefing
Lancaster, Easton move on DP policies The mayor of Lancaster announced this week that he was instituting a policy to grant domestic-partner benefits...
Media Trail
Cleveland halts Gay Games payments Advocate. com reports the city of Cleveland has issued a letter to the Cleveland Synergy Foundation...
Mass. files suit against DOMA
The United States government is being sued by one of its own over the federal ban on same-sex marriage. The state...
Hate-crimes bill becomes law
After a more-than eight-year legislative battle, Congress voted last week to extend federal hate-crimes protections to LGBT victims. The U.S. Senate...
LGBT social group to present the stories in our closets
Qunify is a relatively new LGBT social group, formed less than a year ago. According to group spokesperson Dredeir Roberts, the group’s purpose is...
New group for gay men starts in the ‘burbs
Gay men looking to establish community connections outside the bar scene now have an alternative. A new men’s social dinner group...
Philly AIDS Thrift to reopen Giovanni’s Room
The doors to the nation’s oldest LGBT bookstore have been closed all summer. But a deal was inked last week that will reopen them....
Philadelphia Museum of Art displays Pride flag
A rainbow flag will be displayed for the first time as an example of contemporary art design at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on...
FAMILY OUTING
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Lesbian inmate moved to prison near Erie
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