Pennsylvania receives lowest score in HRC’s Equality Index
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation and the Equality Federation Institute released their sixth Annual State Equality Index (SEI), a comprehensive report detailing statewide...
The Attic celebrates 25 years
The Attic Youth Center is looking to raise more than $200,000 at its 25th-anniversary gala in support of local LGBTQ youth. ...
Local advocates react to Supreme Court’s ruling
Hopes were dashed today for a bias-free foster-care system in Philadelphia after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia...
LGBT Catholic group celebrates 40 years
Philadelphia’s only Catholic LGBT organization, Dignity Philadelphia, will celebrate its 40th anniversary later this month. Dignity president David Kalinowski said...
Dyke March to set off next week
While organizers of the Pride Festival are busy finalizing plans for next week’s celebration, another group of organizers is gearing up for a local...
Road to Stonewall: Kiyoshi Kuromiya
Few figures in the Philadelphia LGBTQ community are more evocative of the words “road to Stonewall” than Kiyoshi Kuromiya. Born in the Heart...
Commission on LGBT Affairs forming
The application process for the city's new Commission on LGBT Affairs opened Monday. The volunteer members will be appointed following an application...
Local university hit with sexual-harassment suit
East Stroudsburg University is facing a lawsuit over the university’s handling of sexual-harassment allegations made against a former top administrator. One...
Obama moves to protect LGBTs abroad
The Obama administration this week took the historic step of directing federal agencies throughout the world to enhance their protection of LGBT citizens. ...
Court hears arguments in ‘Denial of Care Rule’ lawsuit
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California heard arguments Wednesday in a case, with plaintiffs that include two local LGBTQ organizations,...
Class-action suit against Aetna alleges HIV-privacy breaches
A federal class-action lawsuit was filed in Philadelphia this week on behalf of thousands of Aetna customers whose HIV-privacy rights allegedly were violated by...
Trans-rights conversation to be held at Smokin’ Betty’s
Naiymah Sanchez said she did not appreciate Pennsylvania’s size until she started working for the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. ...
New request for Morris records filed with D.A’s Office
PGN this week filed a new open-records request for 911 recordings pertaining to the Nizah Morris incident in the possession of the Philadelphia District...
Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks LGBT volunteers at Boxers
As a student at the University of Delaware in the early 1980s, Renna Van Oot drove to the nearby offices of Big Brothers Big...
Conference for LGBT women physicians and medical students held in Philly
This year, Philadelphia was home to a conference centering women’s health issues, as well as issues for LGBT physicians and members of the queer...
HIV travel ban to be lifted, Ryan White CARE Act reauthorized
Beginning in the new year, travelers who have HIV/AIDS will no longer be prevented from entering the United States. The Obama...
News Briefing
Settlement reached in building dispute A contentious dispute involving a building in Center City that formerly housed many LGBT businesses and nonprofits has...
Council approves gender-neutral bathrooms
Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a gender-neutral bathroom ordinance at its Oct. 8 meeting. It will take effect 90 days after Mayor Michael Nutter signs...
Mother sues Scouts over son’s death
The mother of a man who committed suicide after allegedly being molested by a Boy Scout leader has filed suit in Philadelphia. ...
Local pols tied to group associated with antigay Uganda efforts
The Anti-Homosexuality Bill moving through the Uganda Parliament seeks to expand the country’s laws against homosexuality, a crime already punishable by life imprisonment. ...
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