Primary interviews
For Tuesday’s primary, PGN reached out to the Democratic candidates for U. S. Senate, governor, lieutenant governor and state House. In an effort...
Sick-days bill awaiting mayoral action
In a narrow vote before a packed chamber last week, City Council approved a measure that would mandate private companies in the city to...
White House updates HIV/AIDS strategy
The Obama administration last week released the first update to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The plan was first unveiled in 2010...
New LGBT organization works to protect refugees
Homosexual acts are illegal in 85 countries throughout the world, and at least seven countries permit the death penalty for those found to have...
ACLU of PA gets new director
An openly gay man with more than a decade of experience at the national American Civil Liberties Union took the reins of the state...
News Briefing: July 29-Aug. 4, 2016
Musician to plead ‘no contest’ in sex case Charles L. Cohen, a Center City musician charged with multiple sex offenses, is scheduled to plead...
Congress votes in favor of DADT repeal
The end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” loomed closer this week with both chambers of Congress voting to move forward on its repeal. ...
Wedding: Michael Clark and Ronald Giemza
Michael T. Clark, a longtime LGBT advocate, will wed Ronald B. Giemza inside their West Philadelphia residence later this month. Clark, 59,...
GLAAD president steps down
The president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation announced last week that he would be resigning from his position within the next...
Remembering Barbara Harris
The Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris broke ground throughout her life. A native Philadelphian, she spent her first 59 years living and working in...
Stephen Johnson, former police LGBT liaison, 63
Stephen T. Johnson, a retired high-ranking Philadelphia Police official who served as the liaison between the department and the LGBT community, died Jan. 2...
LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum pilot program begins in New Jersey schools
On Jan. 7, when students returned to class after the holiday break, Garden State Equality, a New Jersey LGBTQ advocacy group, launched its LGBTQ-inclusive...
Spring 2018 LGBTQ Youth Supplement
From trans happiness to activism, local youth sound off on the state of the LGBT community in our Spring 2018 LGBTQ Youth Supplement.
Put a little L.U.S.T. in your Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day almost upon us, many of you are thinking about how to make this day stand out from the other days of...
After losses, community members host pet fundraiser
Local community members will channel their grief from their pets’ recent deaths into a fundraiser for a veterinary clinic and two pet rescues. ...
LGBT estate planning topic of Bucks social
A Bucks County firm is hosting an event later this month focused on the unique estate-planning needs of LGBT people in Pennsylvania. ...
FDA warns against using poppers
"Poppers" have been a fixture for LGBTQ people on the club and sex party circuit for years.
Poppers are a liquid drug used for recreation...
L&I closes Rosewood in connection with Center City collapse
Rosewood, the city’s newest LGBT-oriented restaurant, has been closed indefinitely after a spot inspection by the city’s Department of Licenses and Inspections uncovered several...
Meet John Waters’ longtime ‘Dreamlander’
Elizabeth Coffey is one of John Waters’ original “Dreamlanders”— the cast and crew who regularly worked with the director. Coffey, who lives in Philadelphia,...
SEPTA urges high court to uphold antibias ruling
SEPTA came out swinging last week, urging the state Supreme Court to uphold its ruling that SEPTA isn’t bound by the city’s LGBT-inclusive antibias...
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