City seeks $80K bond from Scouts
City attorneys urged a federal judge this week to require the Boy Scouts to post an $80,000 bond while the city attempts to evict...
Out teen launches anti-bullying online community
Shortly before his conversation with PGN, local high-school student Joey Kemmerling was talking to school security, reporting anti-gay graffiti that was aimed at him...
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Laramie at the Center Members of the Temple Queer Student Union will perform “The Laramie Project,” the retelling of the events surrounding the...
Trans program goes independent
The Trans-health Information Project, a joint program of two local agencies for the past seven years, is branching out on its own this spring....
Military eases ‘Don’t Ask’ regulations
The Pentagon last week detailed new regulations that ease the restrictions of the military’s ban on openly gay servicemembers, an announcement that drew mixed...
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Students protest gay prom date 365gay. com reports that some students at a Georgia high school organized a protest on March 25...
The Attic revives trans youth programming
The Attic Youth Center is calling all transgender and questioning youth to be active participants in the revitalization of a program that seeks to...
Post-marriage name-change equals headache
Couples who tie the knot in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection pay an $80 fee to obtain their marriage license, which...
New Philly police get LGBT training
A group of about 40 new Philadelphia police officers attended a training session at the Police Academy last week to learn the ins and...
HIV/AIDS orgs. face drastic cuts
The city’s AIDS Activities Coordinating Office sent out a memo late last month to inform local HIV/AIDS service organizations they would be faced with...
City requests immediate eviction of Scouts
Emphasizing the damaging effects of antigay bias, city officials are asking a federal judge to order the immediate eviction of the local Boy Scouts...
Clinical trials exclude gays, new study finds
The New England Journal of Medicine last week carried a report from a group of researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center that found that...
Penn hosts LGBT week, out ‘Milk’ writer
The University of Pennsylvania was decked out in rainbows the past few days for the school’s annual LGBT-awareness week, which will wrap up this...
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Court: NY has power to annul civil unions Albany’s WCAX reports a mid-level state appeals court ruled New York has the power to...
NJ marriage case heads back to court
Six same-sex couples who filed suit several years ago seeking the right to marry in the Garden State returned to court last week. ...
HUD seeks comment on LGBT housing study
A federal agency is seeking input from the LGBT community to assist in its efforts in analyzing housing discrimination against sexual minorities. ...
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No marker for bookstore this year The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission notified local LGBT bookstore Giovanni’s Room last week that it would...
Dinner, dancing and drag queens at Black-Tie BINGO
The Bingo Verifying Divas will don their finest next month for the 11th annual Black-Tie GayBINGO. This year’s fundraising gala will...
Healthcare debate continues in Philly LGBT community
A coalition of more than 40 local and national LGBT, HIV/AIDS and mainstream organizations will come together next week for a town-hall meeting to...
Gayborhood Crime Watch
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between Feb. 28...
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