Out local judge makes history
A Philadelphia judge has made history as the first out lesbian Latina ever to be nominated to the federal bench. This...
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...
Bethlehem adopts nondiscrimination bill
The Bethlehem City Council this week unanimously approved a bill that prohibits discrimination on a number of factors, including sexual orientation and gender identity,...
PGN files appellate papers in Morris 911 case
PGN submitted appellate papers this week pertaining to its open-records request for 911 recordings relating to the Nizah Morris incident from the Philadelphia District...
Locals attend White House briefing
A number of representatives from local LGBT-equality organizations attended the 2013 White House LGBT Policy Briefing in Washington, D. C., just three days...
CBLSL gives city $30K for ball fields
The City of Brotherly Love Softball League recently ended two years of negotiations with the city about improvements to the softball fields the league...
PGN staffer receives national advertising award
Philadelphia Gay News’ advertising and marketing director was last week named advertising director of the year by the Local Media Association, a national journalism...
Performance promotes visibility of trans artists, community
Transgender and ally performance artists from the region will come together early next month and lend their voices to raise funds for a national...
Business community comes out for marriage
With marriage equality now in the Keystone State, activists and advocates aren’t the only ones joining in on the celebration. ...
Hearing set for Sargent
A judge this week granted a delay in the preliminary hearing for a man accused of brutally murdering a local transgender woman. ...
ACLU marriage suit to head to trial
A federal judge has denied the state’s attempts to dismiss the first-ever lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage. In a...
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R. I. civil-union bill progresses The Providence Journal reports that Rhode Island’s civil-union bill, passed by the House on May 19, reached...
Trans student fights policy in Western PA
Another transgender teen from Pennsylvania is fighting his school’s homecoming-court policy regarding gender-nonconforming students. Kasey Caron addressed the Richland High School...
Gayborhood Crime Watch
The following incidents in the Midtown Village and Washington Square West areas were reported to the Sixth Police District between April 17-24. ...
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High school OKs T-shirt Birmingham, Ala. , website AL.com reports the Southern Poverty Law Center praised Hoover High School officials for reversing...
Y-HEP gets $1.5 mil to fight HIV
A local youth program got a sizable grant this month that it will use to fund an innovative HIV-prevention campaign. Youth-Health...
Easton gets DP benefits
The city of Easton became the fifth in the state last week to approve domestic-partner benefits for same-sex partners of city employees. ...
Scouts deal dead in the water
Legislation enabling the sale of publicly owned land to a local Boy Scouts of America council isn’t expected to be introduced until early next...
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