Former Sisters staffers launch new party at OutFest
Former Sisters employees are gearing up to bring a new party to OutFest this weekend to celebrate the legacy of the now-defunct lesbian bar...
Three LGBT candidates get Dem backing
Three out candidates running in next month’s primary election were recommended for endorsement by local Democratic leaders last weekend. At the...
Gunpoint robbery at Spruce Street Video
A Gayborhood staple recently was robbed at gunpoint. A man held up Spruce Street Video, 252 S. 12th St., at about 3:30...
BROADS ON BROAD
The first-ever LGBT drag group invited to participate in the Mummers Parade stepped off from Broad Street and Washington Avenue New Year’s Day. ...
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...
$25K reward offered in Cordova case
Thanks to city funding and a community donation, investigators may be one step closer to find the killer of local transwoman Kyra Cordova ...
BEST IN BUSINESS
Philadelphia Business Journal unveiled its 2013 Top LGBT-Owned Company Awards Dec. 2 at Cuba Libre. The publication, in partnership with PGN, honored...
NY makes marriage history
Shortly before midnight last Friday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the law that made his state the seventh jurisdiction in the...
Accuser takes the stand in Cosby case
The sexual-assault case against comedian Bill Cosby opened this week, with prosecutors presenting several women who contend Cosby assaulted them, including...
Judge strikes down voter-ID law
A Pennsylvania judge last week struck down the controversial voter-identification law, declaring it unconstitutional to mandate individuals to present their photo identification before voting....
UN makes historic statement of LGBT support
The United Nations last week approved a landmark measure in support of LGBT rights. The UN’s Human Rights Council on June...
NJ agency backs lesbian couple in discrimination case
A government agency in New Jersey determined last week that a religious group violated the state’s nondiscrimination law when it barred a lesbian couple...
Nutter revisits paid sick leave
One year after vetoing LGBT-inclusive legislation that would mandate paid sick leave for local workers, Mayor Michael Nutter is revisiting the concept. ...
Harrisburg hearing date set for MontCo marriage case
A Commonwealth Court judge next month will hear oral arguments on a Montgomery County official’s move to defy the state ban on same-sex marriage....
International News
Police deny murder was antigay Police in Jamaica, despite press reports to the contrary, deny the recent murder of British honorary counsel John...
News Briefing
Trans case to continue The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations heard testimony last week in the case of a transgender woman who contends...
LGBT day of service returns to Philly
The local LGBT and ally community will again celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a day of service honoring his memory and...
Catholic family gathering set for Philly
The Vatican this week formally selected Philadelphia as the host for a massive international Roman Catholic gathering, which will make its U. S....
FIRST STEP FORWARD
LGBT-friendly senior-living facility John C. Anderson Apartments came one large step closer to fruition Sept. 9 with the opening of the rental...
Media Trail
Teacher’s suspension stands My Fox Detroit reports a Michigan school district won’t reverse a teacher’s one-day unpaid suspension for kicking a boy out...
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