N.J. family turns graffiti into pro-gay message
When a New Jersey family found an antigay message painted on their garage door last month, they decided to not just erase it, but...
U.S. Supreme Court denies emergency relief for Catholic agency
The U.S. Supreme Court this week denied a request from Catholic Social Services for an emergency order to resume foster-child referrals from the city...
E. Huntington “Hunter” Parker, costume designer, 72
E. Huntington “Hunter” Parker, costume designer and seamster, died Feb. 9 of metastasic lung cancer. He was 72. Parker was born in...
Training to offer resources on racism, discrimination
The LGBT community will learn ways to report discriminatory and racist acts during a training next month at William Way LGBT Community Center. ...
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Lawsuit against Conshy company settled Bryce Ginther and Kit Kineef have settled their lawsuit against a Conshohocken company that allegedly denied Kineef the health-care...
Center to host first national LGBT jazz festival
The William Way LGBT Community Center is ready to make history with the nation’s first LGBT-themed Jazz Festival. The center received...
Biden reverses Trump’s trans military ban
LGBTQ advocates are hailing an executive order signed by President Joe Biden on Jan. 25, reversing a Trump-era policy that severely restricted military service...
Study: Philly LGBT smoking rates lower than other areas of state
Tobacco usage emerged as an unexpected health disparity for LGBT people in Pennsylvania, according to results from a study led by the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT...
Trans Equity Project receives $25K grant
A local organization received a $25,000 grant to support the continued HIV/AIDS prevention and advocacy work for transgender and gender-nonconforming communities in Philadelphia. ...
Will historic marker’s language be revised?
Seven months after the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission became the owner of an LGBTQ-oriented historic marker installed near Rittenhouse Square, it remains...
New Hope-Solebury adopts policy to protect transgender students
A Pennsylvania school district voted 6-1 to protect transgender students. The New Hope-Solebury School District officially adopted Policy 255, entitled “Gender Expansive and Transgender...
Transwoman shot to death in North Philadelphia on Sunday
Michelle Washington, a transwoman of color, was shot to death in the early hours of Sunday, May 19. The incident took...
Bethlehem bans conversion therapy
The Lehigh Valley municipality of Bethlehem became the seventh in the state to ban conversion therapy in a unanimous City Council vote of 6-0....
William Way LGBT Center lays out recession plan at annual meeting
About 30 people gathered at the William Way LGBT Community Center Dec. 13 for the organization’s annual meeting, in which the center’s...
Discovery continues in psychiatrist murder case
The defense for a homeless man accused of strangling a psychiatrist in a hotel near the Gayborhood is still working on completing evidence discovery...
Women lost all the jobs in December
In the December monthly jobs report from the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), it was revealed that the US lost 140,000 jobs...
Gay man runs for state House seat held by Sims
Louis D. Lanni Jr., an openly gay man and former police officer, has announced his candidacy for state representative in the 182nd District, which...
LGBT-reform bill back with first-in-nation trans inclusion
City Councilman Jim Kenney last week reintroduced a sweeping LGBT-reform bill — this time with a wealth of new transgender-inclusive provisions. ...
Wording of D.A.’s Morris affidavit challenged
PGN is challenging the wording of an affidavit that supposedly proves the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office doesn’t possess 911 recordings pertaining to the Nizah...
First-ever federal anti-bias bill intro’d
First-of-its-kind federal legislation to ban discrimination against LGBT people in a number of sectors was introduced this week, following the announcement of two pro-LGBT...
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