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Howard Deck, a pioneering labor-union leader, died Feb. 15 of a heart attack. He was 70. Deck, a native of Reading, began...

2009. No matter who you ask, chances are good they’ll say this year was not one they’d like to repeat. Considering the...

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is challenging PGN’s subpoena to appear at an upcoming court hearing regarding the paper’s request for additional records in...

LGBT advocates are blasting a borough councilmember in Trafford, Pa. for posting a transphobic Facebook comment about Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine. Trafford...

For many Temple University students in the early years post-Stonewall, Dr. Frank B. Leib was the first adult they had met who was openly...

Shots were fired outside of Woody’s last weekend, and the gunman remains at large. Police say the incident took place about...

Within just 30 hours, Tavern on Camac (TOC) and Ubar’s GoFundMe campaign to raise money for out-of-work staff met their goal of $5,000. This...

Two members of an LGBT household have filed complaints against Philadelphia police after several officers attempted to gain entry into their residence without a...

Outgoing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) signed three LGBT-inclusive bills Monday. Two trans-inclusive resolutions, introduced in February 2017, honor Transgender...

A local gay hair stylist has filed a discrimination suit against his former employer, alleging he was penalized and eventually terminated for not conforming...

When I was growing up, my parents had one of those wall sayings you get from the Hallmark store tacked up in the house...

The Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative is bringing game-changing sex-positive talk to Philadelphia. Last weekend, GALAEI hosted “Beyond Our Bodies,”...

The sexual-assault case against comedian Bill Cosby opened this week, with prosecutors presenting several women who contend Cosby assaulted them, including...

The second-annual Latino Pride Festival June 6 drew more than 2,500 LGBT and ally individuals to North Philadelphia, a 25-percent increase in attendance from...

Just after the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of transgender woman Keisha Jenkins in Logan, a trial date was set for the man...

An international cosmetics company’s HIV/AIDS-awareness campaign, currently being led by spokesperson Lady Gaga, recently awarded local HIV/AIDS service organization BEBASHI: Transition to Hope with...

Lambda Legal hosted a Facebook livestream on September 23 to discuss the importance of the Supreme Court — and a potential third Trump appointee...

A U. S. Senate committee heard testimony last week on a bill that seeks to provide domestic-partner benefits to LGBT federal employees and...

Kate Lynn Blatt, a Pottsville trans woman, last week pleaded guilty to assaulting two firefighters during a dispute on her property last year. ...

A small fire broke out at the Parker-Spruce Hotel in the Gayborhood Monday afternoon. The fire was reported around 3:45 p.m....