Local advocates back Minnesota trans athlete
Local trans advocates are speaking out for JayCee Cooper, a transgender powerlifter from Minnesota who recently filed suit against USA Powerlifting for allegedly refusing...
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Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro claims WHO advises kids to be gay
On April 29, Jair Bolsonaro made the false claim on Facebook that the World...
Lesbian settles antibias case against St. Joe’s University
Noel Koenke, a former employee at St. Joseph’s University, has settled her antibias case against the university. Koenke worked at SJU for about seven...
Wedding: Mark Segal and Jason Villemez
PGN publisher Mark Segal and partner Jason Villemez picked up their marriage license the afternoon Pennsylvania legalized same-sex marriage, as Philadelphia City Hall was...
Co-defendant sentenced in murder of Maya Young
A co-defendant in the murder of a local trans woman was sentenced Wednesday. Tiffany Floyd will serve eight-20 years in prison, plus 10 years...
Philly to raise trans flag
The City of Philadelphia will next week raise the transgender Pride flag at City Hall. The first-ever ceremony will take place...
HRC releases comprehensive candidate questionnaire
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, released its 2020 Presidential Questionnaire on...
Philly Pride announces 2019 performers
Numerous performers from the worlds of music and comedy were announced this week as the 2019 Philly Pride festival headliners. The...
Convicted gay basher to be paroled
After 15 years of incarceration, convicted gay basher Herbert C. Haak will be released to a halfway house in August. Last...
Gay couple, dog stars at Mutt strut
Days before Halloween, Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society’s Mutt Strut allowed canine companions their own chance to dress up — and one local gay couple’s...
Trial delayed for former Colours director
A trial set to begin Thursday in the embezzlement case against the executive director of a local LGBT organization was delayed. ...
Justice still elusive in murder of gay S. Philly man
Around this time last year, 30-year-old Michael J. Fox was getting ready for his return to the world of artistic roller skating,...
Philadelphia native Kevin Hart clashes with out rapper Lil Nas X
Rapper Lil Nas X’s mega-popular “Old Town Road” remix held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for a record-breaking 19 weeks,...
U.S. revises policy that denied citizenship to children of gay and...
A critical bar to gay and lesbian couples being fully enfranchized as parents has been removed by the U.S. State Department. The U.S. has...
Bethlehem school district sued for anti-trans bias
The mother of a
Northampton County non-binary student is suing the Bethlehem Area School
District, claiming her child has been the victim of anti-trans bias while
receiving...
Ghosha D’Aguanno
On an early Sunday evening, with the sun still shining brightly outside her door, a small crowd gathers around mixologist Ashley Coleman’s bar at...
Philly sheriff’s office appoints two inaugural LGBT liaisons
The Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office appointed its first LGBT liaisons this month. Deputy Sheriff Dante Austin will work with law-enforcement officials, and...
PECO offers trans panel
About 250 employees of the Philadelphia Electric Company packed into Energy Hall at the company’s Center City headquarters Oct. 18 for a...
Kenyatta wins in landslide
With more than 95 percent of the vote, Malcolm Kenyatta will be the first LGBTQ person of color to serve as a Pennsylvania state...
Local organizations convened for second political funeral at the home of...
On the heels of the first protests against the police killing of George Floyd, members of Philadelphia social justice organizations came together to hold...
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