Christian adoption agency agrees to work with same-sex parents
In what’s being called a major victory for LGBTQ people, Bethany Christian Services says it will comply with a legal settlement prohibiting adoption agencies...
Hearing scheduled in Morris case
A hearing is scheduled next month on PGN’s open-records request for 911 recordings from the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office relating to the Nizah Morris...
State asks for relationship history of ACLU plaintiffs
Attorneys for a group of same-sex couples who are suing the state for the right to marry are arguing that state attorneys are seeking...
AG Kane declines to defend PA marriage ban
The Pennsylvania Attorney General announced this week that she would not defend the state's ban on same-sex marriage against a pending lawsuit challenging its...
Tiffany Palmer: Person of the Year
For years Philadelphians have known Tiffany Palmer as a visible member of the LGBTQ community, frequently at events with her wife and daughter. A...
ACLU leader found dead in D.C.
A former lobbyist with Pennsylvania’s American Civil Liberties Union and a longtime LGBT advocate was found dead last week in Washington, D. C....
PGN Exclusive: City’s new rainbow flag to include black and brown...
Amber Hikes, the city's director of LGBT Affairs, said she teared up the first time she saw the new rainbow flag, which will be...
Gay journos see jump in attendance for Philly event
Reporters, bloggers, public-relations professionals and many more packed into Philadelphia’s Loews Hotel last weekend for an annual convention examining the intersection of LGBT and...
Pretend priest arrested
Police arrested a man this week who they allege had been impersonating a Roman Catholic priest and visiting with families of slain and injured...
Store responds to transgender complaint
In a legal filing last week, Cabela’s retail chain said a former employee who is transgender didn’t require any workplace accommodations because she wasn’t...
International News
Millions attend São Paulo Pride An estimated 3 million people joined São Paolo Pride June 6 in the world’s biggest celebration of gay...
Potluck LGBTQ seder slated for April 21
The major Jewish holiday of Passover is coming up, and there will be an LGBTQ community seder on the festival’s third night. It’ll take...
HEADING SOUTH
With Philadelphia Magazine’s recent designation of the East Passyunk Square neighborhood in South Philadelphia as the “new gayborhood,” Mazzoni Center’s mobile testing unit and...
Lehigh Valley Pride to go virtual this year
The Lehigh Valley Pride Festival will celebrate virtually this year on Sunday, August 16th, the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center announced. The celebrations will include...
Plea deals possible in murder of trans woman
The District Attorney’s Office is weighing whether it will offer plea agreements for two people charged with the February murder of a local transgender...
CDC reports record number of STD cases
According to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control, the rates of chlamydia and syphilis continue to rise and disproportionately affect several...
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,...
New studies show fewer Americans think LGBT people face discrimination
As the Equality Act fails to move forward in Congress yet again, a new Pew Research study and a new Gallup poll show that...
Pete speaks on LGBTQ history, historic campaign
Pete Buttigieg, who has served as mayor of South Bend, Indiana since 2012, came out as a gay man in a self-penned essay published...
Campbell’s defends gay ad
The world’s largest soup manufacturer refused this week to bow to pressure from right-wing, antigay groups who criticized its decision to reach out to...
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