Mutual aid at an organizational level helps those most at-risk during...
Since early last week, Executive Director of SisTers PGH Ciora Thomas and her fellow board members have diligently combed through hundreds of applications for...
FIGHT and Mazzoni provide services amid larger shutdowns
As the City of Philadelphia continues to impose restrictions to limit the spread of the new coronavirus, including Monday’s Stay at Home Order, public...
Bradbury-Sullivan adds new board member
Christian Torres has been elected to the board of directors of Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center. Torres, an Allentown resident, was elected to fill the...
LGBTQ community responds to COVID-19 with mutual aid
Since the beginning of COVID-19-induced quarantine and social distancing, Philadelphia’s LGBTQ community has organized via underground and online channels to meet the most basic...
AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania offers remote services during COVID-19 shutdowns
Like many other integral businesses in Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the nonprofit public interest law firm AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania (ALPP)...
How COVID-19 is impacting Philly’s LGBTQ institutions
In collaborative efforts to ramp up coronavirus prevention measures, the City of Philadelphia shut down all non-essential businesses until March 27, effective March 16...
Prioritizing LGBTQ seniors during the coronavirus pandemic
As the City of Philadelphia continues to roll out initiatives and guidelines for thwarting the spread of coronavirus, it has become increasingly important for...
COVID-19’s impact on LGBTQ youth, how donations may help
Among
casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic are Greater Philadelphia’s
LGBTQ shelters and youth programs. These organizations, such as The
Attic Youth Center, the Gloria Casarez Residence via...
Wage workers hit hard by coronavirus
Julie West had only been at her new job for two months, when the coronavirus pandemic hit. A retired social worker on a fixed...
Jefferson Health New Jersey to open LGBTQ health clinic
In the wake of growing demands for accessible LGBTQ+ competent healthcare, Jefferson Health New Jersey will open an LGBTQ health clinic in Collingswood this...
Community health leaders talk coronavirus prevention for those living with HIV
On the heels of Philadelphia’s first reported case of coronavirus on March 10, Mayor Jim Kenney called for the temporary closure of all nonessential...
Remembering Barbara Harris
The Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris broke ground throughout her life. A native Philadelphian, she spent her first 59 years living and working in...
Rapist of lesbian seeks evidentiary hearing
Jeffrey J. Marsalis, who sexually assaulted three women in the region before traveling to Idaho and raping a lesbian in that state, maintains he’s...
Gloria Casarez and PGN awarded Penn. historical markers
Last Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) approved 24 new state historical markers, two of which commemorate Philly’s rich LGBTQ history —...
Media Trail: March 20, 2020
Indiana
AG says state agencies can’t use nonbinary marker
WFYI
in Indianapolis reports that Indiana agencies are not allowed to use
an “X” gender designation on identification documents...
International News: March 20, 2020
Ghana bans LGBT+ conference after Christian groups protest
Ghana’s government has said it will not allow a major gathering of LGBT+ activists to go ahead...
Lawsuit alleging HIV-privacy violation settled
A lawsuit filed against a West Philadelphia pharmacy for allegedly violating a trans woman’s HIV-privacy rights has been settled, it was announced this week....
Candidates for PA legislature spoke to local Democratic org. in hopes...
Liberty City Democratic Club, an affiliate of the National Stonewall Democrats, hosted two “Candidate Nights” at the John C. Anderson Apartments ahead of the...
LGBTQ-friendly mutual aid project expands to Philly
Kayla Wilson founded Metamorphosis Mobile Boutique, a mutual aid project geared toward LGBTQ+ youth, families and allies. The project facilitates the giving and receiving...
LGBTQ community urged to take precautions over coronavirus
On March 11, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, testified in...

































