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Pa. Senate Republicans subpoena voters’ social security numbers, including LGBTQ voters
by Stephen Caruso
With the 2021 general election now closer than 2020’s, Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to request identifying information on Pennsylvania’s roughly 9 million...
Shapiro pledges to pass nondiscrimination as governor
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced his candidacy for governor last month, hoping to fill the seat in Harrisburg occupied by Governor Tom Wolf since...
The stories of 2021
Amidst a second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2021 saw a mix of good, bad, and in-between news for the LGBTQ community. PGN took...
Investment company Gaingels uplifts LGBTQ-owned businesses
When Charlotte Hamilton was raising money and closing investments for her business, the lithium battery manufacturer Conamix, she faced several challenges, and not only...
CHOP cares for trans and nonbinary children through gender and sexuality...
Even just a decade ago, parents of trans or nonbinary children did not have many options in terms of finding gender affirming care, whether...
Philadelphia Black Pride celebrates 23 years with live events
Philadelphia Black Pride (PBP) is hosting a weekend of in-person Pride events for the first time since 2019. The series of events, the theme...
Attic Youth Center appoints new executive director
After a 14-month search, The Attic Youth Center has appointed John Fisher-Klein as their new executive director. Fisher-Klein, who grew up in southern Delaware...
Stephen Sondheim: A Singular Voice
The news on November 26 that Stephen Sondheim had died was sudden and surprising. Although he was 91, Sondheim was not reported to be...
Bebashi offering new support group to trans people of color
The team at Bebashi Transition to Hope continues to provide a safe spaces for transgender and gender nonbinary people of color through the support...
Crime tracking system shows LGBTQ domestic violence remains a major issue
In an effort to provide better resources to victims and defendants, staff members in Philadelphia’s District Attorney’s Office (DAO) Victim Services unit have been...
‘Cruel & unnecessary’ : LGBTQ allies, advocates call for defeat of...
By John L. Micek
Hours after a state House panel advanced a bill that would exclude transgender athletes from competing on women’s sports team in the commonwealth, LGBTQ...
Gay man sues Devereaux for wrongful termination
George Gorham, a former employee of Devereux Foundation, has filed suit against the behavioral-health agency for alleged wrongful termination due to his sexual orientation.
Devereux...
Name change granted for trans woman with criminal record
A Philadelphia judge last week granted the name-change petition of a trans woman convicted of felonies, despite a state law restricting such name changes....
A look at the LGBTQ+ elected officials in the Philadelphia region
In recent years, more and more members of the LGBTQ+ community have been running for public office, and many have been elected. In 2022,...
Delaware Valley Legacy Fund announces $250k Walter Lear endowment fund
Delaware Valley Legacy Fund recently announced the creation of the Walter J. Lear Endowed Fund, which will provide grants to community-building organizations which work...
Andre Carroll hopes to bring his lived experience to the Pa....
Andre Carroll wants to see more elected officials who have lived experiences similar to the people they’ll represent. Carroll grew up in Germantown and...
Philly-based BEAT-HIV Collaboratory receives NIH grant to advance cure-directed research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a five-year, $29.15 million grant to the BEAT-HIV Martin Delaney Collaboratory in order to advance research initiatives...
Local initiative pairs queer artists with Black and Brown owned businesses
In order to support Black- and Brown-owned businesses that were adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, Visit Philadelphia has launched the Love + Grit...
2021 People Of The Year: Honorable Mention
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