Fina leaves D.A.’s Office
Frank G. Fina, an attorney who sent and received numerous anti-LGBT emails while a state employee, no longer works at the Philadelphia District Attorney's...
LGBTQ Paralympians win in Tokyo
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games are drawing to a close, but not before joining the Olympics as having the largest number of out LGBTQ...
Obituary: Gloria Prusakowski, 62
Longtime Mazzoni Center employee Gloria Prusakowski died suddenly Oct. 9 at age 62. Prusakowski, who studied accounting at Community College of...
Maryland considers marriage, nondiscrimination
Lawmakers in Maryland introduced measures late last month that would allow for both marriage equality and the expansion of the state’s nondiscrimination law. ...
40 Years Ago in PGN: July 15-21, 2016
‘Sodomy’ repeal bill gets stalled Adapted from reporting by PGN staff A bill to repeal Pennsylvania’s law prohibiting “deviate sexual intercourse,”...
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...
Pa. borough councilman blasted for transphobic Facebook post
LGBT advocates are blasting a borough councilmember in Trafford, Pa. for posting a transphobic Facebook comment about Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine. Trafford...
PA court sets civil-union dissolution precedent
Two Pennsylvania women long locked in a civil union will finally be able to dissolve their legal relationship after a precedent-setting court finding this week. ...
Family first for LGBTQ Asian Americans over the New Year
He may seem like your average, middle-class Asian-American from the Philadelphia suburbs, but Jamie Song is special. He’s not only the only member of...
PA Horticultural Society hires out president
Matt Rader took the reigns this week as the 37th president of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, responsible for the annual Philadelphia Flower Show and...
Activists rally to demand resignation of Congreso CEO
Dozens of community leaders and protesters gathered June 1 outside the Kensington office of Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc., to demand the resignation...
Family alleges HIV discrimination at PA practice
A local HIV/AIDS agency filed suit on World AIDS Day against a private Lancaster County medical practice for its refusal to treat an HIV-positive...
Road to Stonewall 50: Stormé DeLarverie
When Stormé DeLarverie died at age 93 on May 24, 2014, it was a mere month before the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion....
Alleged gay bashers back in court
The trio accused of attacking a gay couple this fall were back in court Thursday. Kathryn Knott, Kevin Harrigan and Philip...
PGN staffer receives national advertising award
Philadelphia Gay News’ advertising and marketing director was last week named advertising director of the year by the Local Media Association, a national journalism...
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