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Two bills with the potential to have a tremendous impact on the local LGBT community had their days in the Pennsylvania legislature in 2008...

A protester allegedly set off a fire alarm and evacuated a college hall as a prominent speaker was addressing the public. University of the...

  Police arrested a suspect in last weekend’s murder of a transwoman and community advocate in the city’s Franklinville section.  Michelle Washington, a...

I was racing my motorcycle down I-95 in Pennsylvania in the summer of 2007 as words and statements from years of conversion therapy repeated...

A transgender woman was killed on Monday in North Philadelphia. Londyn Kiki Chanel, 21, was stabbed inside an abandoned home in...

Jim Pavlock, a lawyer based in Center City, told PGN about the wedding he attended last weekend. The civil ceremony was between Fine Gael...

Special assignment: PGN spent last week in Stockholm for Pride and to learn about LGBTQ issues in Sweden. When, as a child, Swedish Parliament...

Daniel Mobbs and Vince Bresciano made a commitment to each other in 2003 before same-sex marriage became legal. They legally married two months after...

Dr. Marcus Sandling wants to save lives. As a young African-American physician with a specialty in infectious disease and working at Mazzoni...

The lesbian who got kicked out of her prom near Harrisburg for wearing a suit may well appear on an episode of “It’s Always...

For Jay Kottoff, Mark E. Matey was an unexpected bright spot in an otherwise gloomy night. Kottoff and Matey met at...

PA Supreme Court: Judge Maria McLaughlin PA Superior Court: Judge Timika Lane PA Commonwealth Court: Judge Lori DumasJudge David Spurgeon Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas: Wendi BarishChris HallMichele HangleyNick KamauCraig LevinJudge...

Last week the Pennsylvania Convention Center hosted the Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference, a three-day affair, organized by the Mazzoni Center. The PTWC is the...

An initiative to increase the number of LGBTQ people of color, trans people, youth and seniors in board leadership at Philadelphia’s queer organizations drew...

In a few major American cities this summer, Pride Month devolved into anything but. Philadelphia’s Philly Pride Presents (PPP) shut down in late June amid...

Court rules for gay couple in Indiana birth certificate suit The Journal & Courier reported a federal appeals court sided with a gay married couple...

The Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia held its annual Celebrate Hope luncheon on Tuesday to honor two local civic leaders of color – Romulo...

 A family in Southwest Philadelphia is mourning the loss of an 11-year-old who they say died by suicide after he and his brother faced...

As the 18th anniversary of Nizah Morris’ death approaches, PGN is preparing to take legal action in order to obtain records relating to the...

Delaware state Rep. Earl Jaques (D-Glasgow) apologized last week for comments he made in a news article criticizing his opponent in the state’s 2020...