Black Lives Matter co-founder speaks on activism, new memoir
More than 100 people turned out for a discussion with the co-founder of international racial-justice organization Black Lives Matter. The Free Library of Philadelphia...
Philadelphia police to undergo increased LGBTQ competency training
In 2020, every police officer in Philadelphia will receive LGBTQ competency training, Sergeant Nicholas Tees announced last week at a Philadelphia Police LGBT...
Private attorney backs out of Gayborhood murder case
A private-practice attorney set to represent the man accused of killing a psychiatrist in a Gayborhood hotel abruptly backed out of the case last...
Judge temporarily dismisses trans birth-certificate suit
A federal judge last week dismissed the antibias lawsuit of a New Jersey trans woman who seeks a birth certificate that matches her...
International News: US calls for prosecutions over anti-LGBT violence in country...
On July 13, the U.S. State Department called for calm in Georgia after the death of a cameraman who was beaten up during violence...
International News: May 7, 2021
Czech Republic
Could the Czech Republic be the next EU country to legalize same-sex marriage? Or will a conservative backlash law banning same-sex marriage be...
NJ City Council forgives embattled board member despite opposition
Hackensack School Board Trustee Frances Cogelja said she wouldn’t resign, despite writing in February that she was “disgusted and appalled” with New Jersey’s new...
‘It was my life or hers,’ says defendant in murder of...
The fatal February stabbing of transgender woman Maya Young in Frankford stemmed from an argument over a man, according to the summary of a...
Gay media assocation bans meetings in Georgia
The National LGBT Media Association (NGMA), composed of the 12 largest LGBTQ publications in the nation including Philadelphia Gay News, recently passed a resolution...
Landau to leave Phila. Commission on Human Relations
Praise is pouring in for Rue Landau, the outgoing executive director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations. Landau is leaving her position, effective...
International News
Colombians stage kiss-a-thon in support of LGBT rights Dozens of same-sex couples kissed simultaneously outside an upscale shopping mall in Colombia’s capital, in...
Weiss sentenced to house arrest, fine
A federal judge this week sentenced local bar owner Michael Weiss to one year of house arrest for improperly reporting the earnings of one...
People of the Year: Mike Barry and Allison Ruth
Mike Barry and Allison Ruth may not be names everyone in our community knows, but they’ve been the primary players in prosecuting someone whose...
Coworker arrested for murder of N. Philly lesbian
The search to find the man responsible for killing a North Philadelphia lesbian woman in broad daylight last month has ended. Randolph Sanders, a...
Gay web series explores life after coming out
A gay web series set in Philadelphia about life after coming out has won an award in a worldwide avant-garde short-film competition. ...
William Way opens new trans resource center
Philadelphia Gay News is one of more than 20 news organizations producing Broke in Philly, a solutions-oriented collaborative reporting project...
30 years ago in PGN
Priest arrested for solicitation Police in New Orleans arrested the Rev. Leo McKenzie, then-communications director of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, June...
Federal lawsuit filed on behalf of homeless trans woman
A Philadelphia trans woman contends she was wrongfully evicted from a Delaware County homeless shelter after complaining of alleged mistreatment due to her gender...
City opposes PGN’s request for transparency in Morris case
Last week, city attorneys sought the dismissal of PGN’s motion for enforcement of a 2008 court order mandating transparency in the Nizah Morris case....
PGN announces new editor Denise Fuhs
The New York Times. In the world of journalism, most would agree — both readers and fellow journalists alike — has stood alone as...
TRENDING
RECENT ARTICLES
Allen Ginsberg was a political poet
Allen Ginsberg, the celebrated poet, counterculture icon, and out gay man, died 25 years ago, on April 5, 1997.
In a recent interview, the musician...
