Music festival to raise funds for Morris Home, other LGBT charities
Get Better Fest 5 hits Chestnut Street’s First Unitarian Church this Saturday for an all-ages show featuring Empath, Mannequin Pussy, Big Nothing and more...
Taking artwork out of The Attic
The Attic Youth Center provides various artistic outlets for its youth — including acting, singing and dancing clubs — and now will enable young...
City agency calls for state, federal probes of Morris case
Citing an “appalling” investigation by local officials, the city’s Police Advisory Commission is urging state and federal officials to investigate the killing of Nizah...
Day in the life of, nonprofit founders Joanie Balderstone and Rebecca...
Joanie Balderstone and Rebecca McIntire had tampons filling their guest room, pads stacking up in the living room and bras all over their dining-room...
Bowling venue hosts first LGBT night
Lucky Strike Philadelphia this month hosted the first LGBT night at a bowling establishment. Lucky Strike Philadelphia will host LGBT Night...
Gay university student sues U.S. Department of Education
Declan A. Galli, an LGBT university student, has filed suit against the U.S. Department of Education challenging its new rule, created during the last...
Ginsburg gives mixed signals on SCOTUS timeline
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg this week seemed to backpedal on previous statements that had indicated the nation's top court wanted to make...
LGBT candidates see victories at polls
This week’s Municipal Primary Election saw victories for the two openly LGBT candidates vying for judgeships. Common Pleas Court...
D.A.’s office opposes new trial for rapist of lesbian
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office last month filed an extensive legal brief opposing a new trial for a man convicted of raping a lesbian....
40 Years Ago in PGN: March 11-17, 2016
Bisexual man fighting Navy discharge speaks in Philly Adapted from reporting PGN staff Vernon E. Berg III, fighting a Navy discharge due to his...
ACT UP protests budget cuts
About 100 activists hit the streets in Center City on Wednesday to protest a proposed funding cut they say could cause a devastating loss...
GALAEI welcomes new executive director, mission, and program updates
Philly’s QTBIPOC radical social justice organization GALAEI has undergone some personnel, program and mission changes. The organization recently welcomed Ashley L. Coleman as permanent...
Upcoming Pride Celebrations
a round-up of pride events around the region Delaware: Delaware Pride Festival Aug. 11 www.delawarepride.org/ Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Pride June 1-10 https://www.pittsburghpride.org/...
Officer caught in homophobic interaction OKd for street patrol
Matthew Zagursky, a Philadelphia police officer who was caught on tape uttering anti-LGBT slurs, has been cleared for active street-patrol duties. Earlier this month,...
New survey collects data on trans and nonbinary sex workers in...
Pennsylvania’s American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU PA) chapter, through an initiative called Trans Justice, is pushing to decriminalize sex work in Philadelphia by 2021....
Philly lawyers top LGBT list
The National LGBT Bar Association last week announced its “40 Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40” list and this year two Philadelphia lawyers made the...
20 years of the revolutionary Black-Tie GayBINGO!
Since time began, people have been playing bingo with their friends in basements, gymnasiums and church halls. To be historically correct, it was originally...
Papal weekend through an LGBT lens
Margie Winters and her spouse Andrea Vettori both ended their speeches at last weekend’s Papal Picnic at John C. Anderson Apartments with a challenge...
40 Years Ago in PGN: Feb. 12-18, 2016
Committee formed to advocate local gay rights bill Adapted from reporting by Harry Langhorne After forming in December 1975, the Committee for a Gay...
FIGHTing to remember
When supporters of Philadelphia FIGHT come together next month for the local HIV/AIDS service organization’s annual fundraising gala, they’ll do more than reflect on...
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