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“Sometimes it seems like yesterday, and sometimes it seems like forever ago,” Dawn Maher said about Sept. 3, 2012. It...
Obituary: Peter Diforte, volunteer and fundraising icon, 67
Peter R. DiForte, a volunteer who spearheaded fundraising for Philadelphia organizations, died Jan. 28 at age 67. DiForte grew up...
Young veteran activist running for Scranton City Council
Dr. Jessica Rothchild, an LGBTQ advocate and out lesbian, has declared her candidacy for a seat on Scranton City Council. Rothchild, 29, is a...
Day in the Life of: an educator and entrepreneur, Lee Carson
Graduate students trickled into a Center City building used by Temple University on a recent Saturday morning. They plugged in their laptops and opened...
The Road to Stonewall: Roberta Hacker
Roberta Hacker grew up in a small, mostly working-class, largely Mennonite community in Telford, 50 miles outside Philadelphia. At 17, she graduated from high...
Marriage Equality: The personal is political
We were only 13 when we first met, taking the bus to the Philadelphia High School for Girls. It was the beginning of our...
Discovery continues in Keisha Jenkins murder case
Defense attorney Geoffrey Kilroy said he’s missing any kind of forensic evidence and police paperwork associated with the investigation of Pedro Redding, who is...
Upcoming midwifery conference in Lancaster County allegedly prohibits LGBTQ speakers
Midwifery Today, a quarterly magazine for midwives that was founded in 1986, is taking on hot water after booking a Lancaster County venue for...
After controversy, NJ school embraces LGBTQ-inclusive studies
A New Jersey charter school has volunteered to pilot the state’s upcoming LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum after a controversy last month resulting from covering up a...
Mazzoni Center CEO and COO resign
Mazzoni Center CEO Lydia Gonzalez-Sciarrino has resigned after seven months in the job. In a statement released Monday morning, Mazzoni Center...
Anti-LGBT couple in Australia seeks to become foster parents
An anti-LGBT couple in Perth, Australia is pursuing a legal challenge to serve as foster parents, despite openly acknowledging they would subject an LGBT...
Report shows more women and racial LGBTQ diversity in films
A new report from the media advocacy group GLAAD reveals that queer women and racial LGBTQ+ diversity were prominent in 2020 films from major...
Marc Garber, pharmacist, 57
Pharmacist Marc Garber died Nov. 19 at age 57. The cause of death is pending. Garber was born and raised in Philadelphia...
Double date with Walt Whitman: An interview with playwright Tim Martin...
Walt Whitman is one of America’s most celebrated poets, essayists and journalists, even though during his lifetime (1819-1897) his work was considered controversial. Whitman...
Exclusive: Former Mazzoni Center CEO Nurit Shein speaks out
After two decades at the helm of Mazzoni Center, CEO Nurit Shein left the organization in the spring after allegations of racism at the...
DA Krasner challenges subpoena in Morris case
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is challenging PGN’s subpoena to appear at an upcoming court hearing regarding the paper’s request for additional records in...
Organizations across Pennsylvania, country take action for National Suicide Prevention Month
While suicide is the second-leading cause of death among young people ages 10-24, LGB young people seriously consider suicide at almost three times the...
Wedding: Joe Buches and Glen Abrams
Joe Buches was appointed as artistic director of the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus in 2004 — and found much more than a new creative...
Designer who won’t make same-sex wedding websites loses case
A U.S. appeals court has ruled against a web designer who didn’t want to create wedding websites for same-sex couples and sued to challenge...
Obituary: Tom Morea, former Spruce Street Singer, 68
Tom Morea would've ranked the day his daughter married her wife as one of the happiest of his life. "He was...
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