Honoring LGBTQ advocates at Young Heroes Awards
Angela Zhong was 16 when she organized the South’s first Peace Conference. The two-day event, held at Zhong’s high school outside of Houston, Texas,...
NJ nonprofit to assist the elder LGBTQ community
As the youngest of the baby boomers crests 55 this year, the long-forewarned care gap for the largest generation of Americans is no longer...
LGBTQ mental health: The perils of the system
Second in a three-part series on mental health. President Trump blamed mental health conditions for the latest wave of mass shootings in an Aug.5...
Penn seeks to ‘out’ trans litigant
Officials at The University of Pennsylvania want a federal judge to unseal the real name of a trans woman who’s suing the university and...
Stockholm Pride draws 500,000 from across the globe
Special assignment: PGN spent last week in Stockholm for Pride and to learn about LGBTQ issues in Sweden. When, as a child, Swedish Parliament...
Legal brief filed in Morris case
Trans attorney Julie Chovanes filed a legal brief in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court this week urging transparency in the Nizah Morris case. ...
William Way receives $1 million for renovations
The William Way LGBT Community Center will undergo $1 million worth of renovations thanks to a grant from Governor Tom Wolf. ...
Subcommittee strives to increase LGBTQ responses on 2020 Census
A Philadelphia subcommittee dedicated to ensuring accurate LGBTQ representation on the 2020 Census met this week to discuss navigating the barriers to an inclusive...
Russian officials: Activist’s grisly murder wasn’t hate crime
The murder of Yelena “Lena” Grigoryeva, 41, a prominent Russian LGBTQ-rights activist and journalist, allegedly wasn’t politically motivated or a hate crime — despite...
Philly’s Trans Wellness Conference shows growth
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...
PA’s out judge is still ‘honored to be your honor’ ahead...
Judge Daniel Anders was the first openly gay man to run for office in Philadelphia and be elected as a judge in the state...
Local video series educates on HIV clinical trials
Two clinical trials that hope to cure HIV have been awarded $23 million. As part of an initiative to enroll people...
Primary-winner Palmer wins national award, readies for November elections
The LGBT Bar Association announced that it will grant Tiffany Palmer the national Leading Practitioners Award at the Lavender Law Conference in Philadelphia. The conference,...
Philly’s ballroom scene: a retrospective
Happy birthday to Philadelphia ballroom — 30 years young, and counting. It was August 1989 when the city’s first ball — dubbed Onyx Ball...
Catholic agency asks Supreme Court to hear foster-care dispute
Last week, Catholic Social Services of Philadelphia took its legal battle with the city over foster-care services to the U.S. Supreme Court. ...
Lavender Law Conference returns to Philadelphia
The largest conference for LGBTQ and ally legal professionals in the U.S. returns to Philadelphia this year. Held at Philadelphia Downtown...
PA to allow gender designation ‘X’ on driver’s licenses
PennDOT, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will offer a gender designation of X on driver’s licenses beginning in 2020. Erin Waters-Trasatt, Communications Director for...
City officials, LGBTQ community attend fifth-annual trans flag raising at City...
Before Aidan DeStefano came out as trans, he felt “trapped.” As a child, he kept his hair short and wore boys’ clothes. “How could...
Gavin Grimm seeks ruling in bathroom bill case
Gavin Grimm is 20 now, but he has been fighting ongoing high school bathroom restrictions on trans students in Virginia. Grimm returned to...
Media Trail – 7/26/19
Regulations to ban LGBTQ conversion therapy get early nod The Daily Herald reports Utah psychologists would be prohibited from practicing so-called conversion therapy on...
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