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Since this time last year, too many trans and nonbinary people in the U.S. have lost their lives due to hatred and ignorance. The...
High turnout and enthusiasm for Lehigh Valley Pride
In the early afternoon of August 15, a line of over a thousand people stretched around the block outside the Jewish Community Center in...
Court allows lawsuit over Trump-era ACA rule
A federal court has permitted LGBTQ+ plaintiffs to continue pursuing claims in a lawsuit, Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth (BAGLY) et al v. HHS...
Tax forms show Philly Pride Presents exhausted funds, had no assets
Tax forms for Philly Pride Presents, which PGN received from sources close to the organization, reveal an organization with exhausted funds and no assets...
New data shows LGBTQ adults face twice as much hunger as...
LGBT adults living in the U.S. are nearly twice as likely to experience food insecurity as non-LGBT adults, according to new survey data from...
HRC president, LGBTQ civil rights attorney implicated in Cuomo probe
Amid apologies, defense of his actions and even tears, New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned from office on Aug. 10, effective in two weeks....
NJ launches LGBTQ-centric education program for social and homeless service providers
New Jersey’s Department of Human Services (DHS) instituted a new LGBTQ-centric training program, ICARE, for state-funded social service agencies, homeless shelter providers and government...
LGBTQ athletes win record medal haul at Tokyo Olympics
It was an historic Olympics. And despite the ongoing threat of the coronavirus, the Tokyo games — postponed from 2020 — were an overwhelming...
Robert A. Schoenberg, 1944-2021
Robert A. Schoenberg, 76, passed away on August 2, 2021 at KeystoneCare, a residential hospice in Wyndmoor, PA, after a courageous battle with cancer....
ACT UP protest ends in police violence
As members of ACT UP Philadelphia were about to hold their regular housing protest on July 27 outside of Mayor Kenney’s Old City home,...
Largest ever Trans Wellness Conference continues to evolve, with room to...
The Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference (PTWC) took place virtually from July 22-24, 2021, after having been postponed in 2020 due to pandemic safety measures....
Washington killer sentenced; new evidence in Fells case
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO) announced updates on the murders of trans women Michelle “Tameka” Washington and Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells at a July...
All Philly public schools to have gender neutral bathrooms
Starting in the 2021-2022 school year, which begins August 31, every building in the Philadelphia School District will have at least one single-stall gender-neutral...
Senate unanimously confirms two LGBTQ women to top military positions
In an historic action, the Senate confirmed Gina Ortiz Jones and Shawn Skelly to top military positions with unanimous consent.
Gina Ortiz Jones will serve...
Judge sides with city on Morris records
In a one-page ruling this week, a Philadelphia judge denied PGN’s request for additional records in the Nizah Morris case, despite a prior court...
Community orgs continue Covid-19 vaccine push
Nearly 900,000 Philadelphians have been vaccinated for Covid-19 according to data gathered by city health officials, but local organizations are continuing to go into...
Trans and nonbinary icons to be honored in new murals
Two murals celebrating transgender and nonbinary Philadelphians will soon be installed in the city — one on the facade of Philly AIDS Thrift in...
Top U.S. Catholic Church official resigns after being outed
Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, General Secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), announced his resignation July 20. The sudden resignation came after The...
Black and Brown LGBTQ organizers start to formulate a new Philly...
In the weeks following the abrupt dissolution of Philly Pride Presents, a group of Black and Brown LGBTQ+ community leaders have begun formulating plans...
FDA warns against using poppers
"Poppers" have been a fixture for LGBTQ people on the club and sex party circuit for years.
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