LGBT-friendly senior apartments receive AED donation
An LGBT-friendly senior apartment complex received a heartfelt donation Wednesday from a local city club. John C. Anderson Apartments, a complex...
Rapist of lesbian applies for parole
Jeffrey J. Marsalis, who sexually assaulted three women in the region before traveling to Idaho and raping a lesbian in that state, recently asked...
HRC Philly gears up for annual gala
The Human Rights Campaign Greater Philadelphia Gala returns next week, this year at a new location. The 19th-annual gala will be...
Hawaii guv consults rabbis on civil unions
HONOLULU — Rabbis Itchel Krasnjansky and Peter Schaktman hail from different branches of Judaism and hold starkly contrasting views on whether same-sex couples should...
Montco marriage case heads to state Supreme Court
Marriage equality was short-lived in Montgomery County, as a state judge last week halted the issuing of marriage licenses to same-sex couples in the...
Minister’s mission is to share sex-positive Christianity
It’s understandable if the LGBTQ community is wary of the religious right. After all, the Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case,...
News Briefing: Sept. 2-8, 2016
Public invited to Lib City meeting The Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club will tackle candidate endorsements at its public board meeting Aug. 31. It...
Media Trail
Prop. 8 judge is gay San Francisco Chronicle published a Feb. 7 column about an aspect of the Proposition 8 trial...
Fifty years pass since seminal Dewey’s sit-ins
History HighlightAs the 50th anniversary of the Annual Reminder Days approaches, PGN will explore events, ideas and people who had an impact on local...
The only sport requiring more than one ball
In the days leading up to my first skydive jump, my emotional pendulum swung from excitement and anticipation to butterflies and anxiety — and...
Mallios anticipating success in third race
Chris Mallios is vying to be Philadelphia’s next out Court of Common Pleas judge. Earlier this month, he was deemed “highly...
Councilmember Helen Gym introduces two bills expanding LGBTQ protections
Councilmember-at-Large Helen Gym introduced two bills aimed at protecting and expanding the rights of Philadelphia’s LGBTQ-plus community. One mandates the city’s youth organizations to...
Trial scheduled in Bangor school-abuse case
Jury selection has been tentatively scheduled for June 2018 in the case of Tammy and Russell Bittenbender, who claim their daughter suffered extensive abuse...
Local designer featured at Philadelphia Antiques Show
The Philadelphia Antiques Show returns to town April 13-15 to showcase a wide selection of furniture, art and decorative pieces for the modern American...
Foes try to ‘boggle down’ nondiscrimination bill
Lawmakers opposed to a bill that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to Pennsylvania’s nondiscrimination law have turned out in full force to...
Conference addresses welcoming LGBTs to synagogue
A local synagogue will host a conference on the welcoming and inclusion of LGBTs in the Jewish community. Congregation Kol Ami...
40 Years Ago in PGN: May 6-12, 2016
Pa. ‘sodomy’ repeal to be introduced Adapted from reporting by Harry Langhorne Democratic state Sen. Louis Hill announced his intention in April 1976 to...
Judge denies gay plaintiff’s anonymity request
A federal judge has denied the request of an LGBT plaintiff to litigate under a pseudonym in an employment antibias case, even though the...
GALAEI director steps down
The executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative resigned earlier this summer after less than a year in the position....
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