Harrisburg city council to oppose conversion therapy
Harrisburg will not be joining the eight cities and boroughs across Pennsylvania that have banned conversion therapy, but it has introduced a resolution that...
Local Jewish leaders react to synagogue shooting
Philadelphia’s Jewish leaders are mourning the victims of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27 while planning how to protect...
Trans activists fight latest attack
The U.S. Department of Justice has levied a new attack against transgender people. In a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, Solicitor General Noel...
Trump attacks trans people – again
President Trump’s latest anti-LGBTQ move to stoke his base two weeks before the midterm elections may backfire. As protests unfold in front of the...
Adrienne Rich: writer and radical
The history of lesbian literature is, for many of us, a critical piece of our own personal lesbian history as well as our larger...
Fifty years on, busting the myths of Stonewall
Each of us who was at Stonewall has a different view of the event. They run the gamut from it being a rebellion, a...
The candidate trying to unseat Metcalfe
Daniel Smith Jr. is looking to unseat incumbent Daryl Metcalfe in the 12th Legislative District in the general election Nov. 6. Metcalfe has held...
Out candidate runs in Republican district
Kristin Seale is the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania’s 168th House District against incumbent Christopher Quinn (who did not respond to PGN interview requests). She...
Sims opponent: ‘You have to be in the district to know...
James McDevitt is running as an Independent for state representative of the 182nd district — a seat currently occupied by Democrat Brian Sims, who...
DVLF adds new board members
The Delaware Valley Legacy Fund is a vital Philadelphia LGBTQ philanthropic organization to which members of the community could contribute, add to their wills...
Judge orders trans sensitivity training for police department
New Jersey Superior Court Judge Martha D. Lynes recently granted the request of a transgender man and ordered the Jersey City Police Department to...
The Attic celebrates 25 years
The Attic Youth Center is looking to raise more than $200,000 at its 25th-anniversary gala in support of local LGBTQ youth. ...
Kenyatta aims to build coalition of Dems
The call was thundering: “If you don’t vote, you don’t count. If you’re not trying to solve the problem, you are a part of...
Pennsylvania poised to make history
They call it The Hillary Effect. For two years since Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 3 million and lost the election by...
Wolf: We need Fairness Act
In Gov. Tom Wolf’s three-and-a-half years as governor, he has expanded Medicaid throughout the state, giving an additional 720,000 Pennsylvanians access to healthcare. He...
What happens in prison doesn’t stay in prison
Is prison like the television shows “Orange is the New Black” or “Oz”? I am asked this question when I tell someone I spent...
Mazzoni Center seeks new board members
Five longtime Mazzoni Center board members will be leaving their positions as the board of directors carries out a promise to diversify its membership....
Tea with no shade
An Ohio couple has revived the tradition of Sunday tea dances, creating a safe space for a new generation. A gloomy, rainy Sunday in...
Frances Kellor and the birth of multiculturalism
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