Jeff Guaracino, who brought gay tourism to television, dies at 48
Jeff Guaracino, President and CEO of Visit Philadelphia, passed away from cancer the afternoon of December 28. He was 48 years old. Known as...
National legal group appoints local ally attorney
Earlier this week, the National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Bar Association announced the appointment of three new directors to the board of its...
City: D.A.’s Morris records off-limits to police
Dozens of interviews conducted by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office in 2003 while investigating the Nizah Morris case are unavailable to the police department,...
Clinical trials exclude gays, new study finds
The New England Journal of Medicine last week carried a report from a group of researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center that found that...
Appeal denied for officer who sided with antigay protestors
The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit last week affirmed a lower court ruling that found the constitutional rights of...
HRC focuses on moving ‘equality forward’ in Philly
When planning got underway last summer for the 2017 Human Rights Campaign Greater Philadelphia Dinner, organizers were looking forward to celebrating the start of...
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U. S. Senate: Joe Sestak U.S. House: 2nd District: Chaka Fattah 6th District: Manan Trivedi 7th District: ...
PAC refers request for Morris records to city law department
At their May 20 public meeting, members of the city’s Police Advisory Commission referred requests for access to their Nizah Morris investigative file to...
Conference to address diverse trans-health issues
The eighth-annual Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference kicked off this week, with three days full of workshops, seminars, film screenings and activities meant to educate and...
Gay philanthropist donates $16 million to LGBT fund
A gay real-estate investor last week donated $16 million to a local LGBT fund. Mel Heifetz announced on social media that...
Cheri “Sheddy” Rollins Sanchez, organizer, 28
Cheri “Sheddy” Rollins Sanchez, a former organizer for Philadelphia Student Union, died March 12 in Miami, Fla. They were 28. Sanchez was...
Trump administration urges Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare
On June 25, as the U.S. passed the grim milestone of 125,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration urged the Supreme Court...
Charges dropped against man who drove truck into Delaware pride parade
Delaware state prosecutors are dropping all charges against a man who drove his truck into an LGBT Pride Parade in Dover in June, injuring...
The importance of social distancing
Of the many health-related topics circulating since the start of the new coronavirus outbreak roughly four weeks ago, social distancing has been at the...
Philly’s Pride flag makes waves around the world
The first Pride parades took place in America in 1970, and the concept quickly went international. But one LGBTQ export is uniquely Philadelphia’s, and...
Anniversary: John Schultz and Gary Hill
Last Sunday, Philly Pride Presents celebrated its 25th anniversary — and the following day, a local couple marked their own silver celebration. ...
The 1,000 words captured in every image
If ever there was a daunting task lurking along the back walls of the PGN office, this was the year it materialized. Six huge...
Pa. native named Obama’s first gay ambassador
President Obama nominated the first openly gay U. S. ambassador of his administration last week, and the nominee is a Pennsylvania native. ...
LGBT biz protections coming
A loophole in the city’s nondiscrimination law that could expose LGBT business owners to antigay bias may be closed later this year. ...
Advocates seek to ‘educate’ legislators in Harrisburg in wake of anti-trans...
A group of trans people and allies traveled to Harrisburg this week to raise awareness among lawmakers about trans issues, in light of proposed...
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