Trump administration attacks transgender healthcare
The Trump Administration has announced that it is planning to roll back an important regulation in the Health Care Rights Law (HCRL), the critical...
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...
Sims to challenge Babette Josephs in 182nd Dist.
Although he recently stepped down as board president of Equality Pennsylvania, Brian Sims isn’t ending his advocacy for LGBT rights: Next spring he plans...
12th Street Gym to close at end of month
The 12th Street Gym, a well-known presence in the Gayborhood for 30 years, will permanently close Jan. 31. The closure was announced this week...
Judge’s jury instructions under scrutiny
The jury instructions issued by Delaware County Common Pleas Court Judge Barry C. Dozor during the murder trial of William F. Smithson are coming...
Person of the Year: D. Bruce Hanes
This past summer, 174 same-sex couples were granted marriage licenses in Montgomery County, the first time that such licenses were ever issued in the...
Q Spot returns to shift the circumstance for Philly’s LGBTQ youth
On a sunny Super Bowl Sunday, a group of friendly associates were eating pepperoni pizza and drinking iced tea at the First Unitarian Church...
Officer arrested for soliciting teen boy
Philadelphia police arrested one of their own last week after a year-long investigation into solicitation charges leveled by a teenage boy. ...
New documents detail Internet postings in Knott federal case
Attorneys for a woman suing convicted gay basher Kathryn Knott recently submitted hundreds of Internet posts made under the pseudonym “Knotty is a...
Michael Lyons, 66, social worker
Michael Lyons, a longtime city worker and former civil-rights activist, died June 24 after a long battle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was 66. ...
Engagement: Jen Colletta and Ashlee Turturro
PGN editor Jen Colletta has covered stories on marriage equality since her start at the paper more than five years ago. ...
Leeway Foundation honors out artist
The Leeway Foundation, a local grantmaking institution that funds the work of female and transgender artists, recently announced the winners of its annual award,...
Behavioral health org adopts Gender Affirmative Model
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, a national healthcare nonprofit with a center in Villanova, has adopted a new interdisciplinary approach to working with trans and...
Renewed bipartisan push gets tougher Pa. hate-crime bill back on the...
For years Pennsylvania Rep. Kevin Boyle (D-172nd Dist.) and Rep. Thomas Murt (R-152nd Dist.) have tried but failed to toughen the state’s hate-crime law....
International News: January 31, 2020
South Korean military decides to discharge transgender soldier
South Korea's military decided Jan. 22 to discharge a soldier who recently undertook gender- affirmation surgery, a...
Key building in Gayborhood remains vacant
A Center City building that formerly housed many LGBT-oriented organizations has fallen into disrepair, and some are calling for an end to its vacancy....
Kimmel Center unveils lineup for Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts
The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts announced the 2018 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts lineup of performances and shows from around the...
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...
Philly couples celebrate equality
On May 20, U. S. District Court Judge John Jones 3d overturned Pennsylvania’s 1996 ban on same-sex marriage — prompting couples across the...
Mental-health legislation introduced in House
State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D-181st Dist.) recently announced plans to introduce legislation aimed at placing more mental-health providers in Pennsylvania’s public schools to prevent...
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