Allegheny police to implement training after misgendering trans woman
The Allegheny County Police Department last week said it will implement LGBT-sensitivity training in response to concerns about the department’s misgendering of a trans...
Kevin Robinson, professor and HIV researcher, 40
Out social-work professor and health researcher Dr. Kevin Robinson died earlier this month at age 40. Robinson was found in his home...
New Rutgers law dean brings reproductive justice to forefront
As the newly appointed co-dean of Rutgers Law School in Camden, Kimberly Mutcherson’s goals include imbuing in each student a sense of how the...
Police investigate attacks on Morris Home residents, employee
Police are investigating attacks on residents and one employee of a drug and alcohol recovery center for trans and gender-variant individuals. Morris Home residents,...
FIGHT AND A PRAYER
Bishop Audrey Bronson, pastor of the Sanctuary Church of the Open Door, gave the keynote address at the Philadelphia FIGHT first annual prayer breakfast...
Drag king contest takes on what it means to be a...
The Philadelphia Drag King Contest will celebrate its 20th anniversary at this year’s competition, at William Way LGBT Community Center. Founded,...
Federal Appeals Court reinstates Philadelphia’s ban on salary history questions
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed a district court’s preliminary injunction on Feb. 6 that prohibited the City of Philadelphia...
Trans woman charged with assaulting firefighter
Kate Lynn Blatt, a trans woman who achieved a landmark civil-rights ruling, was incarcerated last week after an altercation with a Pottsville firefighter. ...
May the best diva win
If you rep the Barbs for the queen of rap Nikki Minaj, the Lambily of multi-talented glamour goddess Mariah Carey, a monster to the...
Day in the Life of: PA Horticultural Society president, Matt Rader
Matt Rader bounded into the main exhibition area for the Philadelphia Flower Show the Monday before it opened. He marveled at the Big Timber...
Local LGBT organizations to host second intergenerational social event
The John C. Anderson Apartments, an LGBT-friendly affordable housing complex for seniors, will hold its second Intergenerational Play Date event this month. Employees from...
Mark Segal donates LGBT archives to Smithsonian
PGN publisher Mark Segal has donated nearly 50 years of historical LGBT artifacts and memorabilia to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. ...
Philadelphia receives perfect score in HRC’s Municipal Equality Index
The Human Rights Campaign has created a series of indexes and reports on the status of LGBTQ equality in the U.S. The latest, the...
Lesbian financial dispute settled
A protracted financial dispute between two women who were domestic partners for many years has been settled. Notice of the settlement...
Stonewall: A personal memoir
Gay Liberation Front 1969-71 That night, standing in Stonewall, I could not have imagined what the next few hours would do to change the...
Honoring LGBTQ advocates at Young Heroes Awards
Angela Zhong was 16 when she organized the South’s first Peace Conference. The two-day event, held at Zhong’s high school outside of Houston, Texas,...
Jury clears police in brutality case
Luis A. Berrios 3d says his world became a very scary place after a violent encounter with police almost five years ago left him...
Mazzoni Center recognizes Transgender Day of Visibility with week of events
Transgender Day of Visibility is March 31 — but the Mazzoni Center has far more than a day’s worth of activities planned. Hosted by...
LGBT police group prez: Trump ‘represents none of us’
The president of the Greater Philadelphia Gay Officer Action League took to Facebook this week to publish a nearly 800-word post disagreeing with the...
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Brazil’s Supreme Court allows gay Jesus film on Netflix
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