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With the Philadelphia community shaken by recent incidents of violence against transgender individuals, this year’s Transgender Day of Remembrance has taken on even more...

Leadership in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives last week abruptly announced the body would not finish out its legislative session, a decision it reversed...

Gemencina Reed, one of The Attic Youth Center’s earliest supporters, died Jan. 9 of organ failure. She was 79. Reed, an LGBT...

Mason Crest, an educational publishing company headquartered in Broomall, will this fall launch a pioneering series of books that seeks to empower LGBT students...

The May 16 primary election is fast-approaching! PGN spoke with all candidates for District Attorney and City Controller about their records, vision for the office...

A four-day event packed with diverse presentations and workshops, the 2019 conference of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists offers...

Planned Parenthood volunteers Nina Orris (from left), Jessa Goldstein and Michael Form encouraged passersby at Broad and Walnut streets to get themselves tested for...

City maintains no liability in police-bias case In a recent court filing, city officials contend they have no liability in the case of...

According to statistics released by the FBI Tuesday, there were no hate crimes motivated by a victim's sexual orientation or gender identity committed in...

NEW ORLEANS — The city of New Orleans had the right to offer health benefits to unmarried domestic partners of city employees, a state...

N. Melville Jones, an openly gay Philadelphia police officer, is suing the city for alleged workplace discrimination and harassment due to his...

The Independence Business Alliance, the LGBT chamber of commerce in Greater Philadelphia, today earned two awards for a business-certification initiative and community impact. Representatives...

 The Philadelphia Drag King Contest will celebrate its 20th anniversary at this year’s competition, at William Way LGBT Community Center. Founded,...

A December hearing has been scheduled in the criminal case against Brandon W. Bostian, the Amtrak engineer involved in a fatal train derailment in...

Lizabeth Kay Kleintop is the first transgender woman to serve as chair on the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Board of Directors. ...

The Police Liaison Committee held its first meeting under its new leadership last week, with officers and members formulating plans to expand the committee’s...

Trial date postponed in Farnese case The upcoming corruption trial for state Sen. Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. (D) has been postponed for at least...

A Republican Lehigh Valley Congressman signed on last week to a bill that will help binational LGBT couples stay together. U.S....

A New Jersey judge last week said a South Jersey bar is responsible for $31,000 in damages to a gay couple who claim the...

Texas GOP leaders enter parents’ battle over child’s gender WBAP.com reported top Republican leaders in Texas recently weighed in on two parents’ battle over...