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. ...
Election Spotlight: State House 182nd District
In our last installment of primary interviews, PGN reached out to candidates in the contested state House race for the 182nd District, which covers...
William Way holds last public board meeting of the year
The William Way LGBT Community Center’s board held its last public meeting of 2011 on Nov. 22 at 1315 Spruce St. ...
Local merchants honored in national LGBT competition
A lesbian couple from Philadelphia was named runners-up for a national award that recognizes the best of the best in LGBT businesses. ...
The Scouts deal: What’s next?
With little or no support in Philadelphia City Council, a bill that would have facilitated the Boy Scouts building deal is expected to die...
Trump rule protects contractors who discriminate against LGBT workers
The Trump administration proposed a rule change on August 14 that would allow government contractors to discriminate against LGBT employees based on a company’s...
Media Trail
Wisc. AG won’t defend partnerships The New York Times reports Wisconsin’s attorney general said on Aug. 21 he will not defend...
Local bars gear up to Bar AIDS
An HIV/AIDS fundraiser that has been organized in cities throughout the country is making its way to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly...
Child sex-abuse bill gets hearing
A bill pending in Harrisburg that would let more survivors of child sex abuse seek justice in the courts appears dead in its current...
Local lawyer launching traveling legal program
“If we’re scared here in Philadelphia, I can’t imagine what it’s like in Laramie, in Chatanooga, in small towns in Arkansas.” ...
Delaware Valley Legacy Fund announces $250k Walter Lear endowment fund
Delaware Valley Legacy Fund recently announced the creation of the Walter J. Lear Endowed Fund, which will provide grants to community-building organizations which work...
Telling Our Stories: Gay Newspapers and Gay Liberation
In the decade before the Stonewall, queer underground newsletters and small ’zine-style publications began to proliferate across the country, especially in cities with large...
O, Dem Golden Slippers! Gender variance and the Mummers Parade
They were called female impersonators, character types, lovely creatures, drag queens, pansies, divas. They were straight, bi, gay and queer. For over a century,...
Out, loud and Pride at zoo
The city’s pride of lions will be joined by a different type of pride next weekend when the nation’s first zoo welcomes back LGBTs...
LGBT-affirming Methodist ministers under fire
Thirty-six Methodist ministers who presided over a Center City same-sex wedding last year are the targets of an internal church complaint. ...
Judge allows Liberty Place demonstrations
A judge last week ruled that protestors who espouse antigay and anti-women views are permitted to demonstrate near a busy Center City property. ...
Director Amber Hikes hosts first meeting for Commission on LGBT Affairs
Newly appointed Director of LGBT Affairs Amber Hikes spoke at a press conference prior to the first Commission on LGBT Affairs public meeting. Mayor...
Allentown activist presents LGBT health disparities in North Carolina
Adrian Shanker, executive director of the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown, is in North Carolina this week presenting information about health disparities for...
New group seeks to bring LGBTs back to AC
A newly formed LGBT association is aiming to bring in gay businesses, residents and tourists to an area of New Jersey that was once...
News Briefing
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