Jason Villemez
Jason Villemez is the editor of the Philadelphia Gay News and writes frequently on LGBTQ history. His nonfiction has appeared in the PBS NewsHour, LGBTQ Nation, and local LGBTQ publications across the country. A journalist for over 15 years, he lives in Philadelphia with his husband.
Deborah Batts, the first openly lesbian federal judge, dies at 72
How PGN got its vending boxes
The first gay character in a comic strip
At year’s end, looking back at Stonewall 50
Police entrapment in the early days, PGN’s response
The ongoing battle over employment discrimination
How PGN Covered AIDS In The First Year
Local author explores first love amid AIDS in new novel
Philly’s first attempt at nondiscrimination
LGBT legislators then and now