Tag: Anniversary
Day in the Life Of: Philadelphia Gay News
Armed with nothing but her notebook, pen and minimal background information, PGN staff writer Paige Cooperstein got to work last month to get the...
Editors shaped PGN’s 40-year legacy
Al Patrick considered himself a news hound more than a gay activist. After graduating from Temple University with a journalism degree, he started working...
Printing, advertising evolution reflects changes in community
Because Don Pignolet had a truck, he got drawn into Philadelphia Gay News as its second issue printed in February 1976. ...
The 1,000 words captured in every image
If ever there was a daunting task lurking along the back walls of the PGN office, this was the year it materialized. Six huge...
Four decades of PGN
The LGBT community has changed over the last four decades, as has Philadelphia Gay News’ role in engaging with it. When...
PGN journalist’s 40-year adventure
I’ve written news stories for PGN for 40 years, making me one of the longest-serving journalists for an LGBT news outlet in the world....
The tale of the purple vending box
PGN’s vending boxes originally were my idea. I saw an alternative paper called the Drummer using them and thought that if...
The team behind PGN, Volume 1
“With the publication of the first issue of the Philadelphia Gay News, a whole new dimension has been added to Philly’s gay community and,...
In Memoriam, PGN staff
Throughout PGN’s 40 years, our pages have carried countless obituaries on members of our community. As a community newspaper, we have remained committed to...
PGN Fast Facts
Want to know some tidbits about PGN? We thought so... Reaching our readers -First issue was published Jan. 3, 1976 -Went...
Faces of PGN
Our offices have been populated over the years by hundreds of folks — from advertising reps to writers to photographers to designers to support...
243 awards and counting …
PGN is the nation's most-awarded LGBT publication. We've garnered at least 243 awards in our 40 years from local, state and national press associations. For...
Mentionable Moments in LGBT history
There have been countless moments that shaped Philadelphia's LGBT community in the last 40 years. From protests to Prides, and City Council to the Supreme...
1983 Reprint: Meet a local AIDS patient
*Editor’s Note: In reviewing the PGN archives in preparation for our 40th anniversary, we were struck by this account of what life was like...
Moments in HIV/AIDS history
• On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control issues a warning about pneumocystis carinii, a rare form of pneumonia, after five gay...
Decades of love, spurred by PGN ad
“Hang Out and Have Fun!” read the ad placed by Frank Chile in the March 21, 1997 issue of PGN. Chile,...
Business owners ponder Gayborhood’s future
The Gayborhood has seen many changes and evolutions over the years, which begs the questions: Where is the Gayborhood right now and where is...
Evolution of the Gayborhood
In the second half of the 20th century, the Center City neighborhood that became known as the Gayborhood formed in the vicinity of 13th...
Community organizations expand, evolve
PGN has undergone many changes in its 40 years, but has always remained committed to being a community-focused publication. The local LGBT community —...
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