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Local drag queen story time achieves Guinness World Records title

“Today was an amazing day!” exclaimed Brittany Lynn. The Philadelphia drag activist was referring to the just-completed drag queen story time held June 1 at...

Five community leaders will be recognized at PGN’s Stonewall Awards & Pride Brunch

UPDATE 6/3/24: The full awards ceremony can now be streamed on 6ABC. Philadelphia Gay News will host the 2024 Stonewall Awards & Pride Brunch, an...

Queerapalooza is back for round two and it’s bigger than before

Queerapalooza, a music and arts festival that was first held last year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Giovanni’s Room, wasn’t intended to become...

Miss Sobriety drag pageant is moving to a new venue — with air conditioning!

Miss Sobriety, the annual drag show competition run by Philadelphia Freedom Roundup — an LGBTQ+ sobriety resource network, turns 10 years old this year....

Oversight commission pledges independent review of Morris case

The city’s Citizens Police Oversight Commission (CPOC) last week pledged to conduct an independent review of the Nizah Morris incident and to report back...

Taking Pride in physical fitness

On June 1-2, Philly Fitness Pride is hosting a city-wide kickoff event at area gyms, including Barry’s and Cyclebar, to raise money for the...

Arts & Culture

Nico Tortorella on ‘The Mattachine Family,’ parenthood and finding chosen family

“The Mattachine Family,” now available on digital platforms, is a feel-good comedy-drama about gay photographer Thomas (Nico Tortorella) choosing the family he wants. It...

Queer superheroes spark the imaginations of both young and old

As the LGBTQ+ community ramps up for June Pride celebrations, this is the time of year when supportive corporate entities unveil their programs aimed...

Horoscopes: May 31-June 6, 2024

Regional

Miss Amie Vanité defies possibly deadly right-wing tide in Lancaster

“I was trying to keep a cool head, but after the evacuation, I started to get worried. I remembered: they know where my family...

National

HRC spends $15M to blitz states for Biden

Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Kelley Robinson has seen the latest polls which have President Joe Biden trailing former president Donald Trump and she’s...

Two court rulings favor LGBTQ+ rights

Maryland parents can’t opt kids out of LGBTQ+ book curriculum, court rules In a contentious ruling, a divided federal appeals court has rejected efforts by...

FBI, DHS warn terrorist orgs could target Pride month events

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have issued a Public Service Announcement warning about Pride month events being targeted in the U.S....

LIFE DURING COVID-19

As Long Covid cases rise, so do costs

The U.S. continues to reassess Covid-19 and address it as a long-term problem rather than a public health crisis, even suspending the free testing...

Long COVID: The Other Pandemic — Part 3

In the summer of 2020, Tariq Scott was in the streets of Philadelphia protesting the killing of George Floyd. The winter and spring had...

Long COVID: The Other Pandemic – Part 2

This the second installment of a three part series. Since the end of 2019, when COVID-19 was first designated a pandemic by the World Health...

Long COVID: The Other Pandemic

This is part one of a three part series. Masks came off a few weeks ago: a harbinger of Spring. On February 25, the Centers...

CDC says vaccinated should wear masks indoors in areas with high infection rates

Federal health officials urged Americans in areas of the country with the highest surges in COVID-19 infections to once again wear masks when they...

Game Plan: Philly’s Queer Sports Teams Look Forward To Summer

Last year, PGN spoke with our local LGBTQ sports teams to see what their seasons would look like during the COVID shutdown. The answer...

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Television

‘Danny Will Die Alone’: Lancaster native talks sex and dating in new comedy series

Out Lancaster native Jack Tracy’s webseries, “Danny Will Die Alone,” available May 16 on Dekkoo, recounts the title character’s misadventures dating in New York...

Editorial

J.K. Rowling, Elon Musk and Tiresome Transphobia

We did not have agreeing with Elon Musk on our 2024 bingo card but here we are.  “Harry Potter” author and known transphobe J.K. Rowling...

FILM

Obituaries

Anita Cornwell, groundbreaking Black lesbian writer, dies at 99

Anita Cornwell passed away May 27 in Germantown “surrounded by the compassionate women who cared for her,” her literary executor, Briona Simone Jones, said....

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2019: LGBTQ YEAR IN REVIEW

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