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WEBSep 10, 2024 · The Philadelphia Gay News is the area’s largest and oldest publication targeting the LGBTQ+ community. Started in 1976, PGN reaches, builds rapport with and listens to our readers and supporters — as well as our critics.
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WEB5 days ago · Philadelphia Marathon makes changes for nonbinary inclusion — but activists aren’t celebrating yet. Lauren Rowello - August 28, 2024 12:15 pm. The Philadelphia Marathon will now award winners across three gender categories — men’s, women’s and nonbinary races — in the 2024 open division.
William Way receives $2M from city budget - Philadelphia Gay News
WEBJul 11, 2023 · The William Way LGBT Community Center is one step closer to its renovation and expansion, thanks to a $2 million allocation from Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s City FY 2024 operating budget. Funds from the budget will go toward expanding and improving spaces for the center’s 1315 Spruce Street headquarters. Metcalfe Architecture & Design ...
SELF serves to ease homelessness in Philly
WEBFeb 9, 2022 · The housing organization SELF Inc. served as the roadmap for Philadelphia’s homeless services system, said Mike Hinson, the organization’s president and chief operating officer. Dr. Sylvester Outley created SELF roughly three decades ago to bring drug and alcohol counseling services to Philadelphia’s shelters. Today, SELF is Philadelphia’s largest provider of emergency housing services ...
“Marscarpone” is a sweet film about starting over
WEBMay 11, 2022 9:57 pm. “Marscarpone,” directed by Alessandro Guida and Matteo Piilati. The enchanting Italian import, “Mascarpone,” available May 10 on VOD and DVD, is a gay reworking of “An Unmarried Woman.”. Nearly 30, Antonio (Giancarlo Commare), is set adrift when Lorenzo (Carlo Calderone), his husband of 12 years, tells him ...
Police violence is LGBTQ history, past and present
WEBApr 14, 2021 · The modern LGBTQ civil rights movement was born out of police harassment and brutality against a group of gay men, butch lesbians and trans women of color. Most queer and trans people know about the Stonewall Uprising in June 1969; it’s why we celebrate Pride Month. We know that some leaders of that event were regular targets of police violence.
Archives Archives - Philadelphia Gay News
WEBJul 3, 2019 · The Philadelphia Gay News is the area’s largest and oldest publication targeting the LGBTQ+ community. Started in 1976, PGN reaches, builds rapport with and listens to our readers and supporters — as well as our critics.
Tim Cwiek, Author at Philadelphia Gay News
WEBSep 10, 2024 · Tim Cwiek has been writing for PGN since the 1970s. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from West Chester State University. In 2013, he received a Sigma Delta Chi Investigative Reporting Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for his reporting on the Nizah Morris case. Cwiek was the …
Exhibit explores the lives of LGBTQ seniors
WEBFeb 16, 2021 · For those unable to see the exhibit in person, the stories of the seniors are available virtually, along with photos by German-based photographer Karsten Thormaehlen, a short but poignant film, and a timeline of LGBTQ rights.In addition, a coffee table art book with over 100 images and extended stories shared by the subjects is also available.
Why are so many lesbian, bi and trans women in prison?
WEBDec 15, 2021 · The study found LGBT individuals or those who reported a same-sex sexual experience before arrival at the jail or prison represented 9.3 percent of all men in prison, 6.2 percent of men in jail, 42.1 percent of women in prison and 35.7 percent of women in jail. The disproportionality of lesbian, bisexual and queer women in prisons is stunning.
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