Dimitrios Aletras Jr. never used to tell people he was from Reading, Pennsylvania. Instead, he’d call it the “Philadelphia area” because it’s the closest metro hub people might know. But now that he’s ...

The William Way LGBT Community Center has received an FY2026 Art & Culture Grant from the Philadelphia Cultural Fund (PCF), providing unrestricted support for its Archives, Library and Art Exhibitions ...

A friend of mine, Zach Wilcha at the IBA, meets a lot of fascinating people in his position. So when he tells me that he ...

The French critic Jean-Baptiste Karr penned the aphorism “The more things change, the more they stay the same” in 1849. It’s likely, then, that Karr wouldn’t have been shocked at my discovery that ...

I’ve heard the phrase “You only get 18 summers with your kids; enjoy them” frequently enough to have mixed emotions about it. I often try to resist such guilt-inducing cliches that may be ...

Fists clenched, nipples mirrored like identical twins — their bodies are practically carbon copies. You could call them “boyfriend twins” or, if you’re feeling cheeky, “doppelbangers.” Or maybe it’s ...

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 reade ...

A federal bill that seeks to ban books, activities, and programs that mention transgender people — and potentially all LGBTQ people — from K-12 public schools nationwide has moved ahead in the House ...

Read more about Mercury Stardust’s book “Lost and Found” — and her origin story, including her time pursuing the priesthood and burlesque.

Aries: Saturn is retrograde in your sign until December 10, bringing some hard truths about the time and effort that real solutions take. Turns out there are no quick fixes for certain things. You ...