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WEBSep 27, 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.
Beloved gay film “Big Eden” turns 20 years old
WEBNov 2, 2020 · Eric Schweig and Arye Gross in “Big Eden.”. Out gay filmmaker Thomas Bezucha has a new film, “Let Him Go,” now out in theaters. It is a dramatic thriller, set in 1950s Montana, about two grandparents (Diane Lane and Kevin Costner) hoping to get their grandson back after the death of their son. (His widow had remarried and moved away ...
FDA warns against using poppers - Philadelphia Gay News
WEBJuly 14, 2021 12:07 pm. “Poppers” have been a fixture for LGBTQ people on the club and sex party circuit for years. Poppers are a liquid drug used for recreation that can give an instant high when inhaled. Other names for it are amyl nitrate, butyl nitrite and liquid gold. The effects of poppers are immediate and include euphoria, warm ...
A look at Philadelphia’s LGBTQ judges - Philadelphia Gay News
WEBNovember 17, 2021 6:31 pm. Clockwise from top left: Abbe Fletman, Ann Butchart, Barbara McDermott, Chris Mallios, Daniel J. Anders, Gregory Yorgey-Girdy, Idee Fox, Tiffany Palmer. The city of Philadelphia currently has seven openly LGBTQ judges, all on the Court of Common Pleas, with an eighth joining Municipal Court in 2022.
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.
Gene London, children’s TV show host and out gay advocate, has …
WEBJan 24, 2020 · Out gay man Gene London, the celebrated host of “Cartoon Corners” aka “The Gene London Show” from 1959-77 died Sunday, Jan. 19 in Reading at age 88. His family reported the cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage brought on by a fall. Born Eugene Yulish in Cleveland to Minna and Isadore Yulish, London hosted a decades-spanning, iconic ...
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.
The New Queer Cinema Movement Paved the Way for Today's …
WEBJan 26, 2022 · But in the case of New Queer Cinema, this disinterest in a market (even as it gained one) proved aesthetically freeing. When Luke, Araki’s drifter in “The Living End,” says “I don’t care about anything anymore” or waves a gun around, it’s not just posturing, even if the feeling may pass.
Hot Baritone: An Interview with Steven LaBrie of Il Divo
WEBNov 29, 2023 · An early 21st century creation of Simon Cowell, Il Divo is still going strong after 20 years. Having survived the loss of original member Carlos Marín to COVID, Il Divo is on the rebound with new, openly gay member Steven LaBrie. A baritone with a long history in the world of opera, LaBrie was kind enough to make time for an interview in ...