Philadelphia Gay News
Encyclopedia
Philadelphia Gay News is a lesbian
, gay
, bisexual
and transgender
(LGBT
) newspaper in the Philadelphia area. The publication was founded in 1976 by Mark Segal, who was inspired by activist Frank Kameny when they met in 1970. PGN is the oldest LGBT weekly publication in the country, and the largest on the East Coast with 25,000 weekly readers.
PGN is a member of the National Gay Newspaper Guild
.
The mission of Philadelphia Gay News is to serve as a forum for LGBT community discussion, and to act as a platform for communicating LGBT issues with mainstream media.
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
, gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
, bisexual
Bisexuality
Bisexuality is sexual behavior or an orientation involving physical or romantic attraction to both males and females, especially with regard to men and women. It is one of the three main classifications of sexual orientation, along with a heterosexual and a homosexual orientation, all a part of the...
and transgender
Transgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....
(LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
) newspaper in the Philadelphia area. The publication was founded in 1976 by Mark Segal, who was inspired by activist Frank Kameny when they met in 1970. PGN is the oldest LGBT weekly publication in the country, and the largest on the East Coast with 25,000 weekly readers.
PGN is a member of the National Gay Newspaper Guild
National Gay Newspaper Guild
The National Gay Newspaper Guild was an organization of LGBT newspapers around the United States.-Member publications:*Bay Area Reporter*Bay Windows*Between the Lines*Dallas Voice*Frontiers*Gay and Lesbian Times...
.
The mission of Philadelphia Gay News is to serve as a forum for LGBT community discussion, and to act as a platform for communicating LGBT issues with mainstream media.