The Philadelphia Pride Flag, featuring black and brown stripes, highlights black and brown LGBTQ+ members of the community and is displayed on businesses and homes throughout the city, particularly in the Gayborhood. A historical marker honoring PGN’s history and contributions to the LGBTQ+ community can be found outside of the publication’s first office at 233 S. Philadelphia Gay News – Founded in 1976, Philadelphia Gay News (PGN) is one of the most awarded weekly newspapers in the U.S. The William Way LGBT Community Center – Began as the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Philadelphia in 1974 to support and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. She worked to eradicate the classification of homosexuality as mental illness.
Philly AIDS Thrift Giovanni’s Room – The country’s first and oldest LGBT-focused book store.īarbara Gittings Gay & Lesbian Collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia – The “mother of the LGBTQ+ movement,” Barbara Gittings, spent most of her life in Philadelphia and edited the nation’s first lesbian publication.
Philadelphia is home to gay pride events as well as numerous historical and culturally significant sites, including: Pride and Progress © 2002 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Ann Northrup, 1315 Spruce Street.
