The Philadelphia Gay News is the area’s largest and oldest publication serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. PGN was founded by Mark Segal in 1976 and is the most awarded LGBTQ+ newspaper in the United States. 

As a community newspaper, PGN’s mission is to be a platform for the LGBTQ+ community to communicate with each other on all their various viewpoints, as well as to communicate with the mainstream/ally community.