editorial
Gay marriage game-changer
This week, it seems that gay marriage is on everyone’s mind. Over the weekend, Vice President Joe Biden said he supported it, as did Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Monday. The comments had ...
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‘Tis the season
Now that the primary election is over, Philly’s LGBT community can focus on what’s really important — Pride and softball. OK, so maybe not everyone in the community identifies with those, but they ...
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Pride and progress
Tuesday’s primary election marked a historic day for LGBT Pennsylvanians: For the first time ever, the commonwealth will have an openly gay legislator. At presstime, Brian Sims was leading longtime...
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Endorsements
April 24 is the Pennsylvania Primary. This cycle, Democrats and Republicans vote for candidates for president, U.S. Senate (one seat) and House (all seats), state attorney general, treasurer, audit...
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Santorum exits, now what?
This week, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum dropped out of the Republican presidential race — just two weeks before the primary in his home state. He’d been one of the four main contenders i...
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Taking a bow
Last week, the Local Media Association, a trade group for community newspapers, released its 2011 editorial award winners, giving PGN 10 honors. This is the highest number of awards a mainstream j...
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Scouting injustice out
Editorial Last week’s ruling in the City of Philadelphia’s efforts to evict the Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts of America, in which the judge determined the city owed the council $877,000 in...
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The long Republican road
This week, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney picked up another state — Illinois — and the endorsement of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. With the primary win in Illinois, and his recent v...
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Hoo boy, Scouts
The Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts of America recently filed a legal brief criticizing Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club for supporting efforts to evict the Scouts from a city-owned bu...
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What’s power got to do with it?
This week, PGN is recognizing openly gay leaders who have influence and power in the Philadelphia region. While the LGBT community often honors leaders within the community, we don’t often take tim...
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