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My 1969 high-school prom
My 1969 high-school prom came 43 years late — last week, actually. Like many people of my generation who knew they were gay in high school — unlike heterosexuals who looked forward to that night — ...
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Philadelphia, a groundbreaking LGBT-friendly city
Since a list of gayest cities from a national magazine earlier this year demanded a response on so many levels, let me respond with this. Move over, New York City, L.A., D.C. and San Francisco: It’...
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Kudos to Sims, work to do
It's been a big couple of weeks for the community. We announced that the nation’s largest LGBT-friendly capital building project would be here in Philly, PGN was awarded for its 20-year commitment ...
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Getting a piece of the pie
On Monday we announced that “The Pie in the Sky” project, which was made public about two years ago, is now a reality. (Read the story on page 1.) This is how we put it in these pages almost two y...
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Santorum’s future, like the dinosaurs
Everyone seems to be waxing poetic on the demise of Rick Santorum’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Many pundits, who have been dead wrong in their analysis of Santorum’s campaign, ...
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Keeping the presses humming
It’s Tuesday and my column is still unwritten. At times like this, the best way to accomplish the mission of choosing a topic is to ask the people around the office for suggestions. As I stroll fro...
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Marriage vs. full LGBT equality
Each year for the last three years, The Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund of San Francisco has held an LGBT blogger and newspaper summit to increase awareness on issues that need focus. The first yea...
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Buying Girl Scout Cookies supports LGBT equality
Want to do something for equality? Buy Girl Scout Cookies. How does buying those yummy cookies from a young girl further equality? Oh, you might need an ibuprofen for this one but, as usual, it s...
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Israel, the gays and Equality Forum
The last couple of years have seen progressive LGBT people taking on issues other than equality, as well as bringing the debate into the community. Israel and the Palestinian cause has been a flash...
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Don’t victimize gay hate-crimes victims further
What do you call it when a quasi-out gay employee in an agency has his tires slashed, large graphics of him and his lover having sex drawn on a bathroom wall (with gay slurs and names attached), ur...
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