Nice ideas
Dear Editor: I think that a gay senior housing center would be nice . At first my cynical mind reeled, thinking it...
David and Goliath?
Last Sunday, Bishop Eddie Long, leader of the Atlanta megachurch New Birth Missionary Baptist, likened himself to David in the biblical story of David...
Creep of the Week: Ann Coulter
Perhaps it was Ann Coulter’s very public referral to former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards as a “faggot” that nabbed her an invitation to...
A 40-year LGBT success story
PECO, Philadelphia Electric and its national holding company, Exelon, for over 40 years has had a hands-off — if not downright homophobic — attitude...
Where did summer go?
Thursday marked the fall equinox — when day and night are equally long — and the end of summer. The change...
Creep of the Week: Tony Perkins
Everybody loves a parade, don’t they? Especially gays. And gay-loving militaries the world over. I mean, with homos in the ranks, they...
Fall into the social calendar
Fall officially hit Philadelphia at 11:09 p. m. on Wednesday. Fall is the official start of what used to be called the social...
Goo-goo over Gaga
This week, Lady Gaga has garnered plenty of media and public attention, both nationally and in Philadelphia. At Sunday’s MTV Video...
Creep of the Week: David Kupelian
You know, there are so many reasons to dislike Glenn Beck. So, so many good, good reasons. He is, in my most...
Beck’s honor
It’s funny how you attempted to write a negative editorial about the Restoring Honor rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on 28...
Convention debrief
Last weekend, nearly 250 LGBT and ally journalists and marketing individuals convened in San Francisco to mark the 20th anniversary of the National Lesbian...
Creep of the Week: Tim Ravndal
You know what’s totally hilarious? Matthew Shepard jokes. You know, the 21-year-old guy who, in 1998, was brutally beaten and then hung...
Taking care of our seniors
We call it the “Pie in the Sky” project. For many of us, it’s the most ambitious project we’ve ever undertaken. To...
Party rhetoric
Last Saturday, conservative pundit Glenn Beck held a tea-party rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, on the anniversary of the 1963 Civil...
Creep of the Week: Charlie Crist
Look, I don’t know if Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is gay. And while it really should be a non-issue because being gay...
Republican ploy for redemption
Ken Mehlman, former chairman of the Republican National Committee and co-chair of President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign, who ran what...
Creep of the Week: Jeremy Walters
Dear Internet Citizens: Facebook is not private. I don’t care how many privacy-setting loops you jump through. The more “friends” you have,...
Race, religion and discrimination
Recently, there have been a lot of heated discussions on race, religion, discrimination and hate speech — some well-informed and some not so much...
Mosque issue is an LGBT issue
If you picked up almost any newspaper in the nation Monday, you would have seen an article about the proposed Islamic Cultural Center near...
Friends and foes in the right wing
Well, if it isn’t progress sneaking up on us. This week, several conservative pundits took some (tentative) steps toward tolerance and...
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