Expanding Giving Tuesday
Each year as the holiday season ramps up, we seem to be adding more themed days: Black Friday has now bled into Black Friday...
Pride and prejudice
For those following the ongoing upheaval of this year’s Philadelphia Pride grand marshals, the last week has shown a lot of divisiveness in our...
Tiresome waiting game for the Scouts
Many people were likely carefully checking news sites Wednesday to find out if the Boy Scouts of America were, as suggested, going to vote...
Ending the neglect
Last month, a study from the Foundation for AIDS Research, entitled “Trans Populations and HIV: Time to End the Neglect,” detailed the overwhelming health...
Letters and Feedback
Not buying trans clothing company Editor: As a transgender woman in my sixth year of transition, I found myself mystified when reading...
Moving on marriage
For the first time, the Pennsylvania House will consider a bill to recognize same-sex marriage. For LGBT Pennsylvanians, who do not yet...
Weekend of wins
The LGBT event calendar was jam-packed last weekend with parties, galas and dedications, culminating in the 25th-annual OutFest. While each function was its own...
The big D
The “D” in this title has a double meaning: Damn Republicans, and vote straight Democrat, up and down that ballot. Here’s...
Picking Pink Penny
Five years ago, we at PGN instituted the first annual Pink Penny awards. Though similar in concept to the defunct Lambda...
Collegiate unwelcome
With college classes resuming in a few weeks, students across the nation are likely soaking up the last days of summer before heading off,...
Creep of the Week: Linda Harvey
Hey, did you hear that former Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro recently became a grandpa? That’s nice for him. The end. ...
Inaugurating a new era
President Obama has been at the forefront of a number of historic LGBT milestones in the past few years: when his administration vowed to...
Rainbow Flag Day
During the government shutdown this fall, my partner, Traci, and I found ourselves in Philadelphia with a handful of useless tickets to the important...
Letters and Feedback
To the editor: I believe I live in the greatest country in the world. At its core, the American Dream...
This election, it’s about taxes and jobs for LGBT community
Taxes. Could you imagine a Jew or Catholic voting for a candidate who was opposed to Catholics marrying Jews, or interracial marriage?...
Marriage, one year later
The morning of May 20, 2014, and the morning of May 20, 2015 — when this editorial is being written — are two vastly...
Demanding diversity
Hollywood’s biggest night is under fire — and it’s long overdue. A photo collage of the 20 actors who received Academy...
Full-speed ahead
It is 9:27 p.m. on a rainy, dreary and humid June evening, and I’m in a Hampton Inn, on the interstate outside of Harrisburg,...
Finding the humanity
Last week’s tragic attacks on the Boston Marathon, which left a young child and two others dead and scores with injuries that will haunt...
A groundbreaking time
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