Shut up, Pope, part II
Pope Benedict XVI just happens to be one of my favorite people. After all, thanks to a column I wrote about him...
Survey says
This is the final week of PGN’s 2010 reader survey, which you can find on pages 21-22 or at <a href="http://www. epgn.com" target="_blank">www.epgn.com....
65 LGBT leaders endorse Sen. Specter
Abbe Fletman and I are getting to be some team. Last Friday, we acted as co-chairs at a press conference to launch...
Gay homophobes
Oh, those silly Republicans. Why are they so often the ones who are homophobic closet cases? The latest one joining the ranks...
Letters
Dear Editor: As a non-Philadelphian, I read the story of yet another community nonprofit looted by its executive director (“Former COLOURS exec gets...
Mr. President, let’s talk LGBT projects
“Mr. President, let’s have a chat about LGBT issues.” That’s how I started my discussion with President Obama on Monday when...
On census, surveys
This week, you’ll note that PGN has, for the first time in its 34-year history, given ad space above its flag. Though...
Marching toward LGBT immigration equality
So how does the debate on immigration affect the LGBT community? That was what the assembled LGBT media, who had gathered at the Desmond...
Empty Pride House
This year, for the first time, openly gay and lesbian athletes in the Olympics have somewhere to hang their hats — Pride House. ...
Some shameless self-promotion
Did you know that you’re now reading the best weekly column of any newspaper in the nation with a similar circulation? Yes, “Mark My...
Judging while gay
Last week, the San Francisco Chronicle published a column discussing the “biggest open secret” in the same-sex marriage trial in California: The presiding judge...
First LGBT endorsements of the year
The LGBT community is just bursting with political candidates of its own this year, and some are already openly preparing for next year’s City...
Look, more snow
This week’s storm — the second in five days if you missed it —hammered the city, breaking the record for all-time snowfall in a...
Domestic partners, DADT and media
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court voted unanimously to offer domestic-partner benefits to all its statewide employees. A court that has a Republican majority....
Letters
The following is an open letter from James Lohr, chairman of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Johnstown chapter, to John DeBartola,...
Budget ups and downs
On Monday, the Obama administration released its 2011 budget, a $3. 8-trillion, 192-page effort to move from “recession to recovery, and ultimately to...
Military brass and tiaras
For those who were wondering when this president would deliver on his promise to lift “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” you got your answer: within...
Holy news Batman!
Just when you think there might be a lull in LGBT news — bam! — breaking news all over the place. This...
White teeth and presidential invitations
“Law & Order,” the TV series in all its incarnations, is an enjoyable break from reality. Well done, but there is a...
Judicial impartiality
This week, the judge in the federal discrimination case in which the local Boy Scouts chapter is suing the city publicly disclosed that he...
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