Telling the Stories of Our Lives
On June 12, the ceremony for the Society of Professional Journalists 2020 Sigma Delta Chi Awards was held. It was virtual again this year...
Creep of the Week: T.I.
Attention, gays: Recently paroled felon and rapper T. I. thinks you are too sensitive. And maybe he’s right. Maybe years of being...
Isolating hatemongers
Last weekend I was visiting my family in the Philly area, and decided to attend OutFest while I was in town. As...
Wedding wisdom
I’m writing this column on Jason’s and my third wedding anniversary. Since marriage is something new for our community, and us, I thought I’d...
Church synod LGBT slap in the face?
For the LGBT community to simply ignore what happened at the Vatican a couple of weeks ago when Pope Francis convened a synod on...
What’s in a name?
For numerous parents having a child is a wonderful event in their lives. Questions begin immediately: When is the baby due? Will it...
Creep of the Week: Mike Pence
God bless the people in Colorado who hung up rainbow Make America Gay Again banners outside of the home Vice President Mike Pence and...
Our community needs to quit smoking and vaping
Coronavirus 19 has halted our economy, drastically shifted our social lives, infected thousands and killed many. So why aren’t more LGBTQ people quitting smoking...
It’s time for a queer-friendly pope
Just hours after Pope Benedict XVI announced his unexpected resignation, a bolt of lightning struck St. Peter’s Basilica. Many say it’s...
Another week of highs, lows
Here in the editorial department of PGN, the workweek runs from Thursday to Wednesday, when the paper goes to press. Sadly, this...
Rainbow flag — bringing us together
There is no question that the rainbow flag has become the symbol of our community’s fight for equality. And that flag that the community...
Is Violence Always Wrong?
It was the slap shown round the world. At the Oscars, Philly native Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock after the comic made an...
Local papers take a hit
This week, LGBT media has taken a beating. Monday’s news that Window Media had closed, taking with it the Washington Blade and...
A governor we can count on
All of the Democratic gubernatorial candidates are with us on our issues — nondiscrimination, marriage equality, anti-bullying and hate crimes, among them — which...
HRC missed the mark
Last Saturday night should serve as a lesson to all of us. There were a host of events that you could choose...
The Tyranny of the Anti-Vaxxers
On Sept. 15, just days after the nation wept through the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, this was the headline: “1 in every...
Sen. Casey and repealing DOMA
Let’s talk about all those petitions that the LGBT community delivered to Sen. Bob Casey. If you haven’t followed the story in...
On families and inequality
President Obama proclaimed Monday, Sept. 28, Family Day, and included a reference to gay families in his formal proclamation. In the...
Time to take stock of our health
World AIDS Day has changed dramatically in the two decades since it began. When gay men in the U.S. first commemorated World...
Transmissions: Never forgotten
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