Why is the District Attorney’s new committee choosing to be anonymous?
As PGN reported, the District Attorney’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee, which was announced in March 2021, had its first meeting on December 6. The 18...
Bounties for outing the U.S. Conference of Bishops?
John F. Doerfler, Catholic Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, just stepped up the American Catholic Church’s war against the LGBT community, and it’s about time...
Ukraine’s lesson for America
“At Babi Yar there are no monuments,” wrote poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko in 1961, “only the wall of the ravine rising like a tombstone.” If...
LGBT Ukrainians fight for their country and their community
There is so much that this column could get into this week. Like many of you, the first thought on my mind is Ukraine....
Light amid rage and ignorance
It’s 3 A.M. and the light from a crescent moon streams through my venetian blinds. In the silence of a city asleep, I flash...
Creep of the Week: The Conservative Christian Right
Do you remember that scene in "Pee-wee’s Big Adventure" when Pee-wee Herman and Francis, in an argument about Pee-wee’s bike, end up insulting each...
Three reasons to care
The United States Supreme Court opted to let Texas Senate Bill 8 go into effect. The bill, signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott...
Instead of Human Rights Campaign, let’s focus on local and statewide LGBTQ organizations
One of the people who was dragged down in former governor Andrew Cuomo’s sinking ship is former Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David. David...
The best strategy against anti-LGBTQ “religious freedom”
In this column last week, I wrote about Switzerland's successful marriage equality referendum, and how even though the U.S. has a large conservative population,...
Tilting at trolls and Uncle Ruckus
“Don’t feed the trolls,” my friend Mark Thompson tells me after watching me cross words on Twitter with some right-wing genius patriots, as they...
Creep of the Week: The FDA
Are straight people OK? And before you answer, just let me say: No. No, they are not.
Case in point: I just read an article...
When is a swimmer not a swimmer?
Lia Thomas is a swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a transgender woman. The latter statement is currently jeopardizing the former.
Thomas...
Chambersburg’s nondiscrimination repeal could happen anywhere
On January 24, Chambersburg Borough Council voted 7-3 to repeal the LGBTQ nondiscrimination law that was passed in September 2021. The reason for the...
Christmas Not Canceled
The headline alone is ridiculous, since Christmas has actually grown in popularity in recent years. All one has to do is look at retail...
A somber anniversary with unanswered questions
Last week was peak March madness in Philadelphia: near 80 one day and snowing hard a few days later. That chaotic unpredictability in the...
Pope Francis still shows that there’s hope for the Catholic Church
Way back in 2013, this column did something that no one ever expected: it showed hope for the future of the Catholic Church, directly...
Tax the Rich, Feed the Poor
Tax the rich.
It’s a sentiment a majority of Americans agree with. It seems like an uncomplicated message. Yet the months-long battle in the Senate...
Creep of the Week: Liz Cheney
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) is not going to save us.
I know it's all the rage to point to her as the one reasonably...
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