The new pandemic
LGBTQ people have been here before — the early days of a pandemic. The first cases. Then more and more. Who will get it?...
Gimmie Shelter
In 2016, right around this time of year, I wrote about an often-overlooked element of the United States government. While we do have a...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
I’m old enough to remember when the President of the United States wasn’t an incurious moron recklessly obsessed with his own image. And this...
Americans need — and deserve — universal healthcare
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 133 million Americans have chronic illnesses — diabetes, asthma, HIV, cancer, heart disease, autoimmune diseases. At...
History is alive in Philadelphia
Philadelphia’s LGBT community sometimes just doesn’t appreciate what they have in their own backyard. What would you say if someone told you Philadelphia has...
‘Gypsy’ the musical is LGBT history?
LGBT history can be found in every aspect of our lives. Sometimes it just comes as a surprise to learn that something, or...
Cuba, where LGBTQ means lesbians, gays, bi, trans, questioning: repression or openness?
As I was standing in Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba, looking at the giant silhouette of Che Guevara, I smiled, recalling the Che...
Philly’s COVID-19 vaccine policy puts spotlight on HIV/AIDS
Up until this week, people living with HIV (PLWH) were not eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Philadelphia. This was different from the...
National politics shift to LGBT politics
President Biden is now safely installed in the White House as the 46th President of the United States, and he’s off to a good...
Organizing during a pandemic
As each week passes, the new reality we live in becomes clearer. Even when orders restricting our movement are lifted, many of us will...
Creep of the Week: The Republican Party
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order reversing Donald Trump’s ban on transgender service members. This is great news! I mean, kind of....
South Dakota man to be executed for being gay
Charles Rhines has already spent nearly half his life on death row. On April 15 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal....
Bernie, meet Ralph Nader
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program Tuesday, Donald Trump asked why people didn’t look into the reports that Ted Cruz’s father was pictured with Lee...
Creep of the Week: Marjorie Taylor Greene
Pop Quiz: Which of the following are things that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene believes?
Forest fires are started intentionally by Jewish space lasers; Covid-19 is...
Don’t Take The Republican Bait on SCOTUS
They did so, as CNN reported, by "lashing out at the religious liberty implications of the Supreme Court's 2015 decision that cleared the way...
Pride changes are part of community’s growth
It seems that there’s a lot of conversation about what is happening with the now folded Philly Pride Presents and how the new Pride...
If you don’t vote, you don’t care about the LGBT community.
It’s no secret that the percentage of voters drops significantly for non-presidential elections. The belief that local and state elections don’t matter is an...
Pa. House, Senate bills would update state’s outdated definition of marriage
by John L. Micek
LGBTQ individuals nationwide won a historic victory in 2015 when the U.S. Supreme Court made same-sex marriages the law of the...
Creep of the Week: Ben Carson
Dear LGBT community, This is a cease-and-desist letter regarding the accusation that Ben Carson is a homophobe. Stop such hurtful name-calling at once. Carson...
Boxers PHL, its staff and the Gayborhood
Boxers PHL, a local LGBTQ sports bar, recently closed its doors awaiting further notice due to a liquor license challenge by David Singer, who...
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