Discrimination’s due
A new study conducted by Ann P. Haas and Philip L. Rodgers of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Jody L....
The primary has not been decided yet
Democrats, chill out. We have a long way to go before we have a nominee. Sure Iowa was a cluster f--k and New Hampshire...
Santorum’s marriage musings
Rick Santorum just doesn’t know when to stop. The former senator from Pennsylvania was voted out of office several years ago,...
Our 46th President, Nancy Pelosi
Did that headline make you say, no way? Well, it’s very possible, and sooner than you might think. 4 months, to be precise. If...
Creep of the Week: Gary Cass
With Proposition 8 being overturned in California, some folks are a little pissed. And the fact that Vaughn R. Walker, the judge...
Letters and Feedback
Once again, Philadelphia has come out on top of the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index, which is especially appropriate in light of the...
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch
That blue wave that every political pundit and journalist keeps telling us is almost a sure thing in November? For those of you not...
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...
Trump’s ‘don’t kill the gays’ policy
Last week, a strange announcement came from the Trump administration. A global campaign, to be led by out U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell,...
Teachable moment
The euphoria of marriage equality becoming the law of the land quickly subsided this week, tempered by the reality that LGBT acceptance is nowhere...
Abuse and sexual harassment in our community
The current presidential administration does not understand spousal abuse or sexual harassment. Most are saying that the person at fault stops at the door...
Why you should watch ‘Glee’ again
A few years ago, Fox Broadcasting Company came up with a brilliant idea to bring the musical show back to the TV format, with...
Creep of the week: Tim Wildmon
Happy belated Pride Month, everybody! Or as right-wingers like to call it, End Times. As you may know, President Obama once...
Give Mazzoni Center’s new CEO a chance
This week, Mazzoni Center announced Lydia Gonzalez Sciarrino as its new CEO. With Mazzoni Center’s annual budget of $16.5 million and...
Creep of the Week: Roberto Arango
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Puerto Rican Sen. Roberto Arango on his weight loss. I realize that, right...
Sims is an unwavering LGBTQ voice in Harrisburg
It is important a response is given to Christopher Pinto’s recent op-ed attacking state Representative Brian Sims — the first openly LGBTQ state legislator...
Fear and love
It has been said only two true emotions exist: fear and love — an adage that has been illustrated many times in the last...
Creep of the Week: Tony Perkins
Aside from women daring to make their own reproductive decisions, there’s nothing right-wing conservatives hate more than Pride Month. The “rainbow deluge,” as the...
Weekend of looking back, looking forward
The Rev. Jeffrey Jordan of Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia shouts from the pulpit, “Mark Segal, here’s something historic to put in...
Creep of the Week: Homophobia and Transphobia
Congratulations to Gavin Grimm. If you don’t know that name, you should, especially if you give a damn about transgender rights and the attack...
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