Life during germ time
Some people think that being transgender is a mere choice, just a bunch of people who — apologies to my non-trans women siblings —...
A universal fight for LGBTQ rights
When I lived in Japan in the mid 2000s, there wasn’t much open action for LGBTQ visibility. No out celebrities on billboards, no awareness...
Creep of the Week: Gary McCullough
Ellen DeGeneres has got to be so pissed at Gary McCullough right now. Everything was going so well for her on “American...
Creep of the Week: Samuel Rodriguez
The Trump transition team doesn’t want this to get out, but I got my hands on the questionnaire given to the clergy wanting to...
Ginsburg, Barrett, and why this election matters
The presidency isn’t just about the president. That is, while the President of the United States does serve as the head of state and...
Creep of the Week: David Kupelian
It seems like every second, there’s a new story about sexual harassment or abuse. The most recent being Larry Nassar, the USA Gymnastics and...
Creep of the Week: Kevin Swanson
Welp, Roy Moore (R-Pedophile) lost to Democrat Doug Jones in Alabama, a true Hanukkah miracle, probably prompted from Roy Moore’s wife saying Moore isn’t...
The strength of community and looking ahead
COVID-19 is changing the way we interact with the world and one another. While PGN remains open and able to report on news relevant...
Pride Month is in June, but Pride is every day
Every June is an emotional time for me. You might think of me as the publisher of this newspaper, as a businessman, but that’s...
Keeping hope for the holidays
We columnists hate writing our holiday columns. Each year we try to find a new angle to the annual feelings we all go through,...
We’re nowhere near full LGBTQ equality
Every so often, we get reminders that despite the gains made over the decades by activists in the LGBTQ community, we still have a...
Creep of the Week: Trump Administration
Public Service Announcement: Wash your hands – more than you already do. And get yourself a bottle of rubbing alcohol and some cotton balls and...
Mychal Massie
The news is a shit show. Trump is doing his best to prove that most white people in this country won’t recognize racism unless...
OK, Hallmark, where’s the LGBT romance movie?
The other night, Jason and I were attempting to relax after a long few days organizing a Thanksgiving dinner for family and friends. But...
James David Manning
I think we all know that Starbucks is a little, well, gay. I mean, they sell drinks like the Gingerbread Latte, Peppermint Mocha and...
If not for yourself, make the world better for people you love
Our Family Portrait last week featured a very touching line from interviewee Amelia Michael. Towards the end of the interview, after talking about her...
Take pride in how we’ve handled the pandemic
It’s going to happen. We are heading down the homestretch of this pandemic and as we do we should be proud of how our...
Marc Short
This week’s column comes to you from both the “But People Can Change” Department and the “Yeah, But No” Department. Think back to whom...
Rick Wiles (part II)
Get ready to hunker in your bunkers, everybody, because rumor has it that should the United States Supreme Court rule in favor of marriage...
Creep of the week: Glenn Beck
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