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...
Creep of the Week: Gov. Greg Abbott
Texas and Florida continue competing in their race to be named The Worst State in the U.S. It’s an absolutely exhausting display of anti-LGBTQ+...
How can I dream of justice?
I haven’t been sleeping well lately, and it is largely Texas Governor Abbott’s fault.
For some time, Abbott and his cronies have been trying to...
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...
Why LGBTQ Marriage Still Matters
Our community can sometimes be a bit of a paradox. Many of us are taught from an early age that we need to be...
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...
Creep of the Week: Rep. Bruce Griffey
Remember when Donald Trump won the 2016 election and his supporters called Hillary Clinton voters sore losers for their outrage and disgust? And then,...
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....
The Changing Definition of Freedom
At President Biden’s State of the Union Address on March 1, there was little unity between Democrats and Republicans. But on one point the...
With three months until June, we need to hear from PHL Pride Collective
Putting on a Pride celebration is not easy. It takes time, money, good organization, and collaboration with the local government and local LGBTQ community....
Creep of the Week: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
As I write this, COVID-19 has killed over 900,000 people in the United States.
It’s a hell of a number. 900,000 deaths in just a...
A look at the Lt. Governor race in Pennsylvania
The stakes are high in this year's Governor's race, and LGBT equality is literally at stake. If we don’t keep our eye on this...
Common Ground
By the time you read this column, Florida’s legislature may have already voted on HB1557 and SB1834. The bill is officially called the Parental...
Members of the resistance
Sitting here sipping my hot chocolate on a Sunday morning, I’m having a hard time thinking of a good reason why the Treason Party...
Safe schools aren’t a luxury: A Pennsylvania mom’s fight for her non-binary child
The school principal wanted to talk about the dress. It was “inappropriate,” she said.
I remember just staring at the principal when she said this,...
The Return to Normalcy
The media mantra is relentless: It’s time to get back to “normal.” The surge in COVID cases wrought by the super-transmissible Omicron variant, which...
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