Black History Month 2020: A call to action
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Creep of the Week: Franklin Graham
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Pat Robertson
You know those online ads that promise, “One weird trick to lose belly fat” next to an image of, say, a crudely drawn banana?...
Being a good person is enough
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Postponing Sheriff Sales is the right thing to do — but it’s far from...
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Anti-trans myth making
Myths are often greater than reality.
Consider Napoleon Bonaparte, the leader of France during the early 1800s. You likely believe that he was exceptionally short,...
Creep of the Week: Republican Party
Hello! It’s 2021 and everything is fine now! Ha, ha, just kidding. The dumpster fire rages on.
Some things in 2021 are delightful, like that...
Stonewall is not my legacy
One of my favorite movies is “Some Like It Hot,” starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.
It’s one of those old-time 1950s screwball...
How to fight injustice the MLK way
I find myself thinking about the myriad of injustice issues that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. championed. One glaring injustice is the treatment of...
A great idea, but is it too late to make a real difference?
There are so many items to check off our to-do list in the movement to Equality, and sometimes we miss an idea whose time...
Summertime reading with a twist
Summertime is vacation time, and for me that usually means reading. This year that has a new twist thanks to Covad.
During our 15 month...
Megan Rapinoe for the win
When Megan Rapinoe kissed girlfriend Sue Bird after winning the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France on July 7, it was a kiss...
Lowering the cost of HIV prevention medication is essential to ending the HIV epidemic
Some of my patients call them "Skittles." They're small ovaloid morsels that evoke a particular sweetness and pleasure. And they have been a boon...
Creep of the Week: David Wells
Good news for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and intersex kids who get arrested in Kentucky! Well, I mean, bad news to have been...
‘We are the victims’: Pa. House, Senate bills would ban gay, trans-panic defense
By John L. Micek
In January 2020, a man named Marcus Jones asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to grant him a new trial for his 2017 conviction in the...
Let’s talk about true allyship
The word “ally” is trendy — and it’s time we think more intentionally about the term. Many media outlets are responding...
Creep of the week: Donald Trump
Well, Iowa is over and Donald Trump emerged victorious. That is, if what he was aiming for was second place. He lost to bag...
Compromise is not a dirty word
In 2021, ‘compromise’ seems to be a controversial word. Our politicians in Washington seem incapable of acting on anything, even legislation supported by a...
LGBTQ community showed up on Super Tuesday
The LGBTQ community will, in fact, impact the 2020 primary and general elections. While PGN has always known the political passion of our LGBTQ...
Log Cabin Republicans Endorse Trump
It would be difficult to envision a president with a more virulent and toxically anti-LGBTQ agenda than Donald Trump. Yet on August 16,...
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